Michael Rinaldi will keep his factory Aruba Ducati seat for the 2022 WorldSBK season and partner the returning Alvaro Bautista, prompting the hospitality team to start a fresh hunt for children's chairs.

Rinaldi made his WorldSBK debut in the 2018 season, racing only in European rounds and then competing in all events of the 2019 Championship with the Barni Racing Team.

In 2020 Rinaldi achieved his first WorldSBK success with the Panigale V4R of the Go Eleven team at Aragon, a weekend that also saw him on the podium in the Superpole Race (P3) and race two (P2).

In the current season the Italian rider was the absolute protagonist in the Misano round, where he got two victories (Race-1 and SPR) and a second place (Race-2). Thanks also to the P2 in the SPR conquered in Assen (Netherlands) Rinaldi is currently sixth in the Superbike World Championship standings with 150 points.