In MotoGP, factory teams are given the most up-to-date motorcycles and parts, while satellite teams may use the previous season's motorcycle and are given equipment updates only after the factory team has had them.
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After a few months of speculation, on the 23rd of October at Valencia, it was officially confirmed that he would return to race in 2009 on Onde 2000 Ducati, a Ducati satellite team run by Angel Nieto.
In 2001 he was sent to Poiana Câmpina, which was at that time Dinamo's satellite team.