The Avintia MotoGP team has confirmed Xavier Simeon will take over Tito Rabat's GP17 Ducati for this weekend's Misano race, while Christophe Ponnson will run Simeon's machinery. Rabat suffered a horrific triple-fracture to his right leg when he was struck by Franco Morbidelli's Marc VDS Honda following a crash at Stowe during a wet FP4 at Silverstone.  The Spaniard was taken to hospital in Coventry for “emergency surgery”, but his since returned home to Barcelona to begin recovery – though no return date has been set yet. With options with enough experience to replace Rabat limited, and the length of his absence unknown, Avintia has given Simeon the...
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