Ducati
Italian motorcycle manufacturer
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| April 7 2025 | Ducati Lenovo Team competes in MotoGP with two riders: Francesco Bagnaia (Italian, No. 63) and Marc Márquez (Spanish, No. 93) |
| 2025 | Ducati decides to use an upgraded GP24.9 motorcycle instead of the new GP25 for the 2025 and 2026 seasons, strategically preparing for upcoming 850cc regulation changes in 2027. |
| March 2025 | Marc Márquez wins his first race with Ducati Lenovo Team in MotoGP, securing the 1st position in the championship standings |
| March 2025 | Francesco Bagnaia finishes 3rd in the MotoGP championship with the Ducati Lenovo Team |
| 2025 | Marc Márquez signs a contract with Ducati Corse, joining Francesco Bagnaia as a teammate and committing to the team until 2026. |
| 2024 | Significant redesign of the Panigale V2 for the 2025 model year, which included adopting a smaller 890 cc engine to comply with evolving emissions standards. |
| 2024 | Ducati Corse makes an official entry into the MotoE World Championship with Chaz Davies as their rider, competing under the Aruba Cloud MotoE team name. The team uses Ducati V21L electric racing machines, taking over the grid-slot previously used by Pramac. |
| 2024 | Ducati Corse makes its debut in the MXGP World Championship in the Netherlands, entering the competition with Tony Cairoli (nine-time world champion) and Alessandro Lupino, racing on the Ducati Desmo450 MX motorbike. |
| 2024 | Francesco Bagnaia finishes 2nd in the championship with 11 wins, 16 podiums, and 6 pole positions |
| 2024 | Enea Bastianini finishes 4th in the championship with 2 wins and 9 podiums |
| 2023 | Francesco Bagnaia wins his second consecutive MotoGP World Championship with 7 wins, 15 podiums, and 7 pole positions |
| 2023 | Nicolò Bulega wins the Supersport World Championship riding for Ducati. |
| 2022 | Ducati enters the Supersport World Championship with the 955 Panigale V2, fielding Nicolò Bulega as their rider. |
| 2022 | Nicolò Bulega finishes fourth in the Supersport World Championship riding for Ducati. |
| 2022 | Ducati Corse won both the Constructors' Title and the Teams' Title in the MotoGP championship. |
| November 2022 | Francesco Bagnaia became the second MotoGP world champion for Ducati in Valencia, overcoming five DNFs during the season. |
| 2021 | Jack Miller and Francesco Bagnaia joined Ducati Lenovo Team, marking the start of a new era for Ducati Corse in MotoGP. |
| 2021 | Ducati Lenovo Team debuts with Jack Miller finishing 4th in the championship, winning 2 races and securing 5 podiums |
| 2021 | Ducati won the Constructors' MotoGP World Championship for the third time, with Francesco Bagnaia securing second place in the overall standings. |
| 2021 | Wayne Maxwell from Australia successfully defends his championship, again riding a Ducati Panigale V4R |
| 2020 | Ducati won the Constructors' MotoGP World Championship for the second time in the team's history. |
| 2020 | Danilo Petrucci won the French Grand Prix representing Ducati. |
| 2020 | Ducati Team competes in MotoGP with Andrea Dovizioso finishing 4th in the championship, winning 1 race and securing 2 podiums |
| 2020 | Wayne Maxwell from Australia wins the championship riding a Ducati Panigale V4R |
| 2020 | Danilo Petrucci races for Ducati Team, finishing 12th in the championship with 1 win and 1 podium |
| 2020 | Andrea Dovizioso secured a victory in Austria during his final year with Ducati, marking the end of his tenure with the team. |
| 2019 | Ducati initially introduced the Panigale V2 as a successor to the Panigale 959, launching the motorcycle for the 2020 model year with a 955 cc V-twin engine. |
| 2019 | Mike Jones from Australia wins the championship riding a Ducati 1289 Panigale R Final Edition |
| 2019 | Jorge Lorenzo concluded his 2-year contract with Ducati and transferred to Honda to team up with Marc Márquez, ending his tenure with the team after predominantly unsatisfactory performance. |
| 2019 | Italian rider Danilo Petrucci was promoted from Alma Pramac Racing to join the official Ducati MotoGP racing team. |
| 2019 | Álvaro Bautista joined the Ducati team and began the season with 11 consecutive wins before experiencing mixed results. |
| 2018 | Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo were teammates at Ducati Corse for the MotoGP season. |
| 2017 | Glen Irwin won the North West 200 and Macau Grand Prix with the Panigale R. Ducati finished second in the Superbike World Championship and won the rider title with Michael Ruben Rinaldi. |
| 2016 | Ducati won the British Superbike Championship with rider Shane 'Shakey' Byrne from the PBM Be Wiser Ducati Team. Ducati also won the Superbike World Championship manufacturer title. |
| 2016 | Ducati signed five-time world champion Jorge Lorenzo to ride for the team in the 2017 and 2018 MotoGP seasons. |
| 2016 | Casey Stoner returned to Ducati Corse, joining the team alongside test rider Michele Pirro, and was noted to have immediately established a strong connection with the Ducati racing team and motorcycle. |
| 2016 | Ducati retained Andrea Dovizioso for a further two seasons of MotoGP competition. |
| 2016 | Ducati Corse maintained Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone as their factory team riders, racing with the updated GP16 motorcycle, which was an evolution of the previous year's GP15 model. |
| 2016 | Ducati won the manufacturers' championship, demonstrating their continued competitive prowess in motorcycle racing. |
| 2015 | Ducati finished second in the Superbike World Championship season, with Chaz Davies achieving 5 wins. |
| 2015 | Ducati announced the larger displacement 1299 Panigale as a successor to the original 1199 Panigale model. |
| 2015 | Ducati prepares to field a total of 8 bikes on the MotoGP circuit for 2016, distributed across factory team, Pramac Yakhnich, Aspar Team, and Avintia Racing. |
| 2015 | Ducati introduced the GP15, a full redesign of the Desmosedici motorcycle, under the direction of new team race director Gigi Dall'Igna. The new bike made its debut at the second Sepang test. |
| 2015 | Ducati Corse restructured its MotoGP team, with Andrea Dovizioso continuing as a rider and Andrea Iannone joining the factory team from Pramac Ducati. |
| 2014 | Leandro Mercado won the riders title during the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup season with Ducati. |
| 2014 | Ducati launched the 1199 Superleggera, a high-performance motorcycle designed with an extreme focus on weight reduction using exotic materials like magnesium, carbon, and titanium. The limited edition model was produced in only 500 units, featuring a monocoque frame and significantly reduced weight. |
| 2014 | Andrea Dovizioso continued racing for Ducati Corse in the MotoGP season, with Cal Crutchlow also joining the team as his teammate. |
| 2013 | Ducati released the 1199 Panigale S Senna, a special variant of their top-range sportbike dedicated to Formula 1 World Champion Ayrton Senna. Like its predecessor based on the 916 from 1994, the net proceeds from this model were donated to the Instituto Ayrton Senna charity. |
| 2013 | Andrea Dovizioso joined the Ducati Team, replacing Valentino Rossi who had departed from the team. |
| 2013 | Nicky Hayden continued racing with Ducati Corse (then-known as 'Ducati Team') on a one-year contract for the MotoGP season. |
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