More Ducati WSBK rider shuffles Borja up- Bostrom down.

Posted: Fri 02 Jun 2000

More changes to Ducati\'s World Superbike team, Carl Fogarty\'s injuries are causing more changes to the Ducati rider line up. Ben Bostrom is being moved to the Ducati NCR team, and being replaced on the official factory team by Juan Borja.Troy Bayliss will be the other official factory team rider.

Borja is being promoted to the Infostrada team after very good showings in the first part of this season , and after private testing last week in Misano.

Bostrom, who is running in 8th place in the WSBK series, gets shifted down the ranks, to enable him to continue his \"learning curve\" and remove him from the pressure of trying to fill Foggies No 1 boots.

Fogarty is hoping to be back on the track at Brands Hatch, depending on medical clearance. When he returns Ducati are saying they will run a 3 bike factory team of Fogarty, Borja, and Bayliss. Bostrom will remain on the NCR team.

Bostrom, and the NCR team will receive technical support from Ducati Corse.

These changes are tied into the AMA superbike series that Ducati is also going all out to win. They have freed up Bayliss from that series by replacing him with John Kocinski, former WSBK Champ and former 250cc-world champ.

LR