Current 250GP rider Mattia Pasini will test Ducati's MotoGP Desmosedici GP9 over three days, starting tomorrow at the Italian Mugello circuit.

He will ride alongside official test rider Vittoriano Guareschi under the supervision of Filippo Preziosi. Pasini, currently fifth in the 250cc World Championship standings, already rode the Ducati in testing after the Czech MotoGP on 17th August and he was immediately at ease on the GP9, despite the test being affected by the rain.

A Ducati Corse spokesman said: "The Ducati technicians, impressed by the Italian rider and his way of working, decided together with Pasini to do another test, and therefore include him in this week’s pre-planned testing."