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.

Ducati Corse
Founded1999
Headquarters
Bologna, Italy
Key people
Racing Director:
Luigi Dall'Igna
Sporting Director:
Paolo Ciabatti
MotoGP Race Team Manager:
Davide Tardozzi
ParentDucati Motor Holding S.p.A.
WebsiteDucati Corse

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.

Organization

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)

Ducati MotoGP
2023 nameDucati Lenovo Team
BaseBorgo Panigale, Bologna, Italy
PrincipalGeneral Manager:
Luigi Dall'Igna
Project Director:
Paolo Ciabatti
MotoGP Race Team Manager:
Davide Tardozzi
Rider(s)MotoGP:
1. Francesco Bagnaia
23. Enea Bastianini

51. Michele Pirro (test rider)
MotorcycleDucati Desmosedici GP23
TyresMichelin
Constructors' ChampionshipsMotoGP: 5
2007
2020
2021
2022
2023
Riders' ChampionshipsMotoGP: 2
2007: Casey Stoner
2022: Francesco Bagnaia
Teams' ChampionshipsMotoGP: 3
2007
2021
2022

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 83 wins: 23 by Casey Stoner, 17 by Francesco Bagnaia, 14 by Andrea Dovizioso, 7 by Loris Capirossi, 4 each by Enea Bastianini and Jorge Martin, 3 each by Marco Bezzecchi, Jack Miller and Jorge Lorenzo , 2 by Danilo Petrucci, and 1 each by Troy Bayliss, Andrea Iannone 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,[3] similarly it had been removed from Ferrari F1 race cars earlier in 2019.[4][5]

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.[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

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.[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

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.[11] He was joined by Andrea Dovizioso.[12]

2014

Andrea Dovizioso remained with Ducati for the 2014 season. He was joined by former team-mate Cal Crutchlow.[13]

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.[14]

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.[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

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

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.[19]

Grand Prix motorcycle results

By rider


Year Class Team name Bike No Riders Races Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points Pos.
2022 MotoGP Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici 43 Australia Jack Miller 20 1 7 1 1 189 5th
63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia 20 7 10 5 3 256 1st
2023 MotoGP Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici
1 Italy Francesco Bagnaia 6 3 3 4 1 292* 1st*
9 Italy Danilo Petrucci 1 0 0 0 0 5* 23rd*
23 Italy Enea Bastianini 1 0 0 0 0 8* 20th*
51 Italy Michele Pirro 1 0 0 0 0 5* 22nd*

By year

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

Season Team Machine Tyre No Rider Race Riders'
championship
Teams'
championship
Manufacturers'
championship
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pos Pts Pos Pts Pos Pts
2003 Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP3 M 12 Australia Troy Bayliss JPN
5
RSA
4
SPA
3
FRA
Ret
ITA
Ret
CAT
10
NED
9
GBR
5
GER
3
CZE
3
POR
6
RIO
10
PAC
Ret
MAL
9
AUS
Ret
VAL
7
6th 128 3rd 305 2nd 225
65 Italy Loris Capirossi JPN
3
RSA
Ret
SPA
Ret
FRA
Ret
ITA
2
CAT
1
NED
6
GBR
4
GER
4
CZE
Ret
POR
3
RIO
6
PAC
8
MAL
6
AUS
2
VAL
3
4th 177
2004 Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP4 M 12 Australia Troy Bayliss RSA
14
SPA
Ret
FRA
8
ITA
4
CAT
Ret
NED
Ret
RIO
Ret
GER
Ret
GBR
5
CZE
Ret
POR
8
JPN
Ret
QAT
Ret
MAL
10
AUS
9
VAL
3
14th 71 5th 188 3rd 169
65 Italy Loris Capirossi RSA
6
SPA
12
FRA
10
ITA
8
CAT
10
NED
8
RIO
4
GER
Ret
GBR
7
CZE
5
POR
7
JPN
Ret
QAT
Ret
MAL
6
AUS
3
VAL
9
9th 117
2005 Ducati Marlboro Team
Ducati Team[20]
Ducati Desmosedici GP5 B 7 Spain Carlos Checa SPA
10
POR
5
CHN
Ret
FRA
Ret
ITA
5
CAT
11
NED
9
USA
Ret
GBR
5
GER
Ret
CZE
8
JPN
4
MAL
3
QAT
6
AUS
3
TUR
5
VAL
4
9th 138 4th 295 3rd 202
23 Japan Shinichi Ito SPA POR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED USA GBR GER CZE JPN MAL QAT AUS TUR
DSQ
VAL NC 0
65 Italy Loris Capirossi SPA
13
POR
9
CHN
12
FRA
7
ITA
3
CAT
12
NED
10
USA
10
GBR
6
GER
9
CZE
2
JPN
1
MAL
1
QAT
10
AUS TUR VAL
7
6th 157
2006 Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP6 B 12 Australia Troy Bayliss SPA QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL
1
19th 25 3rd 356 3rd 248
15 Spain Sete Gibernau SPA
Ret
QAT
4
TUR
11
CHN
9
FRA
8
ITA
5
CAT
Ret
NED GBR GER
8
USA
10
CZE MAL
5
AUS
4
JPN
4
POR
Ret
VAL 13th 95
65 Italy Loris Capirossi SPA
1
QAT
3
TUR
6
CHN
8
FRA
2
ITA
2
CAT
Ret
NED
15
GBR
9
GER
5
USA
8
CZE
1
MAL
2
AUS
7
JPN
1
POR
12
VAL
2
3rd 229
66 Germany Alex Hofmann SPA QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED
12
GBR
13
GER USA CZE
16
MAL AUS JPN POR VAL 17th 30
2007 Ducati Marlboro Team
Ducati Team[21]
Ducati Desmosedici GP7 B 27 Australia Casey Stoner QAT
1
SPA
5
TUR
1
CHN
1
FRA
3
ITA
4
CAT
1
GBR
1
NED
2
GER
5
USA
1
CZE
1
RSM
1
POR
3
JPN
6
AUS
1
MAL
1
VAL
2
1st 367 1st 533 1st 394
65 Italy Loris Capirossi QAT
Ret
SPA
12
TUR
3
CHN
6
FRA
8
ITA
7
CAT
6
GBR
Ret
NED
Ret
GER
2
USA
Ret
CZE
6
RSM
5
POR
9
JPN
1
AUS
2
MAL
11
VAL
5
7th 166
2008 Ducati Marlboro Team
Ducati Team[22]
Ducati Desmosedici GP8 B 1 Australia Casey Stoner QAT
1
SPA
11
POR
6
CHN
3
FRA
16
ITA
2
CAT
3
GBR
1
NED
1
GER
1
USA
2
CZE
Ret
RSM
Ret
IND
4
JPN
2
AUS
1
MAL
6
VAL
1
2nd 280 3rd 331 2nd 321
33 Italy Marco Melandri QAT
11
SPA
12
POR
13
CHN
5
FRA
15
ITA
Ret
CAT
11
GBR
16
NED
13
GER
Ret
USA
16
CZE
7
RSM
9
IND
19
JPN
13
AUS
16
MAL
16
VAL
16
17th 51
2009 Ducati Marlboro Team
Ducati Team[23]
Ducati Desmosedici GP9 B 27 Australia Casey Stoner QAT
1
JPN
4
SPA
3
FRA
5
ITA
1
CAT
3
NED
3
USA
4
GER
4
GBR
14
CZE IND RSM POR
2
AUS
1
MAL
1
VAL
DNS
4th 220 3rd 341 3rd 272
36 Finland Mika Kallio QAT JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED USA GER GBR CZE
Ret
IND
8
RSM
7
POR AUS MAL VAL 15th 17 (71)
69 United States Nicky Hayden QAT
12
JPN
Ret
SPA
15
FRA
12
ITA
12
CAT
10
NED
8
USA
5
GER
8
GBR
15
CZE
6
IND
3
RSM
Ret
POR
8
AUS
15
MAL
5
VAL
5
13th 104
2010 Ducati Marlboro Team[24]
Ducati Team[25]
Ducati Desmosedici GP10 B 27 Australia Casey Stoner QAT
Ret
SPA
5
FRA
Ret
ITA
4
GBR
5
NED
3
CAT
3
GER
3
USA
2
CZE
3
IND
Ret
RSM
5
ARA
1
JPN
1
MAL
Ret
AUS
1
POR
Ret
VAL
2
4th 225 3rd 388 3rd 286
69 United States Nicky Hayden QAT
4
SPA
4
FRA
4
ITA
Ret
GBR
4
NED
7
CAT
8
GER
7
USA
5
CZE
6
IND
6
RSM
Ret
ARA
3
JPN
12
MAL
6
AUS
4
POR
5
VAL
Ret
7th 163
2011 Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP11 B 46 Italy Valentino Rossi QAT
7
SPA
5
POR
5
FRA
3
CAT
5
GBR
6
NED
4
ITA
6
GER
9
USA
6
CZE
6
IND
10
RSM
7
ARA
10
JPN
Ret
AUS
Ret
MAL
C
VAL
Ret
7th 139 3rd 271 3rd 180
69 United States Nicky Hayden QAT
9
SPA
3
POR
9
FRA
7
CAT
8
GBR
4
NED
5
ITA
10
GER
8
USA
7
CZE
7
IND
14
RSM
Ret
ARA
7
JPN
7
AUS
7
MAL
C
VAL
Ret
8th 132
2012 Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP12 B 46 Italy Valentino Rossi QAT
10
SPA
9
POR
7
FRA
2
CAT
7
GBR
9
NED
13
GER
6
ITA
5
USA
Ret
IND
7
CZE
7
RSM
2
ARA
8
JPN
7
MAL
5
AUS
7
VAL
10
6th 163 4th 285 3rd 192
69 United States Nicky Hayden QAT
6
SPA
8
POR
11
FRA
6
CAT
9
GBR
7
NED
6
GER
10
ITA
7
USA
6
IND
DNS
CZE RSM
7
ARA
Ret
JPN
8
MAL
4
AUS
8
VAL
Ret
9th 122
2013 Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP13 B 04 Italy Andrea Dovizioso QAT
7
AME
7
SPA
8
FRA
4
ITA
5
CAT
7
NED
10
GER
7
USA
9
IND
10
CZE
7
GBR
Ret
RSM
8
ARA
8
MAL
8
AUS
9
JPN
10
VAL
9
8th 140 4th 266 3rd 155
69 United States Nicky Hayden QAT
8
AME
9
SPA
7
FRA
5
ITA
6
CAT
Ret
NED
11
GER
9
USA
8
IND
9
CZE
8
GBR
8
RSM
9
ARA
9
MAL
Ret
AUS
7
JPN
9
VAL
8
9th 126
Ducati Test Team 51 Italy Michele Pirro QAT AME SPA
11
FRA ITA
7
CAT NED GER USA IND CZE GBR RSM ARA MAL AUS JPN VAL
10
13th 56
2014 Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP14 B 04 Italy Andrea Dovizioso QAT
5
AME
3
ARG
9
SPA
5
FRA
8
ITA
6
CAT
8
NED
2
GER
8
IND
7
CZE
6
GBR
5
RSM
4
ARA
Ret
JPN
5
AUS
4
MAL
8
VAL
4
5th 187 3rd 261 3rd 211
35 United Kingdom Cal Crutchlow QAT
6
AME
Ret
ARG SPA
Ret
FRA
11
ITA
Ret
CAT
Ret
NED
9
GER
10
IND
8
CZE
Ret
GBR
12
RSM
9
ARA
3
JPN
Ret
AUS
Ret
MAL
Ret
VAL
5
13th 74
51 Italy Michele Pirro QAT AME ARG
17
19th 0 (18)
Ducati Test Team SPA
Ret
FRA ITA
11
CAT
14
NED GER IND CZE
12
GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
9
19th 18 (18)
2015 Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP15 B 04 Italy Andrea Dovizioso QAT
2
AME
2
ARG
2
SPA
9
FRA
3
ITA
Ret
CAT
Ret
NED
12
GER
Ret
IND
9
CZE
6
GBR
3
RSM
8
ARA
5
JPN
5
AUS
13
MAL
Ret
VAL
7
7th 162 3rd 350 3rd 256
29 Italy Andrea Iannone QAT
3
AME
5
ARG
4
SPA
6
FRA
5
ITA
2
CAT
4
NED
4
GER
5
IND
5
CZE
4
GBR
8
RSM
7
ARA
4
JPN
Ret
AUS
3
MAL
Ret
VAL
Ret
5th 188
Ducati Test Team 51 Italy Michele Pirro QAT AME ARG SPA FRA ITA
8
CAT NED GER IND CZE GBR RSM
Ret
ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
12
21st 12
2016 Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP16 M 04 Italy Andrea Dovizioso QAT
2
ARG
13
AME
Ret
SPA
Ret
FRA
Ret
ITA
5
CAT
7
NED
Ret
GER
3
AUT
2
CZE
Ret
GBR
6
RSM
6
ARA
11
JPN
2
AUS
4
MAL
1
VAL
7
5th 171 3rd 296 3rd 261
8 Spain Héctor Barberá QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN
17
AUS
Ret
MAL VAL 10th 0 (102)[lower-alpha 1]
29 Italy Andrea Iannone QAT
Ret
ARG
Ret
AME
3
SPA
7
FRA
Ret
ITA
3
CAT
Ret
NED
5
GER
5
AUT
1
CZE
8
GBR
Ret
RSM
DNS
ARA
WD
JPN AUS MAL
Ret
VAL
3
9th 112
51 Italy Michele Pirro QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR RSM
7
ARA
12
JPN AUS MAL VAL 19th 13 (36)[lower-alpha 2]
Ducati Test Team QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA
10
CAT NED GER AUT
12
CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 19th 10 (36)[lower-alpha 3]
2017 Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP17 M 04 Italy Andrea Dovizioso QAT
2
ARG
Ret
AME
6
SPA
5
FRA
4
ITA
1
CAT
1
NED
5
GER
8
CZE
6
AUT
1
GBR
1
RSM
3
ARA
7
JPN
1
AUS
13
MAL
1
VAL
Ret
2nd 261 3rd 398 3rd 310
99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo QAT
11
ARG
Ret
AME
9
SPA
3
FRA
6
ITA
8
CAT
4
NED
15
GER
11
CZE
15
AUT
4
GBR
5
RSM
Ret
ARA
3
JPN
6
AUS
15
MAL
2
VAL
Ret
7th 137
Ducati Test Team 51 Italy Michele Pirro QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA
9
CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR RSM
5
ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
9
23rd 25 (0)[lower-alpha 4]
2018 Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP18 M 04 Italy Andrea Dovizioso QAT
1
ARG
6
AME
5
SPA
Ret
FRA
Ret
ITA
2
CAT
Ret
NED
4
GER
7
CZE
1
AUT
3
GBR
C
RSM
1
ARA
2
THA
2
JPN
18
AUS
3
MAL
6
VAL
1
2nd 245 2nd 392 2nd 335
19 Spain Alvaro Bautista QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS
4
MAL VAL 12th 13 (105)[lower-alpha 5]
51 Italy Michele Pirro QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM ARA THA JPN AUS MAL
Ret
VAL 22nd 0 (14)[lower-alpha 6]
99 Spain Jorge Lorenzo QAT
Ret
ARG
15
AME
11
SPA
Ret
FRA
6
ITA
1
CAT
1
NED
7
GER
6
CZE
2
AUT
1
GBR
C
RSM
18
ARA
Ret
THA
DNS
JPN
DNS
AUS MAL
WD
VAL
12
9th 134
Ducati Test Team 51 Italy Michele Pirro QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA
DNS
CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM
15
ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL
4
22nd 14
2019 Mission Winnow Ducati[26]
Ducati Team[27]
Ducati Desmosedici GP19 M 04 Italy Andrea Dovizioso QAT
1
ARG
3
AME
4
SPA
4
FRA
2
ITA
3
CAT
Ret
NED
4
GER
5
CZE
2
AUT
1
GBR
Ret
RSM
6
ARA
2
THA
4
JPN
3
AUS
7
MAL
3
VAL
4
2nd 269 2nd 445 3rd 318
9 Italy Danilo Petrucci QAT
6
ARG
6
AME
6
SPA
5
FRA
3
ITA
1
CAT
3
NED
6
GER
4
CZE
8
AUT
9
GBR
7
RSM
10
ARA
12
THA
9
JPN
9
AUS
Ret
MAL
9
VAL
Ret
6th 176
Ducati Test Team 51 Italy Michele Pirro QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA
7
CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR RSM
Ret
ARA THA JPN AUS MAL VAL
Ret
22nd 9
2020 Ducati Team Ducati Desmosedici GP20 M 04 Italy Andrea Dovizioso SPA
3
ANC
6
CZE
11
AUT
1
STY
5
RSM
7
EMI
8
CAT
Ret
FRA
4
ARA
7
TER
13
EUR
8
VAL
8
POR
6
4th 135 4th 213 1st 221
9 Italy Danilo Petrucci SPA
9
ANC
Ret
CZE
12
AUT
7
STY
11
RSM
16
EMI
10
CAT
8
FRA
1
ARA
15
TER
10
EUR
10
VAL
15
POR
16
12th 78
2021 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP21 M 43 Australia Jack Miller QAT
9
DOH
9
POR
Ret
SPA
1
FRA
1
ITA
6
CAT
3
GER
6
NED
Ret
STY
Ret
AUT
11
GBR
4
ARA
5
RSM
5
AME
7
EMI
Ret
ALR
3
VAL
3
4th 181 1st 433 1st 357
63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia QAT
3
DOH
6
POR
2
SPA
2
FRA
4
ITA
Ret
CAT
7
GER
5
NED
6
STY
11
AUT
2
GBR
14
ARA
1
RSM
1
AME
3
EMI
Ret
ALR
1
VAL
1
2nd 252
51 Italy Michele Pirro QAT DOH POR SPA FRA ITA CAT GER NED STY AUT GBR ARA RSM
11
AME EMI
12
ALR VAL 23rd 9 (12)[lower-alpha 7]
2022 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP22 M 43 Australia Jack Miller QAT
Ret
IDN
4
ARG
14
AME
3
POR
Ret
SPA
5
FRA
2
ITA
15
CAT
14
GER
3
NED
6
GBR
3
AUT
3
RSM
Ret
ARA
5
JPN
1
THA
2
AUS
Ret
MAL
6
VAL
Ret
5th 189 1st 454 1st 448
63 Italy Francesco Bagnaia QAT
Ret
IDN
15
ARG
5
AME
5
POR
8
SPA
1
FRA
Ret
ITA
1
CAT
Ret
GER
Ret
NED
1
GBR
1
AUT
1
RSM
1
ARA
2
JPN
Ret
THA
3
AUS
3
MAL
1
VAL
9
1st 265
Aruba.it Racing 51 Italy Michele Pirro QAT IDN ARG AME POR SPA FRA ITA
18
CAT
16
GER NED GBR AUT RSM
Ret
ARA JPN THA AUS MAL VAL 27th 0
2023 Ducati Lenovo Team Ducati Desmosedici GP23 M 1 Italy Francesco Bagnaia POR
11
ARG
166
AME
Ret1
SPA
12
FRA
Ret3
ITA
11
GER
22
NED
12
GBR
214
AUT
11
CAT
DNS2
RSM
33
IND
Ret2
JPN
23
INA
18
AUS
2
THA MAL QAT VAL 1st* 346* 3rd* 392* 1st* 527*
9 Italy Danilo Petrucci POR ARG AME
SPA FRA
11
ITA GER NED GBR AUT CAT RSM IND JPN INA AUS THA MAL QAT VAL 28th* 5*
23 Italy Enea Bastianini POR
DNS
ARG AME SPA
WD
FRA ITA
99
GER
810
NED
Ret8
GBR
Ret13
AUT
Ret8
CAT
DNS9
RSM IND JPN INA
87
AUS
10
THA MAL QAT VAL 20th* 36*
51 Italy Michele Pirro POR ARG AME
11
SPA FRA ITA
1615
GER NED GBR AUT CAT RSM
Ret20
IND
1614
JPN
1619
INA AUS THA MAL QAT VAL 27th* 5*
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)

Ducati Superbike
2021 nameAruba it. Racing Ducati
BaseBologna, Italy
Team principal/sErnesto Marinelli,
Project Director
Serafino Foti,
Team Manager
Race riders1 Spain Álvaro Bautista
21 Italy Michael Ruben Rinaldi
MotorcycleDucati Panigale V4R (2019→)
TyresPirelli
Riders' Championshipsworks 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 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.[28][29][30]

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.[31] 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.[32] 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.[33] 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.[34]

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.[35]

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 13 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 R1 SR R2
2022 WSBK Panigale V4R Aruba.it Racing – Ducati P 19 Spain 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 Italy 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 Spain 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
GBR
GBR
ITA
ITA
ITA
CZE
CZE
CZE
FRA
FRA
FRA
SPA
SPA
SPA
POR
POR
POR
ARG
ARG
ARG
298* 1st* 397* 1st 303* 1st*
21 Italy 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
GBR
GBR
ITA
ITA
ITA
CZE
CZE
CZE
FRA
FRA
FRA
SPA
SPA
SPA
POR
POR
POR
ARG
ARG
ARG
99* 6th*

WSSP results

Year Class Bike Team Tyres No. Riders 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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 R1 R2
2022 WSSP Ducati Panigale V2 Aruba.it Racing WorldSSP Team P 11 Italy 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 Italy Nicolò Bulega AUS
1
AUS
1
INA
5
INA
3
NED
1
NED
1
SPA
1
SPA
Ret
EMI
1
EMI
2
GBR
GBR
ITA
ITA
CZE
CZE
FRA
FRA
SPA
SPA
POR
POR
ARG
ARG
197* 1st* 197* 3rd* 225*' 1st*

* Season still in progress.

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