The British round of the 2022 WSBK season was always going to be a tough one for Ducati, which hasn’t won at Donington since Carlos Checa’s triumph during his title-winning 2011 campaign. It couldn’t even finish on the podium at the Leicestershire venue last season, with Scott Redding managing a best result of fourth across the three races.
Although Ducati appeared to be much more competitive than expected at Donington, Bautista made a costly error going into the Goddards corner in Race 1 while running in second, recording his first retirement of the season and giving away a chunk of points to Rea and Toprak Razgatlioglu.
