Ducati reaches 100 MotoGP victories and wins its sixth Constructors’ World Title in its history in the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Misano

• Ducati is the first European manufacturer to cross this milestone in the premier class of MotoGP
• 50 of the 100 total victories obtained between 2020 and 2024
• For Ducati, this is the fifth consecutive Constructors’ World Title, obtained with six races to spare before the end of the season

MISANO ADRIATICO (Rimini, Italy) – September 22, 2024 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – The Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix held this afternoon at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli is destined to remain in the history of motorcycle racing. Thanks to Enea Bastianini’s victory with the Ducati Lenovo Team’s Desmosedici GP, Ducati has achieved its 100th victory in MotoGP: an important milestone for the Bologna-based manufacturer achieved in a unique context, that of the home race on the track located in the heart of the Motor Valley, a few kilometres from headquarters.

Ducati thus enters a small elite capable of reaching 100 successes in MotoGP, which includes only two other companies. Ducati is also the first European manufacturer to achieve this result. The success of Bastianini also allowed Ducati to achieve the sixth Constructors’ World Title in its history, when there are still 6 Grands Prix to go until the end of the 2024 season. For the Bologna-based manufacturer, this is the fifth consecutive constructors’ title since 2020.

It was precisely in 2020 that Ducati celebrated the first important milestone of 50 victories in MotoGP thanks to the win achieved by Andrea Dovizioso (14 victories in total) on the Spielberg circuit in Austria. Up until that point, in addition to him, 6 other riders had managed to take the Rossa from Borgo Panigale to success. The first was obviously Loris Capirossi (who obtained a total of 7 victories with Ducati) at Montmelò in 2003, the year of Ducati’s debut in MotoGP. This was followed by the incredible victories of Casey Stoner (23), the first World Champion with the Desmosedici in 2007; Troy Bayliss (1), who, fresh from the Superbike World Title, took part in the Valencian Community GP in 2006 as a replacement for the injured Gibernau and won the race; Andrea Iannone (1), Jorge Lorenzo (3) and Danilo Petrucci (2).

In the space of four years, Ducati has established itself as the benchmark in the racing world and has managed to demonstrate this technical superiority by achieving another 50 successes and at the same time returning to win the World Riders’ Title after 15 years. Francesco Bagnaia, two-time World Champion with…