Company type | Division |
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Founded | 1999 |
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] |
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).[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.