Why Kawasaki and Yamaha’s ‘hands are tied’ in Ducati battle

Ducati and Bautista have won all of the 12 races held so far this year bar one, and the Spaniard has a comfortable lead of 69 points in the riders’ standings over Yamaha’s Toprak Razgatlioglu.
Lead Kawasaki rider Jonathan Rea, meanwhile, is already a massive 136 points down on Bautista ahead of this weekend’s Misano round, behind not only Bautista and Razgatlioglu but also Andrea Locatelli in …Keep reading