Ducati

Ducati test rider Michele Pirro will swap MotoGP for the World Superbike Championship later this month after being confirmed in an expanded Barni Racing Team line-up for Misano.

Jack Miller has said he would be content to remain in the Pramac Ducati squad, where he has “a great deal,” for a third year into 2020 but stated he expects to be using the same equipment as the factory machines.

Jonathan Rea will look to push on from where he left off at Imola as he bids to claw back more ground on World Superbike Championship leader Alvaro Bautista on his rival’s home turf.

After a poor qualifying, Andrea Dovizioso delivered a ninth-to-third place charge to join victorious Ducati team-mate Danilo Petrucci on their home Italian MotoGP podium.

Danilo Petrucci secured his first ever MotoGP victory with a daring third-to-first move on the final lap of his home Italian Grand Prix. Petrucci, Ducati team-mate Dovizioso, Honda's Marquez and Suzuki's Alex Rins exchanged the lead throughout a thrilling 23-lap contest.

Danilo Petrucci inflicted a last-lap defeat on Marc Marquez and Andrea Dovizioso for a dream debut MotoGP victory, in front of his home fans at the Italian Grand Prix.

Petrucci claims a thrilling first MotoGP win, at home in Mugello, after passing Dovizioso and Marquez in a single move at the start of the final lap!

Italian MotoGP Results - Mugello Danilo Petrucci produced a peerless performance to claim an emotional maiden MotoGP victory in front of his home fans after prevailing in a spectacular

Andrea Dovizioso moved to play down any controversy in the wake of Q2, a session in which title rival Marc Marquez expertly used his tow to claim a brilliant pole position for the Italian Grand Prix, saying “it’s not a big problem.”

Dovizioso and Pirro lead Q1 and now progress to the Q2 pole position shootout at the Italian MotoGP - but Rins and Rossi both lose out. CLICK HERE for live updates…

Danilo Petrucci may be feeling physically weak, but the Italian made a strong start to his home MotoGP with third in Friday practice at Mugello.

Andrea Dovizioso has said he is currently unable to “ride how I want” at Mugello and believes the overall package of his Ducati’s Desmosedici GP19 “is still not goo enough” to fight for victory at the Italian Grand Prix.

The attention may have been on the trio of latest specification Ducati GP19s coming into the Italian MotoGP weekend but it was the 2018-spec Ducati GP18 of Francesco Bagnaia claiming bragging rights on Friday in Mugello after topping FP2.

Italian MotoGP, Mugello - Free Practice (2) Results Francesco Bagnaia emerged as the surprise pace setter in second free practice for the Italian MotoGP at Mugello, with

Andrea Dovizioso insists his upcoming DTM debut will not be a distraction from MotoGP. The double title runner-up will make a one-off outing at Misano next month, testing the Audi touring car at the same circuit prior to arriving at this weekend's Italian MotoGP.

Jack Miller made headlines last week when he turned up at the Circuit de Catalunya to ride a Ducati V4 Superbike.

He may be the only non-Italian riding a Ducati GP19 on the manufacturer’s home soil this weekend but Jack Miller is confident he can get amongst the local celebrations at Mugello.

Ahead of his 300th grand prix, Andrea Dovizioso is confident Ducati has the form to make it a hat-trick of home wins at Mugello for the Italian MotoGP, even if he expects harder challenge from rivals this year.

MotoGP leader Marc Marquez is expecting Repsol Honda to pose a greater threat for Ducati in front of its home supporters at the Italian MotoGP in Mugello despite struggling in recent years.

Ducati, which kick-started the modern era of MotoGP winglets in 2015, has opened a temporary 'Anatomy of Speed' exhibition at its Bologna museum to highlight the key role of aerodynamics 'as a technological ingredient which rewrites the notion of performance'.

Tommy Bridewell will be back on the World Superbike Championship grid at Jerez after Go Eleven Ducati confirmed he will continue to substitute for the injured Eugene Laverty .

Ducati will be back in normal 'Mission Winnow' branding for its home Italian MotoGP at Mugello this weekend. But perhaps 'Mission Stop Marquez' would be more appropriate, as the Italian factory seeks to halt the increasingly ominous form by the reigning world champion.

Scott Redding says it is ‘amazing’ to be battling for race wins once again as he notched up his first two-wheel success in six years with a terrific treble in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship over the weekend.

Tommy Bridewell’s wait for a first British Superbike Championship win since 2015 continues on despite notching up a fourth podium in seven races for the Oxford Racing Ducati team at Donington Park.