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Size guide Ducati Corse Ducati Corse is the racing team division of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. that deals with the firm’s involvement in motorcycle racing. It is directed by Claudio Domenicali and is based in Borgo Panigale, Bologna. More than one hundred people work in Ducati Corse (almost 10 percent of the Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. workforce).[1] Ducati Corse currently competes in MotoGP, the Superbike World Championship and other national championships. Between 1998 and 2004 the racing division existed as a subsidiary company named Ducati Corse S.r.l., fully owned by Ducati Motor Holding.[2] Ducati won MotoGP world championship title for both rider (Casey Stoner, Francesco Bagnaia) and constructor in 2007 and 2022, and two consecutive constructors’ world championships in 2020 and 2021. In addition, Ducati has won multiple Superbike world championships, with Carl Fogarty (four titles) and Troy Bayliss (three titles) being the most successful riders. Grand Prix motorcycle racing (MotoGP) When the MotoGP technical rules changed in the 2002 season, giving priority to four-stroke machinery, Ducati decided to enter Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Ducati’s MotoGP motorcycle was unveiled at the 2002 Italian GP at Mugello, for use in the 2003 MotoGP championship. Ducati began taking part in the MotoGP Championship in the 2003 season and won one title in the 2007 season. Ducati has collected 77 wins: 23 by Casey Stoner, 15 by Francesco Bagnaia, 14 by Andrea Dovizioso, 7 by Loris Capirossi, 4 by Enea Bastianini, 3 each by Jorge Lorenzo and Jack Miller, 2 each by Danilo Petrucci, Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin, and 1 each by Troy Bayliss and Andrea Iannone. Marlboro has been the title sponsor since 2003, although its name does not appear on the team’s motorcycle. This comes at a time when advertising of tobacco sponsorship has become illegal in the European Union and other major teams have withdrawn from relationships with tobacco companies, for example Yamaha ended their five-year relationship with Fortuna/Gauloises. The “controversial” team name associated with Marlboro’s parent company, Philip Morris, was removed from the motorcycle livery for a May race event due to possible contravention of local advertising law,[3] similarly it had been removed from Ferrari F1 race cars earlier in 2019.[4][5] 2003[edit] Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi competed in all rounds of the 2003 MotoGP championship. Loris Capirossi, got a podium in the opening round of the championship in Japan and won the Catalan Grand Prix in Barcelona. Capirossi finished fourth in the final championship standings and Bayliss sixth; while Ducati finished second overall in the Manufacturers’ standings. 2004[edit] A large part of the 2004 season went by before the bike became competitive, but the season concluded with both riders on the podium. 2005[edit] In the 2005 season, Bayliss was replaced by Spain’s Carlos Checa and Ducati switched tyre suppliers to Bridgestone. Capirossi took two wins at Twin Ring Motegi and Sepang, while Checa scored a brace of podium finishes. 2006[edit] Spanish rider Sete Gibernau replaced Checa for the 2006 season. The team took its first win of 2006 in the opening round at Jerez, followed by a podium in Qatar. Capirossi led the championship for a short while, but at the start of the Catalan Grand Prix in Barcelona, Capirossi’s bike collided with Gibernau’s. Both riders ended up injured and in hospital, with Gibernau sustaining a broken collar bone. Capirossi struggled at the Dutch TT race a week later, while Gibernau was replaced by German Alex Hofmann for several rounds after undergoing additional surgery. With Gibernau also sidelined for the final round of the season at Valencia, Ducati recalled Bayliss, who was recently crowned Superbike World champion. Bayliss won the race, his first MotoGP victory, with Capirossi taking second place for the first Ducati 1–2 finish. 2007[edit] Engine displacement was reduced to 800 cc for the 2007 season. Ducati started development of its 800 cc motorcycle extremely early, and according to Ducati’s racing chief Filippo Preziosi, by August 2006, Ducati had already built twenty 800 cc engines with various specifications.[6] Loris Capirossi was joined in the team by Casey Stoner. During the most part of the 2007 season, Stoner dominated the field, obtaining his and the team’s first MotoGP World Championship at Twin Ring Motegi on September 23, 2007, four races before the end of the season. At the end of season, Ducati’s chief engineer Alan Jenkins was awarded the Sir Jackie Stewart Award for brilliance throughout the season.[7] 2008[edit] Casey Stoner remained with the team and was partnered with Marco Melandri for the 2008 season. Melandri had a difficult time adapting to the GP-8’s performance, and mutually agreed to shorten his two-year contract to one year midway through the 2008 MotoGP season. 2009[edit] Again, Casey Stoner remained with the team while Nicky Hayden became Stoner’s new teammate on the factory Carbon Fibre chassis Ducati GP9, replacing Marco Melandri who moved to Kawasaki for the 2009 season. Halfway through the season Finnish rookie Mika Kallio was given the chance to compete for the team for 3 races, as Stoner was unavailable due to illness. 2010[edit] Once again Casey Stoner joined with Nicky Hayden for the 2010 season. 2011[edit] On 9 July 2010, Casey Stoner announced that he would join Honda Racing Corporation for the 2011 season, after four years at Ducati.[8] On 15 August 2010, after the MotoGP Brno race, Valentino Rossi confirmed he would be riding for Ducati Corse, signing a two-year deal to start with the 2011 season.[9][10] 2012[edit] Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden remained with Ducati Corse for the 2012 season. 2013[edit] Nicky Hayden remained with Ducati Corse for the 2013 season on a one-year contract.[11] He was joined by Andrea Dovizioso.[12] 2014[edit] Andrea Dovizioso remained with Ducati for the 2014 season. He was joined by former team-mate Cal Crutchlow.[13] 2015[edit] Andrea Dovizioso remained with Ducati for the 2015 season with Andrea Iannone coming to the factory team from a Pramac Ducati. 2015 awaited the highly anticipated GP15, a full redesign of the Desmosedici by Gigi Dall’Igna which made its debut at the second February test in Sepang.[14] 2016[edit] Dovizioso and Iannone remained as the factory team riders for the 2016 season with the Desmo GP16, cited as being an evolution of the GP15.[15] Perhaps the most notable change within Ducati Corse came with the arrival of Casey Stoner as the division’s top test rider who immediately gelled with the Ducati,[16] in addition to Michele Pirro. Ducati has fielded a total of 8 bikes on the MotoGP circuit for 2016 between the factory team, Pramac Yakhnich team, Aspar Team, and Avintia Racing. 2017[edit] In 2016, Ducati Corse signed five time world champion and reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo to pilot the Ducati for the 2017 and 2018 seasons.[17] They have also retained Andrea Dovizioso, for a further two seasons.[18] 2018[edit] Once again Andrea Dovizioso joined with Jorge Lorenzo for the 2018 season. 2019[edit] In 2019, after mainly poor results, Jorge Lorenzo‘s 2-year contract with Ducati ended with a move to Honda to join Marc Márquez, while Dovizioso remained. Italian rider Danilo Petrucci joined Ducati from Alma Pramac Racing. 2020[edit] Andrea Dovizioso‘s last year with the Ducati team ended with a victory in the 2020 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix, while Danilo Petrucci won in the 2020 French motorcycle Grand Prix. Ducati won the Constructors’ MotoGP World Championship for the second time. 2021[edit] Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia moved to this team. In the overall standings, Bagnaia secured second place. Ducati won the Constructors’ MotoGP World Championship for the third time, 2022[edit] Triple Crown for Ducati: the Bologna-based manufacturer wins the Constructors‘ Title, the Teams‘ Title for the Ducati Lenovo Team and the Riders‘ Title in MotoGP.
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