Dunlop to ride Ducati Supersport at Daytona races

Michael Dunlop has entered to ride at the Daytona 200 races in Florida in March on a Milwaukee/MD Racing Ducati V2 Supersport machine.

The record 29-time Isle of Man TT winner tested a Ducati Supersport at the Jerez circuit in Spain in January.

Last season he rode a Triumph 765 at the North West 200, before switching back to his Yamaha R6 at the TT, where he won both races in the middleweight class.

In his only previous appearance at Daytona in 2021, the Northern Ireland rider finished 11th while competing on a Kawasaki 636.

Among the 35-year-old's opposition at the famous American race, which runs from 6-8 March, will be English riders Peter Hickman and Richard Cooper, who will campaign Triumph bikes under the banner of Hickman's PHR team.

In April, Dunlop will take in the Le Mans 24-Hour round of the World Endurance Championship as part of Team LPR Poland on a BMW.