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Ducati Corse

Company type	Division
Founded	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Headquarters	Bologna, Italy
Key people	General Manager: Luigi Dall'Igna Sporting Director: Mauro Grassilli General Manager Off-Road: Paolo Ciabatti MotoGP Race Team Manager: Davide Tardozzi Technical Director Davide Barana
Parent	Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.
Website	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 based in Borgo Panigale, Bologna, Italy and the General Manager is Luigi Dall'Igna.

More than one hundred people work in Ducati Corse (almost 10 percent of the Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. workforce). Ducati Corse competes in the MotoGP class of Grand Prix motorcycle racing, the Superbike and Supersport world championships, together with national championships. New for 2024 is an official entry to the MotoE World Championship race series with rider Chaz Davies, under the name Aruba Cloud MotoE team.

Between 1998 and 2004 the racing division existed as a subsidiary company named Ducati Corse S.r.l., fully owned by Ducati Motor Holding. 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.

Organization

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The company is split into four departments.

Technical research and development

Technical research and development is composed of two teams responsible for the design and development of the motorcycles that compete in the MotoGP and Superbike championships.

Sporting activities

The sporting activities department is responsible for the factory teams that take part in the MotoGP and Superbike championships.

Commercial activities

The commercial activities department is responsible for providing private teams with motorcycles and spare parts. It also provides consultancy services and technical assistance to Ducati privateers take part in the Superbike World Championship and in national Superbike championships. From 2004 Ducati Corse also supports a satellite team in MotoGP, supplying bikes and technical support.

Marketing and communication

The marketing and communication department's goal is to increase and manage the Ducati brand image in racing. It is also responsible for Ducati Corse official merchandising line.

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 94 wins: 23 each by Casey Stoner and Francesco Bagnaia, 14 by Andrea Dovizioso, 7 each by Loris Capirossi and Jorge Martin, 5 by Enea Bastianini, 3 each by Marco Bezzecchi, Jack Miller and Jorge Lorenzo , 2 by Danilo Petrucci, and 1 each by Troy Bayliss, Andrea Iannone, Fabio Di Giannantonio, and Johann Zarco.

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, similarly it had been removed from Ferrari F1 race cars earlier in 2019.

2003

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

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

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

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

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. 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.

2008

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

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

Once again Casey Stoner joined with Nicky Hayden for the 2010 season.

2011

On 9 July 2010, Casey Stoner announced that he would join Honda Racing Corporation for the 2011 season, after four years at Ducati.

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.

2012

Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden remained with Ducati Corse for the 2012 season.

2013

Nicky Hayden remained with Ducati Corse for the 2013 season on a one-year contract. He was joined by Andrea Dovizioso.

2014

Andrea Dovizioso remained with Ducati for the 2014 season. He was joined by former team-mate Cal Crutchlow.

2015

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.

2016

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. 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, 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

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. They have also retained Andrea Dovizioso, for a further two seasons.

2018

Once again Andrea Dovizioso joined with Jorge Lorenzo for the 2018 season.

2019

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

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

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

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.

2025

Marc Márquez signs for Ducati Lenovo Team to be alongside Francesco Bagnaia until 2026.

Grand Prix motorcycle results

By rider

Year	Class	Team name	Bike	No	Riders	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	F. laps	Points	Pos.
2020	MotoGP	Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici	04	Andrea Dovizioso	14	1	2	0	0	135	4th
				9	Danilo Petrucci	14	1	1	0	0	78	12th
2021	MotoGP	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati Desmosedici	43	Jack Miller	18	2	5	0	0	181	4th
				63	Francesco Bagnaia	18	4	9	6	4	252	2nd
				51	Michele Pirro	2	0	0	0	0	9	23rd
2022	MotoGP	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati Desmosedici	43	Jack Miller	20	1	7	1	1	189	5th
				63	Francesco Bagnaia	20	7	10	5	3	256	1st
2023	MotoGP	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati Desmosedici	1	Francesco Bagnaia	19	7	15	7	3	467	1st
				9	Danilo Petrucci	1	0	0	0	0	5	28th
				23	Enea Bastianini	11	1	1	0	2	84	15th
				51	Michele Pirro	3	0	0	0	0	5	27th
2024	MotoGP	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati Desmosedici	1	Francesco Bagnaia	20	11	16	6	6	498	2nd
				23	Enea Bastianini	20	2	9	1	3	386	4th
2025	MotoGP	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati Desmosedici	63	Francesco Bagnaia
				93	Marc Márquez

By year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Season	Entrants	Machine	Tyre	No	Rider	Race																						Championships
																												Riders		Teams		Manufacturers
						1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Pos	Pts	Pos	Pts	Pos	Pts
2003	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP3	M			JPN	SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	CZE	POR	RIO	PAC	MAL	AUS	VAL
				12	Troy Bayliss	5	4	3	Ret	Ret	10	9	5	3	3	6	10	Ret	9	Ret	7							6th	128	3rd	305	2nd	225
				65	Loris Capirossi	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	1	6	4	4	Ret	3	6	8	6	2	3							4th	177
2004	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP4	M			SAF	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	RIO	GER	GBR	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL	AUS	VAL
				12	Troy Bayliss	14	Ret	8	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	10	9	3							14th	71	5th	188	3rd	169
				65	Loris Capirossi	6	12	10	8	10	8	4	Ret	7	5	7	Ret	Ret	6	3	9							9th	117
2005	Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP5	B			ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GBR	GER	CZE	JPN	MAL	QAT	AUS	TUR	VAL
				7	Carlos Checa	10	5	Ret	Ret	5	11	9	Ret	5	Ret	8	4	3	6	3	5	4						9th	138	4th	295	3rd	202
				23	Shinichi Ito																DSQ							NC	0
				65	Loris Capirossi	13	9	12	7	3	12	10	10	6	9	2	1	1	10			7						6th	157
2006	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP6	B			ESP	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	USA	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN	POR	VAL
				12	Troy Bayliss																	1						19th	25	3rd	356	3rd	248
				15	Sete Gibernau	Ret	4	11	9	8	5	Ret			8	10		5	4	4	Ret							13th	95
				65	Loris Capirossi	1	3	6	8	2	2	Ret	15	9	5	8	1	2	7	1	12	2						3rd	229
				66	Alex Hofmann								12	13			16											17th	30
2007	Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP7	B			QAT	ESP	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	RSM	POR	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				27	Casey Stoner	1	5	1	1	3	4	1	1	2	5	1	1	1	3	6	1	1	2					1st	367	1st	533	1st	394
				65	Loris Capirossi	Ret	12	3	6	8	7	6	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	6	5	9	1	2	11	5					7th	166
2008	Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP8	B			QAT	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	RSM	IND	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				1	Casey Stoner	1	11	6	3	16	2	3	1	1	1	2	Ret	Ret	4	2	1	6	1					2nd	280	3rd	331	2nd	321
				33	Marco Melandri	11	12	13	5	15	Ret	11	16	13	Ret	16	7	9	19	13	16	16	16					17th	51
2009	Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP9	B			QAT	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	USA	GER	GBR	CZE	IND	RSM	POR	AUS	MAL	VAL
				27	Casey Stoner	1	4	3	5	1	3	3	4	4	14				2	1	1	DNS						4th	220	3rd	341	3rd	272
				36	Mika Kallio											Ret	8	7										15th	17 (71)
				69	Nicky Hayden	12	Ret	15	12	12	10	8	5	8	15	6	3	Ret	8	15	5	5						13th	104
2010	Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP10	B			QAT	ESP	FRA	ITA	GBR	NED	CAT	GER	USA	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	POR	VAL
				27	Casey Stoner	Ret	5	Ret	4	5	3	3	3	2	3	Ret	5	1	1	Ret	1	Ret	2					4th	225	3rd	388	3rd	286
				69	Nicky Hayden	4	4	4	Ret	4	7	8	7	5	6	6	Ret	3	12	6	4	5	Ret					7th	163
2011	Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP11	B			QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	ITA	GER	USA	CZE	IND	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				46	Valentino Rossi	7	5	5	3	5	6	4	6	9	6	6	10	7	10	Ret	Ret	C	Ret					7th	139	3rd	271	3rd	180
				69	Nicky Hayden	9	3	9	7	8	4	5	10	8	7	7	14	Ret	7	7	7	C	Ret					8th	132
2012	Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP12	B			QAT	ESP	POR	FRA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	ITA	USA	IND	CZE	RSM	ARA	JPN	MAL	AUS	VAL
				46	Valentino Rossi	10	9	7	2	7	9	13	6	5	Ret	7	7	2	8	7	5	7	10					6th	163	4th	285	3rd	192
				69	Nicky Hayden	6	8	11	6	9	7	6	10	7	6	DNS		7	Ret	8	4	8	Ret					9th	122
2013	Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP13	B			QAT	AME	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN	VAL
				04	Andrea Dovizioso	7	7	8	4	5	7	10	7	9	10	7	Ret	8	8	8	9	10	9					8th	140	4th	266	3rd	155
				69	Nicky Hayden	8	9	7	5	6	Ret	11	9	8	9	8	8	9	9	Ret	7	9	8					9th	126
	Ducati Test Team			51	Michele Pirro			11		7													10					13th	56	—
2014	Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP14	B			QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				04	Andrea Dovizioso	5	3	9	5	8	6	8	2	8	7	6	5	4	Ret	5	4	8	4					5th	187	3rd	261	3rd	211
				35	Cal Crutchlow	6	Ret		Ret	11	Ret	Ret	9	10	8	Ret	12	9	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	5					13th	74
				51	Michele Pirro			17																				19th	18
	Ducati Test Team								Ret		11	14				12							9							—
2015	Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP15	B			QAT	AME	ARG	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	USA	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				04	Andrea Dovizioso	2	2	2	9	3	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	9	6	3	8	5	5	13	Ret	7					7th	162	3rd	350	3rd	256
				29	Andrea Iannone	3	5	4	6	5	2	4	4	5	5	4	8	7	4	Ret	3	Ret	Ret					5th	188
	Ducati Test Team			51	Michele Pirro						8							Ret					12					21st	12	—
2016	Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP16	M			QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				04	Andrea Dovizioso	2	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	7	Ret	3	2	Ret	6	6	11	2	4	1	7					5th	171	3rd	296	3rd	261
				8	Héctor Barberá															17	Ret							10th	0 (102)
				29	Andrea Iannone	Ret	Ret	3	7	Ret	3	Ret	5	5	1	8	Ret	WD	WD			Ret	3					9th	112
				51	Michele Pirro													7	12									19th	13 (36)
	Ducati Test Team										10				12													19th	10 (36)	—
2017	Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP17	M			QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				04	Andrea Dovizioso	2	Ret	6	5	4	1	1	5	8	6	1	1	3	7	1	13	1	Ret					2nd	261	3rd	398	3rd	310
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	11	Ret	9	3	6	8	4	15	11	15	4	5	Ret	3	6	15	2	Ret					7th	137
	Ducati Test Team			51	Michele Pirro						9							5					9					23rd	25 (0)	—
2018	Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP18	M			QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				04	Andrea Dovizioso	1	6	5	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	4	7	1	3	C	1	2	2	18	3	6	1				2nd	245	2nd	392	2nd	335
				19	Alvaro Bautista																	4						12th	13 (105)
				51	Michele Pirro																		Ret					22nd	0 (14)
				99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ret	15	11	Ret	6	1	1	7	6	22	1	C	17	Ret	DNS	DNS		WD	12				9th	134
	Ducati Test Team			51	Michele Pirro						DNS							15						4				22nd	14	—
2019	Mission Winnow Ducati Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP19	M			QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	GBR	RSM	ARA	THA	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL
				04	Andrea Dovizioso	1	3	4	4	2	3	Ret	4	5	2	1	Ret	6	2	4	3	7	3	4				2nd	269	2nd	445	3rd	318
				9	Danilo Petrucci	6	6	6	5	3	1	3	6	4	8	9	7	10	12	9	9	Ret	9	Ret				6th	176
	Ducati Test Team			51	Michele Pirro						7							Ret						Ret				22nd	9	—
2020	Ducati Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP20	M			SPA	ANC	CZE	AUT	STY	RSM	EMI	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	POR
				04	Andrea Dovizioso	3	6	11	1	5	7	8	Ret	4	7	13	8	8	6									4th	135	4th	213	1st	221
				9	Danilo Petrucci	9	Ret	12	7	11	16	10	8	1	15	10	10	15	16									12th	78
2021	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP21	M			QAT	DOH	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	STY	AUT	GBR	ARA	RSM	AME	EMI	ALR	VAL
				43	Jack Miller	9	9	Ret	1	1	6	3	6	Ret	Ret	11	4	5	5	7	Ret	3	3					4th	181	1st	433	1st	357
				63	Francesco Bagnaia	3	6	2	2	4	Ret	7	5	6	11	2	14	1	1	3	Ret	1	1					2nd	252
				51	Michele Pirro														11		12							23rd	9 (12)	—
2022	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP22	M			QAT	INA	ARG	AME	POR	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	RSM	ARA	JPN	THA	AUS	MAL	VAL
				43	Jack Miller	Ret	4	14	3	Ret	5	2	15	14	3	6	3	3	Ret	5	1	2	Ret	6	Ret			5th	189	1st	454	1st	448
				63	Francesco Bagnaia	Ret	15	5	5	8	1	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	1	1	1	1	2	Ret	3	3	1	9			1st	265
	Aruba.it Racing			51	Michele Pirro								18	16					Ret									27th	0	—
2023	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP23	M			POR	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	GER	NED	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	IND	JPN	INA	AUS	THA	MAL	QAT	VAL
				1	Francesco Bagnaia	1	16	Ret	1	Ret	1	2	1	2	1	DNS	3	Ret	2	1	2	2	3	2	1			1st	467	2nd	561	1st	700
				9	Danilo Petrucci					11																		28th	5
				23	Enea Bastianini	DNS			WD		9	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS				8	10	13	1	8	Ret			15th	84
				51	Michele Pirro			11										16	16									27th	5
	Aruba.it Racing										16						Ret													—
				19	Álvaro Bautista																		17					31st	0
2024	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP24	M			QAT	POR	AME	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	ARA	RSM	EMI	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL	SLD
				1	Francesco Bagnaia	1	Ret	5	1	3	1	1	1	1	3	1	Ret	2	Ret	3	1	3	1	1	1			2nd	498	1st	884	1st	722
				23	Enea Bastianini	5	2	3	5	4	18	2	3	4	1	3	5	3	1	Ret	4	5	14	3	7			4th	386
2025	Ducati Lenovo Team	Ducati Desmosedici GP25	M			THA	ARG	AME	QAT	SPA	FRA	GBR	ARA	ITA	NED	GER	CZE	AUT	HUN	CAT	RSM	JPN	INA	AUS	MAL	POR	VAL
				63	Francesco Bagnaia
				93	Marc Márquez

* Season still in progress.

Notes

1. Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.
2. Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.
3. Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.
4. Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.
5. Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.
6. Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.
7. Non-bracketed number refers to the number accumulated with team, with number in brackets referring to the total accumulated for the season.

Superbike World Championship (SBK)

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Ducati Superbike

2024 name	Aruba it. Racing Ducati
Base	Bologna, Italy
Team principal/s	Stefano Cecconi, CEO Aruba Ernesto Marinelli, Project Director Serafino Foti, Team Manager
Race riders	1 Álvaro Bautista 11 Nicolò Bulega
Motorcycle	Ducati Panigale V4R (2019→)
Tyres	Pirelli
Riders' Championships	works team: 12 1990 Raymond Roche 1992 Doug Polen 1994, 1995 Carl Fogarty 1998, 1999 Carl Fogarty 2001 Troy Bayliss 2003 Neil Hodgson 2004 James Toseland 2006, 2008 Troy Bayliss 2022, 2023 Álvaro Bautista customer teams: 3 1991 Doug Polen 1996 Troy Corser 2011 Carlos Checa

Ducati has been taking part in the Superbike World Championship since it began in 1988 until 2010, then came back for 2014, with the race organisation delivered by Bologna-based Feel Racing.

World Superbike history

Using V-twin engines Ducati was able to dominate the championship for many years. Ducati won its first riders' championship in 1990 with Raymond Roche. The 1991 title was won by Doug Polen riding for the customer team managed by Eraldo Ferracci. From 1994 to 1999 Carl Fogarty won the title 4 times on Ducatis. Australian Troy Corser won the 1996 title on a factory-spec Ducati fielded by Austrian team Promotor Racing. In 2001 Troy Bayliss won the first of his three titles.

In 2003, the rule changes in MotoGP allowing 4-stroke engines meant that the Japanese manufacturers had focused their resources there, leaving the Superbike World Championship with limited factory involvement. Ducati Corse entered the only 2 Ducati 999s in the field, taking 20 wins from 24 races in a season where all races were won by Ducati. Neil Hodgson won the title on a Factory Ducati, while the team finished the season with 600 points, a record point score by a constructor in a season. 2004 was a similar story, James Toseland winning the title although Ten Kate Honda's Chris Vermeulen prevented a Ducati clean-sweep.

2006 saw the return of Bayliss to the Superbike World Championship after 3 years in MotoGP. The combination of Bayliss and Ducati proved unstoppable and they dominated the season winning 12 races.

In 2007, Troy Bayliss finished fourth riding once again a Ducati 999. Even though production of the 999 ended in 2006 and the bike was replaced by the Ducati 1098, Ducati produced 150 limited edition 999s to satisfy homologation requirements.

For 2008, Ducati raced a homologated version of the 1098R. The FIM, the sanctioning body for the Superbike World Championship, raised the displacement limit for 2 cylinder engines to 1,200 cc. Bayliss won his third world championship and retired at the end of the 2008 season.

2009 saw Noriyuki Haga, who replaced Bayliss, partnered with Michel Fabrizio. Haga had a fantastic season on Ducati but lost the championship by 6 points; Haga ended the season as second while Fabrizio as third in overall championship standing.

Once again, 2010 began with Noriyuki Haga partnering with Michel Fabrizio for Ducati in SBK.

On 27 August 2010, it was announced that Ducati SBK will no longer compete with a factory team in 2011, after 23 seasons which had brought the marque a total of 29 riders' and manufacturers' championship titles, instead limiting their participation to privateer teams running their works bikes.

During 2011-12 Ducati gave factory support to Althea Racing privateer team, winning the 2011 title with Carlos Checa. Having parted from Althea at the end of 2012, for 2013 Ducati supported Francis Batta's Alstare Racing team introducing the new 1199 Panigale R in the world championship.

On 15 November 2013, it was announced that Ducati would be returning as a factory team in SBK as Ducati Superbike Team.

For 2014 the returning factory team signed Chaz Davies and Davide Giugliano.

Davies was runner-up in 2015, 2017 and 2018, and third in 2016. Teammate Marco Melandri finished 4th in 2017 and 5th in 2018. The Italian was replaced by Álvaro Bautista in 2019. The Spaniard began the season with 11 consecutive wins, but later had mixed results.

By season results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	Team	Tyres	No.	Riders	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			Points	RC	Points	TC	Points	MC
							R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2
2022	WSBK	Panigale V4R	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	P	19	Álvaro Bautista	SPA 2	SPA 1	SPA 1	NED 2	NED 3	NED 1	POR 1	POR 3	POR 2	ITA 1	ITA 2	ITA 1	GBR Ret	GBR 4	GBR 2	CZE 1	CZE 3	CZE 2	FRA 1	FRA 2	FRA Ret	SPA 1	SPA 1	SPA 1	POR 2	POR 2	POR 1	ARG 1	ARG 2	ARG 1	INA 2	INA 4	INA 2	AUS 5	AUS 1	AUS 1	601	1st	894	1st	632	1st
					21	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	SPA 4	SPA 4	SPA 4	NED Ret	NED 8	NED 7	POR 9	POR 8	POR 8	ITA 3	ITA 10	ITA 3	GBR 6	GBR 6	GBR 4	CZE 7	CZE 4	CZE Ret	FRA 6	FRA 7	FRA 2	SPA 4	SPA 5	SPA 2	POR 7	POR 5	POR 4	ARG 5	ARG 4	ARG 5	INA 5	INA 8	INA 10	AUS 11	AUS 22	AUS 7	293	4th
2023	WSBK	Panigale V4R	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	P	1	Álvaro Bautista	AUS 1	AUS 1	AUS 1	INA 1	INA Ret	INA 1	NED 1	NED 1	NED 1	SPA 1	SPA 1	SPA 1	EMI 1	EMI 1	EMI 1	GBR 1	GBR 2	GBR 1	ITA 1	ITA 2	ITA Ret	CZE 12	CZE 3	CZE 1	FRA 10	FRA 2	FRA 1	SPA Ret	SPA 1	SPA 1	POR 1	POR 1	POR 1	SPA 1	SPA 1	SPA 1	628	1st	879	1st	704	1st
					21	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	AUS 14	AUS 2	AUS 2	INA Ret	INA 7	INA 4	NED 15	NED 13	NED 10	SPA Ret	SPA 8	SPA 3	EMI 2	EMI 3	EMI Ret	GBR 13	GBR 17	GBR Ret	ITA 5	ITA 5	ITA 5	CZE 14	CZE 5	CZE 5	FRA 2	FRA Ret	FRA Ret	SPA 1	SPA 5	SPA 3	POR Ret	POR 6	POR 3	SPA 8	SPA 11	SPA 6	251	5th
2024	WSBK	Panigale V4R	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	P	1	Álvaro Bautista	AUS 15	AUS 4	AUS 2	SPA 3	SPA 3	SPA 1	NED 3	NED 1	NED 2	EMI 3	EMI 17	EMI 3	GBR 3	GBR 6	GBR 5	CZE 4	CZE NC	CZE Ret	POR 2	POR 6	POR 19	FRA 2	FRA Ret	FRA DNS	ITA 3	ITA 6	ITA 2	SPA 4	SPA 1	SPA 1	EST 19	EST 3	EST 3	SPA Ret	SPA 9	SPA Ret	357	3rd	841	1st	644	1st
					11	Nicolò Bulega	AUS 1	AUS 5	AUS 5	SPA 2	SPA 4	SPA 2	NED 11	NED 2	NED 8	EMI 2	EMI 2	EMI 2	GBR 4	GBR 2	GBR 2	CZE 6	CZE 2	CZE 2	POR 7	POR 5	POR 2	FRA Ret	FRA 1	FRA 1	ITA 2	ITA 4	ITA 3	SPA Ret	SPA 3	SPA 3	EST 2	EST 1	EST 2	SPA 1	SPA 1	SPA 2	484	2nd
2025	WSBK	Panigale V4R	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	P	11	Nicolò Bulega	AUS	AUS	AUS	POR	POR	POR	NED	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	ITA	CZE	CZE	CZE	EMI	EMI	EMI	GBR	GBR	GBR	HUN	HUN	HUN	FRA	FRA	FRA	ARA	ARA	ARA	POR	POR	POR	SPA	SPA	SPA	0*	NC*	0*	NC*	0*	NC*
					19	Álvaro Bautista	AUS	AUS	AUS	POR	POR	POR	NED	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	ITA	CZE	CZE	CZE	EMI	EMI	EMI	GBR	GBR	GBR	HUN	HUN	HUN	FRA	FRA	FRA	ARA	ARA	ARA	POR	POR	POR	SPA	SPA	SPA	0*	NC*

World Supersport Championship (WSSP)

From 2022, new rules allowed manufacturers having machines with larger displacement engines and fewer cylinders to compete in the Supersport World Championship against the more-traditional, 600 cc four-cylinder types, including the Kawasaki ZX-6R and Yamaha R6 which had dominated the class. These changes allowed the opportunity for Ducati's 955 Panigale V2, as an official entry ridden by Nicolò Bulega, to finish the championship fourth in 2022 and as winner in 2023.

WSSP results

Year	Class	Bike	Team	Tyres	No.	Riders	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		Points	RC	Points	TC	Points	MC
							R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2022	WSSP	Ducati Panigale V2	Aruba.it Racing WorldSSP Team	P	11	Nicolò Bulega	SPA 5	SPA 3	NED 3	NED 4	POR 3	POR Ret	ITA 3	ITA 3	GBR Ret	GBR 3	CZE 9	CZE 2	FRA 11	FRA 3	SPA Ret	SPA 14	POR 15	POR 10	ARG 11	ARG 8	INA 6	INA 6	AUS 2	AUS 4	242	4th	242	6th	368	2nd
2023	WSSP	Ducati Panigale V2	Aruba.it Racing WorldSSP Team	P	11	Nicolò Bulega	AUS 1	AUS 1	INA 5	INA 3	NED 1	NED 1	SPA 1	SPA Ret	EMI 1	EMI 2	GBR 1	GBR 1	ITA 3	ITA 2	CZE 1	CZE 16	FRA 1	FRA 1	SPA 1	SPA 1	POR 1	POR 2	SPA 1	SPA 1	503	1st	503	2nd	540	1st
2024	WSSP	Ducati Panigale V2	Aruba.it Racing WorldSSP Team	P	99	Adrián Huertas	AUS Ret	AUS 3	SPA 1	SPA 32	NED 1	NED 2	EMI 1	EMI 1	GBR 1	GBR 1	CZE 1	CZE 1	POR 2	POR 12	FRA 4	FRA 3	ITA 1	ITA 2	SPA 1	SPA 5	EST 2	EST 2	SPA 3	SPA 4	439	1st	439	2nd	556	1st
2025	WSSP	Ducati Panigale V2	Feel Racing WorldSSP Team	P	65	Philipp Öttl	AUS	AUS	POR	POR	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	CZE	CZE	EMI	EMI	GBR	GBR	HUN	HUN	FRA	FRA	ARA	ARA	POR	POR	SPA	SPA	0*	NC*	0*	NC*	0*	NC*

Season still in progress.

MotoE World Championship

New for 2024 is an official entry to the MotoE World Championship electrically powered race series with rider Chaz Davies, under the name Aruba Cloud MotoE team, having taken over he grid-slot previously used by Pramac. The series uses Ducati V21L machines.

MotoE results

Year	Class	Bike	Team	Tyres	No.	Riders	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		Points	RC	Points	TC
							R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2024	MotoE	Ducati V21L	Aruba Cloud MotoE Racing Team	M	7	Chaz Davies	POR 9	POR 15	FRA 13	FRA 12	CAT Ret	CAT 14	ITA 14	ITA 16	NED 9	NED Ret	GER 14	GER 16	AUT 13	AUT 14	RSM 15	RSM 15	35	17th	58	9th
					80	Armando Pontone	POR 10	POR 16	FRA 12	FRA Ret	CAT 14	CAT 15	ITA 16	ITA 15	NED 12	NED 16	GER Ret	GER 12	AUT 15	AUT 16	RSM 16	RSM 16	23	18th
2025	MotoE	Ducati V21L	Aruba Cloud MotoE Racing Team	M	19	Luca Bernardi	FRA	FRA	NED	NED	AUT	AUT	HUN	HUN	CAT	CAT	RSM	RSM	POR	POR			0*	NC*	0*	NC*
					61	Alessandro Zaccone	FRA	FRA	NED	NED	AUT	AUT	HUN	HUN	CAT	CAT	RSM	RSM	POR	POR			0*	NC*

Season still in progress.

FIM Motocross World Championship

In 2024, Ducati Corse with R&D - Maddii Racing Team makes its debut at the MXGP World Championship in the Netherlands with crossers Tony Cairoli who is a nine-time world champion and Alessandro Lupino. In this year's MXGP championship, Cairoli and Lupino relied on the Ducati Desmo450 MX motorbike.

MXGP Results

Year	Class	Bike	Team	Tyres	No.	Riders	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		15		16		17		18		19		20		Points	RC	Points	MC
							R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2024	MXGP	Desmo450 MX	Ducati Corse R&D - Maddii Racing Team	P	77	Alessandro Lupino	ARG	ARG	ESP	ESP	SAR	SAR	TRE	TRE	POR	POR	GAL	GAL	FRA	FRA	GER	GER	LAT	LAT	ITA	ITA	WNT	WNT	LOM	LOM	CZE	CZE	FLA	FLA	SWE	SWE	NED	NED	SUI	SUI	TUR	TUR	CHN	CHN	CAS 12	CAS Ret	9	41st	19	9th
					222	Antonio Cairoli	ARG	ARG	ESP	ESP	SAR	SAR	TRE	TRE	POR	POR	GAL	GAL	FRA	FRA	GER	GER	LAT	LAT	ITA	ITA	WNT	WNT	LOM	LOM	CZE	CZE	FLA	FLA	SWE	SWE	NED 15	NED Ret	SUI	SUI	TUR	TUR	CHN	CHN	CAS	CAS	10	39th

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