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Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. () is the
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-manufacturing division of Italian company Ducati, headquartered in
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, Italy. The company is directly owned by Italian automotive manufacturer
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, whose German parent company is
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, itself owned by the
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.


History

In 1926 Antonio Cavalieri Ducati and his three sons, Adriano, Marcello, and Bruno, founded ''Società Scientifica Radiobrevetti Ducati'' (SSR Ducati) in Bologna to produce
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s, condensers and other radio components. In 1935 they had become successful enough to enable construction of a new factory in the Borgo Panigale area of the city. Production was maintained during World War II, despite the Ducati factory being a repeated target of Allied bombing. It was finally destroyed by around 40
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s on 12 October 1944 as part of the
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's Operation Pancake, which involved some 700 aircraft flying from airfields in the Province of Foggia. Meanwhile, at the small
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ese firm SIATA (''Società Italiana per Applicazioni Tecniche Auto-Aviatorie''), Aldo Farinelli began developing a small
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engine for mounting on bicycles. Barely a month after the official liberation of Italy in 1944, SIATA announced its intention to sell this engine, called the "Cucciolo" (Italian for "puppy," in reference to the distinctive exhaust sound) to the public. The first Cucciolos were available alone, to be mounted on standard bicycles, by the buyer; however, businessmen soon bought the little engines in quantity, and offered complete motorized-bicycle units for sale. In 1950, after more than 200,000 Cucciolos had been sold, in collaboration with SIATA, the Ducati firm finally offered its own Cucciolo-based motorcycle. This first Ducati motorcycle was a 48 cc bike weighing , with a top speed of , and had a giving just under . Ducati soon dropped the Cucciolo name in favor of "55M" and "65TL". When the market moved toward larger motorcycles, Ducati management decided to respond, making an impression at an early-1952 Milan show, introducing their 65TS cycle and Cruiser (a four-stroke motor scooter). Despite being described as the most interesting new machine at the 1952 show, the Cruiser was not a great success, and only a few thousand were made over a two-year period before the model ceased production. In 1953, management split the company into two separate entities, Ducati Meccanica SpA and Ducati Elettronica, in acknowledgment of its diverging motorcycle and electronics product lines. Dr. Giuseppe Montano took over as head of Ducati Meccanica SpA and the Borgo Panigale factory was modernized with government assistance. By 1954, Ducati Meccanica SpA had increased production to 120 bikes a day. In the 1960s, Ducati earned its place in motorcycling history by producing the fastest 250 cc road bike then available, the Mach 1. In the 1970s Ducati began producing motorcycles with large-displacement V-twin engines, which Ducati branded as "L-twin" for their 90° angle, and in 1973, introduced their trademarked desmodromic valve design. In 1985,
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bought Ducati and planned to rebadge Ducati motorcycles with the "Cagiva" name. By the time the purchase was completed, Cagiva kept the "Ducati" name on its motorcycles. Eleven years later, in 1996, Cagiva accepted the offer from
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and sold a 51% stake in the company for US$325 million; then, in 1998, Texas Pacific Group bought most of the remaining 49% to become the sole owner of Ducati. In 1999, TPG issued an
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of Ducati stock and renamed the company "Ducati Motor Holding SpA". TPG sold over 65% of its shares in Ducati, leaving TPG the majority shareholder. In December 2005, Ducati returned to Italian ownership with the sale of Texas Pacific's stake (minus one share) to
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Holdings, the investment fund of Carlo and Andrea Bonomi. In April 2012,
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's
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subsidiary announced its intention to buy Ducati for € (US$). Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piëch, a motorcycle enthusiast, had long coveted Ducati, and had regretted that he passed up an opportunity to buy the company from the Italian government in 1984. Analysts doubted a tiny motorcycle maker would have a meaningful effect on a company the size of Volkswagen, commenting that the acquisition has "a trophy feel to it," and, "is driven by VW's passion for nameplates rather than industrial or financial logic". Italian luxury car brand
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was strengthened under VW ownership. AUDI AG's Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. subsidiary acquired 100 percent of the shares of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. on 19 July 2012 for € (US$).


Ownership

Since 1926, Ducati has been owned by a number of groups and companies. * 1926–1950 – Ducati family * 1950–1967 – Government Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (IRI) management * 1967–1978 – Government EFIM management (control over day-to-day factory operations) ** 1967–1973 – Headed By Giuseppe Montano ** 1973–1978 – Headed by Cristiano de Eccher * 1978–1985 – VM Group * 1985–1996 –
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Group * 1996–2005 – Texas-Pacific Group (US-based) ownership and going public ** Headed by CEO Federico Minoli, 1996–2001; returning for 2003–2007 * 2005–2008 – Investindustrial Holdings S.p.A. * 2008–2012 – Performance Motorcycles S.p.A. ::An investment vehicle formed by Investindustrial Holdings, BS Investimenti and Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan * 19 July 2012 – present –
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:: AUDI AG acquired 100% of the voting rights of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. via Audi's Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. subsidiary From the 1960s to the 1990s, the Spanish company MotoTrans licensed Ducati engines and produced motorcycles that, although they incorporated subtle differences, were clearly Ducati-derived. MotoTrans's most notable machine was the 250 cc ''24 Horas'' (Spanish for "24 hours").


Motorcycle designs

Ducati is best known for high-performance motorcycles characterized by large-capacity
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, 90° V-twin engines, with a desmodromic valve design. Ducati branded his configuration as L-twin because one cylinder is vertical while the other is horizontal, making it look like a letter "L". Ducati's desmodromic valve design is nearing its 50th year of use. Desmodromic valves are closed with a separate, dedicated cam lobe and lifter instead of the conventional valve springs used in most internal combustion engines in consumer vehicles. This allows the cams to have a more radical profile, thus opening and closing the valves more quickly without the risk of valve-float, which causes a loss of power that is likely when using a "passive" closing mechanism under the same conditions. While most other manufacturers use wet clutches (with the spinning parts bathed in oil) Ducati previously used multiplate
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es in many of their motorcycles. The dry clutch eliminates the power loss from oil viscosity drag on the engine, even though the engagement may not be as smooth as the oil-bath versions, but the clutch plates can wear more rapidly. Ducati has converted to wet clutches across their current product lines. Ducati also extensively uses a trellis frame, although Ducati's MotoGP project broke with this tradition by introducing a revolutionary carbon fibre frame for the Ducati Desmosedici GP9.


Product history

The chief designer of most Ducati motorcycles in the 1950s was Fabio Taglioni (1920–2001). His designs ranged from the small single-cylinder machines that were successful in the Italian 'street races' to the large-capacity twins of the 1980s. Ducati introduced the Pantah in 1979; its engine was updated in the 1990s in the Ducati SuperSport (SS) series. All modern Ducati engines are derivatives of the Pantah, which uses a toothed belt to actuate the engine's valves. Taglioni used the Cavallino Rampante (identified with the
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brand) on his Ducati motorbikes. Taglioni chose this emblem of courage and daring as a sign of respect and admiration for Francesco Baracca, a World War I fighter pilot who died during an air raid in 1918.


1950s


1960s


1970s

In 1973, Ducati commemorated its 1972 win at the Imola 200 with the production model green frame Ducati 750 SuperSport. Ducati also targeted the offroad market with the two-stroke Regolarità 125, building 3,486 models from 1975 to 1979, but the bike was not successful. In 1975, the company introduced the 860 GT, designed by noted car stylist Giorgetto Giugiaro. Its angular lines were unique, but raised handlebars made for an uncomfortable seating position at high speeds and also caused steering issues. The 860GT's angular styling was a sales disaster, and it was hurriedly re-designed for the 1976 season with a more rounded fuel tank. In 1975 Ducati offered hand-built production racers, the 'square case' 750SS and later 900SS models, built in limited numbers. Sales of the 900SS proved so strong, and sales of the 860GT/GTE/GTS so weak, that production of the 900SS was ramped up, and it became Ducati's #1 selling model.


1980s

Ducati's liquid-cooled, multi-valve 90° V-twins, made from 1985 on, are known as ''Desmoquattro'' (" desmodromic valve four"). These include the 851,
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and
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, 999 and a few predecessors and derivatives. The Ducati Paso was introduced in 1986 with the Paso 750, followed in 1989 with the Paso 906. The final version came in 1991 with the 907IE (Iniezione Elettronica), now without the name "Paso". The design was from the hand of Massimo Tamburini, who also designed the Ducati 916 and
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. The Paso was a typical "you love it, you hate it" bike. However, at that time it looked like that all-enclosed bodywork would be the future for all motorcycles. The Paso design was copied for the Moto Morini Dart 400 and Cagiva Freccia 125. Together with Tamburini's Bimota DB1, they were enormously influential in terms of styling.


1990s

In 1993, Miguel Angel Galluzzi introduced the
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, a naked bike with exposed trellis and engine. Today the Monster accounts for almost half of the company's worldwide sales. The Monster has undergone the most changes of any motorcycle that Ducati has ever produced. In 1993,
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, Massimo Bordi and Claudio Domenicali designed the Ducati Supermono. A 550 cc single-cylinder lightweight "Catalog Racer". Only 67 were built between 1993 and 1997. In 1994, the company introduced the Ducati 916 model designed by Massimo Tamburini, a water-cooled version that allowed for higher output levels and a striking new bodywork that had aggressive lines, an underseat exhaust, and a single-sided swingarm. Ducati has since ceased production of the 916, supplanting it (and its progeny, the
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,
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and 998) with the
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and 999.


2000s

In 2006, the retro-styled
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was released, which shared styling cues with the 1973 750 SuperSport (itself a production replica of Paul Smart's 1972 race winning 750 Imola Desmo), as one of a SportClassic series representing the 750 GT, 750 Sport, and 750 SuperSport Ducati motorcycles. *
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: 620, 695, 696, 750, 796, 900, S2R, S4R * Streetfighter S * ST2, ST3, ST4 * Paul Smart 1000LE and SportClassic variants * SuperSport 750, 900, 1000 *
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,
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,
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*
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, 998, 999, 1098, 1098S, 1098R,
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* Desmosedici RR


Current lineup

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* Monster * Monster+ * Monster 821 * Monster 821 Stealth * Monster 1200 * Monster 1200 S ; Multistrada * Multistrada 950 * Multistrada 950S * Multistrada V4 * Multistrada V4 S * Multistrada V4 S Sport * Multistrada 1260 Enduro ; Diavel * Diavel 1260 * Diavel 1260 S * Diavel 1260 Lamborghini * XDiavel * XDiavel S * XDiavel Black Star ; Panigale * Panigale V2 * Panigale V4 * Panigale V4 S * Panigale V4 SP * Panigale V4 R * Superleggera V4 ; Streetfighter * Streetfighter V4 * Streetfighter V4 S * Streetfighter V2 ; SuperSport * SuperSport * SuperSport S ; Hypermotard * Hypermotard 950 * Hypermotard 950 SP * Hypermotard 950 RVE ; Scrambler * Scrambler 1100 Pro * Scrambler 1100 Sport Pro * Scrambler 1100 Dark Pro * Scrambler Nightshift * Scrambler Full Throttle * Scrambler Café Racer * Scrambler Desert Sled * Scrambler Icon * Scrambler Icon Dark * Scrambler Sixty2


Current engines

* Desmodue: Desmodromic two-valve, air-cooled, 90° V-twin, 60° included valve angle (Scrambler, Monster 695, 797) * Desmodue Evoluzione: Desmo two-valve, air-cooled (Hypermotard 1100 Evo, Monster 1100 Evo, Scrambler 1100) * Testastretta 11°: Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V-twin, 11° valve overlap angle (Supersport/Supersport S, Hypermotard/Hyperstrada 939, Multistrada 950, Monster 821) * Testastretta 11° DS: Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V-twin, 11° valve overlap angle, dual ignition (Monster 1200, Diavel) * Testastretta 1262 DVT: Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V-twin, variable valve timing, longer stroke, smaller bore, re-tuned for high torque@lower 5000rpm peak {{152-162hp - 126-135Nm Torque dual ignition (XDiavel, Diavel 1260 2019–Present, Multistrada1260 DVT) * Superquadro: Desmo four-valve, liquid cooled, 90° V-twin, {{cvt, 157, -, 205, bhp (Panigale 959, 1299, V2 & Streetfighter V2) *Desmosedici Stradale: Desmo four-valve, liquid cooled, 90° V4 with a displacement of 1,103 cm³ and counter-rotating crankshaft (214–226 hp) (Panigale V4/S/S Corse/Speciale) *Desmosedici Stradale R: Desmo four-valve, liquid cooled, 90° V4 with a displacement of 998 cm³ and counter-rotating crankshaft (221–234 hp) (Panigale V4R) *V4 Granturismo: Four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V4 with a displacement of 1,158 cm³ and counter-rotating crankshaft (170 hp) (Multistrada V4)


Past engines

* Desmodue DS: Desmo two-valve, air-cooled, 56° included valve angle, dual ignition (Hypermotard 1100, Multistrada 1000/1100, Monster 1100, Monster S2R 1000, SportClassic GT 1000, SuperSport 1000) * Desmodue LC: Desmo two-valve, liquid-cooled (ST2) * Desmotre DS: Desmo three-valve, liquid-cooled, 40° included valve angle, dual ignition (ST3) * Desmoquattro: Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 40° included valve angle, (851, 888, 916, 996, 748, Monster S4, Monster S4R, ST4, ST4s) * Testastretta: Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 25° included valve angle, (996R, 998, 999, 749, Monster S4R Testastretta) * Testastretta Evoluzione: Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 24.3° included valve angle, 41° valve overlap angle (848, 1098/1198, Streetfighter 1098) * Testastretta 11° DVT: Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V-twin, variable valve timing, dual ignition (Multistrada 1200 DVT)


Motorcycle design history

Ducati has produced several styles of motorcycle engines, including varying the number of cylinders, type of valve actuation and fuel delivery. Ducati is best known for its 90° V-twin engine, used on nearly all Ducatis since the 1970s. Ducati brands its engine as "L-twin", emphasizing the 90° V angle, to create product differentiation from competing V-twin motorcycles. Ducati has also made other engine types, mostly before the 1970s, with one, two, three, or four cylinders; operated by pull rod valves and push rod valves; single, double and triple overhead camshafts;
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and even at one stage manufactured small diesel engines, many of which were used to power boats, generators, garden machinery and emergency pumps (for example, for fire fighting). The engines were the IS series from {{cvt, 7, to, 22, hp air-cooled and the larger twin DM series water- and air-cooled. The engines have been found in all parts of the globe. Wisconsin Diesel even assembled and "badge engineered" the engines in the USA. They have also produced outboard motors for marine use. Currently, Ducati makes no other engines except for its motorcycles. On current Ducati motors, except for the Desmosedici and 1199 Panigale, the valves are actuated by a standard valve cam shaft which is rotated by a timing belt driven by the motor directly. The teeth on the belt keep the
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drive pulleys indexed. On older Ducati motors, prior to 1986, drive was by solid shaft that transferred to the camshaft through bevel-cut gears. This method of valve actuation was used on many of Ducati's older single-cylinder motorcycles — the shaft tube is visible on the outside of the cylinder. Ducati is also famous for using the desmodromic valve system championed by engineer and designer Fabio Taglioni, though the firm has also used engines that use valve springs to close their valves. In the early days, Ducati reserved the desmodromic valve heads for its higher performance bikes and its race bikes. These valves do not suffer from valve float at high engine speeds, thus a desmodromic engine is capable of far higher revolutions than a similarly configured engine with traditional spring-valve heads. In the 1960s and 1970s, Ducati produced a wide range of small two-stroke bikes, mainly sub-100 cc capacities. Large quantities of some models were exported to the United States. Ducati has produced the following motorcycle engine types: * Single-cylinder, **pullrod actuated, 48 cc and 65 cc (Cucciolo) **pushrod actuated, 98 and 125 cc **two-stroke, 50, 80, 90, 100, 125 cc **bevel actuated, spring valved: 98 cc, 100 cc, 125 cc, 160 cc, 175 cc, 200 cc, 239 cc, 250 cc, 350 cc, 450 cc **bevel actuated, desmodromic valved: 125 cc, 239 cc, 250 cc, 350 cc and 450 cc **belt actuated, desmodromic valved: 549/572 cc
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, only 65 made. * Two-cylinder, **bevel actuated, spring valved 90 ° V-twin: 750 cc, 860 cc **bevel actuated, desmo valved 90 ° V-twin: 750 cc, 860 cc, 900 cc, 973 cc (Mille) **bevel actuated, desmo valved
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: 125 cc **chain actuated, spring valved parallel twin: 350 cc, 500 cc (GTL) **chain actuated, desmo valved parallel twin): 500 cc (500SD) **belt actuated, desmo valved 90 ° V-twin: Almost all engines since 1986. * Four-cylinder, **gear actuated, desmo valved (V4): Prototype Desmosedici, and Low volume Production Desmosedici RR, 1,500 made **pushrod actuated, spring valved (V4): Prototype
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, only two made.


Enthusiasts groups

A key part of Ducati's marketing strategy since the 1990s has been fostering a distinct community identity in connection with branding efforts including online communities and local, regional and national Ducati enthusiast clubs. There are more than 400 Ducati clubs worldwide and 20,000 registered users of the Ducati Owners Club web site and 17,000 subscribers to the racing web site. Enthusiasts and riders are informally referred to in the motorcycling community as Ducatista (singular) or Ducatisti (plural). In North America there are several Ducati enthusiasts organizations with varying degrees of factory sponsorship, such as the Bay Area Desmo Owners Club (BADOC) located in and around the city of San Francisco, CA. Ducati Riders of Illinois (DRILL) located in Chicago, IL. DESMO, the Ducati Enthusiast Sport Motorcycle Organization, is a North American group affiliated with the factory Desmo Owners Club. Some groups are focused on vintage Ducatis while several are based primarily or entirely on email discussion lists or web forums.


Merchandising

Ducati has a wide range of accessories, lifestyle products and co-branded merchandise bearing their logos and designs. The company has a licensing agreement with
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, launching a collection of eight co-branded luggage pieces in 2006, sold through both of the brands' retail outlets.


Racing history

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MotoGP World Championship

Ducati rejoined
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in {{MGP, 2003, after a 30-year absence. On 23 September 2007,
Casey Stoner Casey Joel Stoner (born 16 October 1985) is an Australian retired professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in and . During his MotoGP career, Stoner raced for the factory teams of Ducati and Honda, winning a ti ...
clinched his and Ducati's first Grand Prix World Championship. When Ducati re-joined MotoGP in {{MGP, 2003, MotoGP had changed its rules to allow four-stroke 990 cc engines to race. At the time Ducati was the fastest bike. In {{MGP, 2007, MotoGP reduced the engine size to ''{{cvt, 800, cc'', and Ducati continued to be the fastest with a bike that was markedly quicker than its rivals as was displayed by Casey Stoner on tracks with long straights. For {{MGP, 2009, Ducati Marlboro Team campaigned their Desmosedici GP9 with former World Champions
Casey Stoner Casey Joel Stoner (born 16 October 1985) is an Australian retired professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in and . During his MotoGP career, Stoner raced for the factory teams of Ducati and Honda, winning a ti ...
and
Nicky Hayden Nicholas Patrick Hayden (July 30, 1981 May 22, 2017), nicknamed "The Kentucky Kid", was an American professional motorcycle racer who won the MotoGP World Championship in 2006. Hayden began racing motorcycles at a young age. He began his roa ...
. Ducati also supplied
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bikes to Pramac Racing, with Mika Kallio and
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riding for the team in 2009. Nine-time world champion
Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi (; ; born 16 February 1979) is an Italian former professional motorcycle road racer and nine-time Grand Prix motorcycle racing World Champion. Nicknamed ''The Doctor'', he is widely considered to be one of the greatest motorcyc ...
rode for Ducati Corse for the {{MGP, 2011 and {{MGP, 2012 seasons.{{cite web , url=http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2010/Ducati+announce+Rossi+deal+for+2011 , access-date=18 August 2010 , date=15 August 2010 , title=Rossi to ride for Ducati in 2011 (press release) , author=Ducati , publisher=MotoGP.com Official Website , archive-date=21 September 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921110230/http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2010/Ducati+announce+Rossi+deal+for+2011 , url-status=live {{cite web , url=http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2010/Fiat+Yamaha+announcement , access-date=18 August 2010 , date=15 August 2010 , title=Yamaha and Valentino Rossi to part company at end of 2010 (press release) , author=Fiat Yamaha , publisher=MotoGP.com Official Website , author-link=Fiat Yamaha , archive-date=21 September 2012 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921110532/http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2010/Fiat+Yamaha+announcement , url-status=live Rossi returned to the Yamaha team for the 2013 season. For {{MGP, 2013, Ducati Team raced with
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and the Italian rider
Andrea Dovizioso Andrea Dovizioso (born 23 March 1986) is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer. He raced with WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team for the 2022 season but announced his intended-retirement after the Misano round in September. Dovizioso was t ...
. In 2014
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teamed up with Dovizioso for the season, and he left at the end of the year. In {{MGP, 2015, Ducati Team, under the control of the new race team director Gigi Dall'Igna and the new Desmosedici GP15, raced with two Italian riders:
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and
Andrea Iannone Andrea Iannone (born 9 August 1989) is an Italian professional motorcycle racer who competed in the MotoGP World Championship from 2013 to 2019. Iannone is a race winner in MotoGP, Moto2 and 125 cc World Championships. After winning 4 races ...
. Dovizioso and Iannone returned for another season in {{MGP, 2016 with
Michele Pirro Michele Pio Pirro (born 5 July 1986) is a motorcycle road racer from Italy, He was 2007 and 2008 the ''Italian CIV National Champion in the Superstock class'' and a test rider for Ducati factory racing in MotoGP and rides occasionally as a wild ...
as official tester. As well as this,
Casey Stoner Casey Joel Stoner (born 16 October 1985) is an Australian retired professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in and . During his MotoGP career, Stoner raced for the factory teams of Ducati and Honda, winning a ti ...
also tested Ducati machinery during the season. In {{MGP, 2017 and {{MGP, 2018, Ducati Team rider
Andrea Dovizioso Andrea Dovizioso (born 23 March 1986) is an Italian former professional motorcycle racer. He raced with WithU Yamaha RNF MotoGP Team for the 2022 season but announced his intended-retirement after the Misano round in September. Dovizioso was t ...
raced with his new teammate Jorge Lorenzo, who joined the Ducati team from
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with a two seasons contract. In 2019, Danilo Petrucci joined Dovizioso at the factory team. In {{MGP, 2022, MotoGP, Despite suffering five DNF's, four of which were individual errors throughout the 2022 season, Bagnaia became the newest MotoGP world champion today in Valencia. The Ducati rider also became the Italian manufacturer's second-ever MotoGP champion after Casey Stoner, and first in 15 years. {, class="wikitable" , - !Year ! Champion ! Motorcycle , - , {{MGP, 2007 , {{flagicon, AUS
Casey Stoner Casey Joel Stoner (born 16 October 1985) is an Australian retired professional motorcycle racer, and a two-time MotoGP World Champion, in and . During his MotoGP career, Stoner raced for the factory teams of Ducati and Honda, winning a ti ...
, Ducati Desmosedici GP7 , - , {{MGP, 2022, MotoGP , {{flagicon, ITA Francesco Bagnaia , Ducati Desmosedici GP22


Superbike World Championship (SBK)

The company has won 15 riders world championships and 18 manufacturers world championships, competing since the series' inception in 1988. At the end of 2015, Ducati has amassed 318 wins, more than any other manufacturer involved in the championship. {, class="wikitable" , - ! Year ! Champion ! Motorcycle , - , {{SBK, 1990 , {{flagicon, FRA  Raymond Roche , Ducati 851 , - , {{SBK, 1991 , {{flagicon, USA 
Doug Polen Doug Polen (born September 2, 1960) is an American former professional motorcycle road racer. Polen was a dominant national and world champion road racer in the late 1980s and early 1990s, culminating with his Superbike world championships in ...
, Ducati 888 , - , {{SBK, 1992 , {{flagicon, USA 
Doug Polen Doug Polen (born September 2, 1960) is an American former professional motorcycle road racer. Polen was a dominant national and world champion road racer in the late 1980s and early 1990s, culminating with his Superbike world championships in ...
, Ducati 888 , - , {{SBK, 1994 , {{flagicon, UK  Carl Fogarty , Ducati 916 , - , {{SBK, 1995 , {{flagicon, UK  Carl Fogarty , Ducati 916 , - , {{SBK, 1996 , {{flagicon, AUS 
Troy Corser Troy Gordon Corser (born 27 November 1971) is an Australian former professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the Superbike World Championship from 1992 to 2011 except for the 1997 season when he competed in Grand Prix motorcycle raci ...
, Ducati 916 , - , {{SBK, 1998 , {{flagicon, UK  Carl Fogarty , Ducati 916 , - , {{SBK, 1999 , {{flagicon, UK  Carl Fogarty ,
Ducati 996 The Ducati 996 is a Ducati sport bike motorcycle made from 1999 to 2002, based upon the earlier 916. Model history From 1999, there were three different models of the 996: a base, or Biposto; the 996S with Öhlins suspensi ...
, - , {{SBK, 2001 , {{flagicon, AUS  Troy Bayliss , Ducati 996R F01 , - , {{SBK, 2003 , {{flagicon, UK 
Neil Hodgson Neil Stuart Hodgson (born 20 November 1973) is a British former motorcycle racer, who won the 2000 British Superbike Championship, and the 2003 Superbike World Championship titles. He then went on to have a moderately successful four years in t ...
, Ducati 999 F03 , - , {{SBK, 2004 , {{flagicon, UK 
James Toseland James Michael Toseland (born 5 October 1980) is an English former motorcycle racer and vocalist of his own rock band named Toseland. For 2020, he is team-manager of Wepol Racing with riders in World Supersport and Supersport 300.Ducati 999 F04 , - , {{SBK, 2006 , {{flagicon, AUS  Troy Bayliss , Ducati 999 F06 , - , {{SBK, 2008 , {{flagicon, AUS  Troy Bayliss ,
Ducati 1098 The Ducati 1098 is a sport bike made by Ducati from 2007 to 2009, in three versions, the 1098, 1098S, and 1098R. The 1098 was succeeded by the 1198 in 2009, though the 1098R remained in production that year. The 1098 shares more design elements ...
F08 , - , {{SBK, 2011 , {{flagicon, ESP 
Carlos Checa Carlos Checa Carrera (born 15 October 1972) is a Spanish former professional motorcycle road racer and winner of the 2011 Superbike World Championship. After racing in 500 cc and MotoGP for over a decade, mostly on Honda and Yamaha machin ...
,
Ducati 1098 The Ducati 1098 is a sport bike made by Ducati from 2007 to 2009, in three versions, the 1098, 1098S, and 1098R. The 1098 was succeeded by the 1198 in 2009, though the 1098R remained in production that year. The 1098 shares more design elements ...
R , - , {{SBK, 2022 , {{flagicon, ESP  Alvaro Bautista , Panigale V4 R


Supersport World Championship

{, class="wikitable" , - ! Year ! Champion ! Motorcycle , - ,
1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...
, {{flagicon, ITA 
Paolo Casoli Paolo Casoli (born 18 August 1965 in Castelnovo ne' Monti) is a former Italian Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. His best year in Grands Prix was in 1987, when he won the 125cc Portuguese Grand Prix and finished in third place in the 125cc worl ...
,
Ducati 748 The Ducati 748 was a Ducati sport bike made from 1994 to 2002. The 748 was the smaller displacement version of the 916, and was succeeded in 2003 by the 749. Design The Ducati Desmoquattro engine began as displacement engine, with cylinder ...
, -


FIM Superstock 1000 Cup

{, class="wikitable" , - ! Year ! Champion ! Motorcycle , - ,
2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple Inc., Apple's first iPhone (1st generation), iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakis ...
, {{flagicon, ITA
Niccolò Canepa Niccolò Canepa (born 14 May 1988 in Genoa) is an Italian professional motorcycle road racer contracted from 2022 to RNF Racing in the MotoE World Cup aboard an Energica Ego Corsa. Canepa won the 2007 European Superstock 1000 Championship on a ...
, Ducati 1098S , - ,
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
, {{flagicon, Australia
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, Ducati 1098R , - ,
2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; Protests ...
, {{flagicon, Belgium Xavier Siméon , Ducati 1098R , - ,
2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrates ...
, {{flagicon, ITA 
Davide Giugliano Davide Giugliano (born 28 October 1989) is a motorcycle racer from Italy, winner of the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in 2011. Career In 2005 he made his debut in Superstock 600 and in 2007 he moved to Supersport riding a Kawasaki ZX-6R. From 200 ...
, Ducati 1098R , - ,
2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wa ...
, {{flagicon, ARG Leandro Mercado , Ducati 1199 Panigale R , - , 2017 , {{flagicon, ITA
Michael Ruben Rinaldi Michael Ruben Rinaldi (born 21 December 1995) is an Italian motorcycle racer, competing in the Superbike World Championship aboard a Ducati Panigale R. Rinaldi has also previously competed in the European Superstock 1000 Championship, where he ...
, Ducati Panigale R Ducati has also won the manufacturers' championship for years 2008–2009, 2011 and 2016.


British Superbike Championship

Ducati has won the British Superbike Championship twelve times. {, class="wikitable" , - ! Year ! Champion ! Motorcycle , - , 1995 , {{flag icon, SCO Steve Hislop , Ducati 916 , - ,
1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
, {{flag icon, AUS Troy Bayliss ,
Ducati 996 The Ducati 996 is a Ducati sport bike motorcycle made from 1999 to 2002, based upon the earlier 916. Model history From 1999, there were three different models of the 996: a base, or Biposto; the 996S with Öhlins suspensi ...
, - , 2000 , {{flag icon, ENG
Neil Hodgson Neil Stuart Hodgson (born 20 November 1973) is a British former motorcycle racer, who won the 2000 British Superbike Championship, and the 2003 Superbike World Championship titles. He then went on to have a moderately successful four years in t ...
, Ducati 996 , - ,
2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a multi-national coalition in an invasion of Afghanist ...
, {{flag icon, ENG John Reynolds , Ducati 996 , - ,
2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...
, {{flag icon, SCO Steve Hislop , Ducati 998 RS , - ,
2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A ...
, {{flag icon, ENG Shane Byrne , Ducati 998 F02 , - ,
2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; " Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discover ...
, {{flag icon, ESP
Gregorio Lavilla Gregorio Lavilla (born 29 September 1973) is a Spanish former professional motorcycle road racer. He has raced in MotoGP (full-time in 250s, and part-time in 500s and MotoGP itself), the Superbike World Championship, and the British Superbike Ch ...
, Ducati 999 F04 , - ,
2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...
, {{flag icon, ENG Shane Byrne ,
Ducati 1098 The Ducati 1098 is a sport bike made by Ducati from 2007 to 2009, in three versions, the 1098, 1098S, and 1098R. The 1098 was succeeded by the 1198 in 2009, though the 1098R remained in production that year. The 1098 shares more design elements ...
RS , - , 2016 , {{flag icon, ENG Shane Byrne , Ducati Panigale R , - , 2017 , {{flag icon, ENG Shane Byrne , Ducati Panigale R , - , 2019 , {{flag icon, ENG
Scott Redding Scott Christopher Redding (born 4 January 1993) is a British motorcycle racer. For 2022 he is contracted to ride in Superbike World Championship with BMW Motorrad WorldSBK team after the 2020 and 2021 seasons with Ducati factory WSBK team rid ...
, Ducati Panigale V4 R , - , 2020 , {{flag icon, AUS
Josh Brookes Joshua Brookes (born 28 April 1983 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is a professional motorcycle road racer with experience of Superbike and Supersport racing, both domestically and internationally. In 2020, he raced in the British Sup ...
, Ducati Panigale V4 R


AMA Superbike Championship

In the
AMA Superbike Championship AMA Superbike Championship is an American motorcycle racing series that has been run every year beginning in 1976. For most of its existence it has been considered the premier motorcycle road racing series in the United States. It is sanctioned ...
, Ducati has had its share of success, with
Doug Polen Doug Polen (born September 2, 1960) is an American former professional motorcycle road racer. Polen was a dominant national and world champion road racer in the late 1980s and early 1990s, culminating with his Superbike world championships in ...
winning the title in 1993 and
Troy Corser Troy Gordon Corser (born 27 November 1971) is an Australian former professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the Superbike World Championship from 1992 to 2011 except for the 1997 season when he competed in Grand Prix motorcycle raci ...
the following year in 1994. Ducati has entered a bike in every AMA Superbike season since 1986, but withdrew from the series after the 2006 season. {, class="wikitable" , - ! Year ! Champion ! Motorcycle , - , 1993 , {{flagicon, United States
Doug Polen Doug Polen (born September 2, 1960) is an American former professional motorcycle road racer. Polen was a dominant national and world champion road racer in the late 1980s and early 1990s, culminating with his Superbike world championships in ...
, Ducati 888 , - , 1994 , {{flagicon, Australia
Troy Corser Troy Gordon Corser (born 27 November 1971) is an Australian former professional motorcycle road racer. He competed in the Superbike World Championship from 1992 to 2011 except for the 1997 season when he competed in Grand Prix motorcycle raci ...
, Ducati 888 Ducati had an important place in early Superbike racing history in the United States and vice versa: In 1977, ''Cycle'' magazine editors Cook Neilson and Phil Schilling took a Ducati 750SS to first place at Daytona in the second-ever season of AMA Superbike racing. "Neilson retired from racing at the end of the year, but the bike he and Schilling built — nicknamed Old Blue for its blue livery — became a legend," says Richard Backus from Motorcycle Classics: "How big a legend? Big enough for Ducati to team with Italian specialty builder NCR to craft a limited-edition update, New Blue, based on the 2007 Sport 1000S, and big enough to inspire the crew at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum (see Barber Motorsports Park), arguably one of the most important motorcycle museums in the world, to commission Ducati specialist Rich Lambrechts to craft a bolt-by-bolt replica for its collection. The finished bike's name? Deja Blue."{{cite web , date=January–February 2009 , first=Richard , last=Backus , url=http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/Motorcycle-reviews/One-famous-Ducati-750SS.aspx , title=One famous Ducati 750SS , publisher=Motorcycleclassics.com , access-date=27 July 2009 , archive-date=3 October 2011 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003223607/http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/Motorcycle-reviews/One-famous-Ducati-750SS.aspx , url-status=dead


Australian Superbike Championship

{, class="wikitable" , - ! Year ! Champion ! Motorcycle , - ,
1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...
, {{flagicon, Australia Steve Martin , Ducati 996RS , - , 2019 , {{flagicon, Australia Mike Jones , Ducati 1289 Panigale R Final Edition , -


Formula TT

Ducati's first ever world title was the 1978 TT Formula 1 World Championship, achieved thanks to
Mike Hailwood Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood, (2 April 1940 – 23 March 1981) was a British professional motorcycle racer and racing driver. He is regarded by many as one of the greatest racers of all time. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle ...
's victory at the Isle of Man TT. Between 1981 and 1984
Tony Rutter Tony Rutter (24 September 1941 – 24 March 2020) was a British professional motorcycle road racer. He was a street circuit specialist, who won seven Isle of Man TT Races between 1973 and 1985. Racing career Rutter competed in the Grand Prix ...
won four TT Formula 2 World Championships riding Ducati bikes. {, class="wikitable" , - ! Year ! Class ! Champion ! Motorcycle , - ,
1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd government). * January 6 ...
, F1 , {{flagicon, GBR
Mike Hailwood Stanley Michael Bailey Hailwood, (2 April 1940 – 23 March 1981) was a British professional motorcycle racer and racing driver. He is regarded by many as one of the greatest racers of all time. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle ...
, Ducati NCR 900 SS TT1 , - , 1981 , F2 , {{flagicon, GBR
Tony Rutter Tony Rutter (24 September 1941 – 24 March 2020) was a British professional motorcycle road racer. He was a street circuit specialist, who won seven Isle of Man TT Races between 1973 and 1985. Racing career Rutter competed in the Grand Prix ...
, Ducati Pantah, Ducati 600 TT2 , - , 1982 , F2 , {{flagicon, GBR
Tony Rutter Tony Rutter (24 September 1941 – 24 March 2020) was a British professional motorcycle road racer. He was a street circuit specialist, who won seven Isle of Man TT Races between 1973 and 1985. Racing career Rutter competed in the Grand Prix ...
, Ducati Pantah, Ducati 600 TT2 , - , 1983 , F2 , {{flagicon, GBR
Tony Rutter Tony Rutter (24 September 1941 – 24 March 2020) was a British professional motorcycle road racer. He was a street circuit specialist, who won seven Isle of Man TT Races between 1973 and 1985. Racing career Rutter competed in the Grand Prix ...
, Ducati Pantah, Ducati 600 TT2 , - , 1984 , F2 , {{flagicon, GBR
Tony Rutter Tony Rutter (24 September 1941 – 24 March 2020) was a British professional motorcycle road racer. He was a street circuit specialist, who won seven Isle of Man TT Races between 1973 and 1985. Racing career Rutter competed in the Grand Prix ...
, Ducati Pantah, Ducati 600 TT2 , -


See also

* List of Italian companies * List of motorcycle manufacturers {{Portal bar, Italy, Companies


References

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