Nieto MotoGP team boss Gino Borsoi says the Spanish outfit is “close” to agreeing a new deal with Ducati to run the Italian marque's machinery next year. The Nieto team – formerly Aspar – returned to Ducati machinery for the 2016 season, having previously run Desmosedici's when it stepped up to the premier class in '10 and '11. Currently, the team fields a year-old GP17 for Alvaro Bautista and a two-year-old GP16 for Karel Abraham. In an interview with motogp.com, Borsoi confirmed the team had been in discussion with Yamaha – whose long-time partner Tech3 announced it would be switching to KTM machinery from '19 – but looks likely to...
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