Ducati Corse

Ducati Corse
Founded1999
Headquarters
Bologna, Italy
Key people
General Manager:
Luigi Dall'Igna[1]
Sporting Director:
Mauro Grassilli[2]
General Manager Off-Road:
Paolo Ciabatti[2]
MotoGP Race Team Manager:
Davide Tardozzi
Technical Director
Davide Barana[3][4]
ParentDucati Motor Holding S.p.A.
WebsiteDucati 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).[5] 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.[6]

Between 1998 and 2004 the racing division existed as a subsidiary company named Ducati Corse S.r.l., fully owned by Ducati Motor Holding.[7] 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.

  1. ^ LUIGI DALL'IGNA:ingenuity and passion ducati.com. Retrieved 2 March 2024
  2. ^ a b MotoGP: Paolo Ciabatti named General Manager of Ducati Corse's new Off-Road project Motorcycle News, 22 December 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2024
  3. ^ Technical Director @ Ducati Corse motorsportnext.com, 30 June 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2024
  4. ^ Ducati Technical Director Davide Barana, On Improving On Perfection, Aerodynamics, And The Importance Of Teams In Engineering motomatters.com, 30 January 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024
  5. ^ "Ducati.com". Ducati.com. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
  6. ^ Chaz Davies confirms return to racing with Aruba.it Racing MotoE deal for 2024 bikesportnews.com, 7 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024
  7. ^ "Ducati cede Ducati Corse...a se stessa". gpone.it. 2004-11-26. Retrieved 2014-01-29.