18 Facts About Ducati Corse

1.

Ducati Corse currently competes in MotoGP, the Superbike World Championship and other national championships.

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Ducati Corse won its first MotoGP world championship for both rider and constructor in 2007, and two consecutive constructors' world championships in 2020 and 2021.

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3.

Ducati Corse began taking part in the MotoGP Championship in the 2003 season and won one title in the 2007 season.

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Ducati Corse has collected 69 wins: 23 by Casey Stoner, 14 by Andrea Dovizioso, 10 by Francesco Bagnaia, 7 by Loris Capirossi, 4 by Enea Bastianini, 3 each by Jorge Lorenzo and Jack Miller, 2 by Danilo Petrucci, and 1 each by Troy Bayliss, Andrea Iannone and Jorge Martin.

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5.

Capirossi finished fourth in the final championship standings and Bayliss sixth; while Ducati Corse finished second overall in the Manufacturers' standings.

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6.

Again, Casey Stoner remained with the team while Nicky Hayden became Stoner's new teammate on the factory Carbon Fibre chassis Ducati Corse GP9, replacing Marco Melandri who moved to Kawasaki for the 2009 season.

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7.

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.

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8.

Ducati Corse 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.

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9.

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.

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10.

In 2019, after mainly poor results, Jorge Lorenzo's 2-year contract with Ducati Corse ended with a move to Honda to join Marc Marquez, while Dovizioso remained.

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11.

Andrea Dovizioso's last year with the Ducati Corse team ended with a victory in the 2020 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix, while Danilo Petrucci won in the 2020 French motorcycle Grand Prix.

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12.

Ducati Corse won the Constructors' MotoGP World Championship for the second time.

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13.

Ducati Corse 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.

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14.

Ducati Corse won its first riders' championship in 1990 with Raymond Roche.

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15.

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.

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16.

The combination of Bayliss and Ducati Corse proved unstoppable and they dominated the season winning 12 races.

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17.

Haga had a fantastic season on Ducati Corse but lost the championship by 6 points; Haga ended the season as second while Fabrizio as third in overall championship standing.

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18.

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

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