Karel Abraham has emerged as the favourite to take Xavier Simeon's Avintia Ducati seat for the 2019 MotoGP season, Motorsport.com has learned. With the first half of the 2018 MotoGP season coming to an end at the Sachsenring, only two rides, one at the newly-formed SIC Yamaha satellite team alongside Franco Morbidelli, and one at Avintia Ducati are still up for grabs. The Avintia squad has yet to formally confirm either of its two riders for 2019, but Tito Rabat is deemed certain to continue, the Spaniard telling Motorsport.com that he is "confident" to stay at the team for a second season. His teammate Simeon signed a one-year deal for 2018, with option to extend it for one...
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