Oxford Ducati boss Steve Moore chats about his 2023 riders

Oxford Ducati Racing boss Steve Moore yesterdsay unveiled his Bennetts British Superbike and Supersport riders for the 2023 season.

Bikesportnews sat down with the Winchester sarcasm factory a couple of weeks ago to discuss his choices:

So, Wilf, let’s start with Christian…

It was kind of an obvious choice. He has ridden Ducati before. Went very well on it. We had a chat with him. He’s a very technical rider, which will suit our team ethos, really, how we like to work. We call it clinical and technical.

Christian was obviously very keen to ride a Ducati previously. I think he has kept that enthusiasm, so it’s nice to be able to get him back in the Ducati family again. It was a move supported by Ducati. When I spoke to those guys in Italy, they said it was a good option. They seem to know what they’re doing about choosing riders.

So, we’ll get him on it and see how we go. It’s a bit hard to have any expectation, but we’ll see what we can do. If we do a good job, he will be a good measure of it.

The bike has developed substantially since he last rode it, so I can’t wait to get him on our bike and begin making it work for him with the 2023 updates.

I am sure he will thrive with the focus of being in a one-rider team. I’ve already had many technical conversations with him, and we seem to be on the same page - he’s as nerdy as me with the technical details so we do get along well and that’s key to the racing family ethic in our team. He even seems to have a sense of humour, which he’ll need…”

Moore’s Supersport rider is Ben Currie, who comes back to Britain after a difficult recovery from injury and then in a poor World Supersport outfit.

The Australia has proven he can run at the sharp-end of Supersport here, so it was a