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{{Short description|Italian company that designs and manufactures motorcycles}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.
| logo = Ducati red logo.PNG
| type = [[Social:Subsidiary|Subsidiary]] ([[Social:Società per azioni|S.p.A.]])
| predecessor = 
| successor = 
| founders = {{unbulleted list
 | Antonio Cavalieri Ducati
 | Adriano Cavalieri Ducati
 | Bruno Cavalieri Ducati}}
| defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = Claudio Domenicali ([[Company:CEO|CEO]])
| industry = [[Engineering:Motorcycle|Motorcycle]] manufacturing
| products = Motorcycles<br/>Clothing<br/>accessories
| production = 55,500 units   (2016)
| services = 
| revenue = {{profit}} [[Finance:Euro|€]]731 million (2016)<ref name=finstat>{{cite news |url=http://blog.motorcycle.com/2017/03/15/manufacturers/ducati/ducati-set-another-new-sales-record-2016/ |language=it |title=Ducati Group: nel 2015 vendite, fatturato e risultato in crescita |trans-title=Ducati Group: sales in 2015, sales and earnings growth |date=3 March 2016 |access-date=9 August 2016 |publisher=Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. |archive-date=18 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318213939/http://blog.motorcycle.com/2017/03/15/manufacturers/ducati/ducati-set-another-new-sales-record-2016/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| operating_income = 
| net_income = 
| assets = 
| equity = 
| num_employees = 
| owner = [[Company:Volkswagen Group|Volkswagen Group]]
| parent = [[Company:Lamborghini|Lamborghini]]
| divisions = Ducati Corse
| subsid = 
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.ducati.com}}
| footnotes = <ref name=audi_ifr_2012>{{cite web |url=http://www.audi.com/etc/medialib/ngw/company/invest_relations_20121.Par.0008.File.pdf/hjfb2012_en.pdf |title=Audi Interim Financial Report 2012 |publisher=AUDI AG |date=23 July 2012 |access-date=2 August 2012 |archive-date=3 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803030001/http://www.audi.com/etc/medialib/ngw/company/invest_relations_20121.Par.0008.File.pdf/hjfb2012_en.pdf |quote=Effective July 19, 2012, the Audi Group acquired 100 percent of the voting rights in the motorcycle manufacturer Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A., Bologna (Italy) via Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., Sant'Agata Bolognese (Italy), a subsidiary of AUDI AG for a purchase price of EUR 747 million. |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| logo_caption = Ducati's logo as of 2022
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1926}}
| location_city = Bologna
| location_country = Italy
| locations = 
}}

'''Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.''' ({{IPA-it|duˈkaːti}}) is an Italian [[Engineering:Motorcycle|motorcycle]]-manufacturing company that is part of the [[Company:Ducati|Ducati]] group, and is headquartered in Bologna, Italy. The company is directly owned by Italian automotive manufacturer [[Company:Lamborghini|Lamborghini]], whose German parent company is [[Company:Audi|Audi]], itself owned by the [[Company:Volkswagen Group|Volkswagen Group]].<ref name=audi_ifr_2012/>

==History==
In 1926 Antonio Cavalieri Ducati and his three sons, Adriano, Marcello, and Bruno, founded ''Società Scientifica Radiobrevetti Ducati'' (SSR Ducati) in Bologna to produce [[Physics:Vacuum tube|vacuum tube]]s, [[Engineering:Capacitor|condensers]] and other radio components. In 1935 they had become successful enough to enable construction of a new factory in the Borgo Panigale area of the city.  Production was maintained during World War II, despite the Ducati factory being a repeated target of Allied bombing. It was finally destroyed by around 40 [[Engineering:Consolidated B-24 Liberator|Consolidated B-24 Liberator]]s on 12 October 1944 as part of the {{wipe|United States Army Air Forces}}'s Operation Pancake, which involved some 700 aircraft flying from airfields in the Province of Foggia.<ref>Ducati and the TT, Pullen, Greg page 45 {{ISBN|9780993258305}}</ref>
[[File:Ducati Werk.JPG|thumb|left|Ducati Factory]]
[[File:Ducati Vilar Cucciolo 1950.jpg|left|thumb|Ducati "Cucciolo", 1950]]
Meanwhile, at the small [[Place:Turin|Turin]]ese firm SIATA (''Società Italiana per Applicazioni Tecniche Auto-Aviatorie''), Aldo Farinelli began developing a small pushrod [[Engineering:Motorized bicycle|engine for mounting on bicycles]]. Barely a month after the official liberation of Italy in 1944, SIATA announced its intention to sell this engine, called the [[Engineering:Ducati Cucciolo|"Cucciolo"]] (Italian for "puppy," in reference to the distinctive exhaust sound) to the public. The first Cucciolos were available alone, to be mounted on standard bicycles, by the buyer; however, businessmen soon bought the little engines in quantity, and offered complete motorized-bicycle units for sale.

In 1950, after more than 200,000 Cucciolos had been sold, in collaboration with SIATA, the Ducati firm finally offered its own Cucciolo-based motorcycle. This first Ducati motorcycle was a 48&nbsp;cc bike weighing {{cvt|98|lb}}, with a top speed of {{cvt|40|mph|0}}, and had a {{cvt|15|mm |in |adj=mid|[[Engineering:Carburetor|carburetor]] |abbr=in}} giving just under {{cvt|200|mpgus}}. Ducati soon dropped the Cucciolo name in favor of "55M" and "65TL".
[[File:Scooters.Assisi026.jpg|thumb|Ducati 175 Cruiser, 1952]]
[[File:Ducati_Brio_100.jpg|thumb|Ducati Brio 100, 1968<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/ducati-scooters/Ducati-1968-Brio-NZM-Front-RHS.htm |title=1968 Ducati Brio 100 |website=Classic Motorcycles by Sheldon's Emu |access-date=22 May 2020 |archive-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113215517/https://cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/ducati-scooters/Ducati-1968-Brio-NZM-Front-RHS.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>]]
[[File:Ducati mach1 800.jpg|thumb|[[Engineering:Ducati Mach 1|Ducati Mach 1]]]]
When the market moved toward larger motorcycles, Ducati management decided to respond, making an impression at an early-1952 Milan show, introducing their 65TS cycle and Cruiser (a four-stroke motor scooter). Despite being described as the most interesting new machine at the 1952 show, the Cruiser was not a great success, and only a few thousand were made over a two-year period before the model ceased production.

In 1953, management split the company into two separate entities, Ducati Meccanica SpA and Ducati Elettronica, in acknowledgment of its diverging motorcycle and electronics product lines. Dr. Giuseppe Montano took over as head of Ducati Meccanica SpA and the Borgo Panigale factory was modernized with government assistance. By 1954, Ducati Meccanica SpA had increased production to 120 bikes a day.

In the 1960s, Ducati earned its place in motorcycling history by producing the fastest 250&nbsp;cc road bike then available, the [[Engineering:Ducati Mach 1|Mach 1]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ducati.com/heritage/anni60/mach1/mach1.jhtml |title=Mach 1 |publisher=ducati.com |access-date=25 January 2007 |archive-date=19 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919064900/http://www.ducati.com/heritage/anni60/mach1/mach1.jhtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="DUCATI-MOTOR-HOLDING-SPA-Jun-2004-20-F">{{cite web |url=http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2325/115697304000783/filing-main.htm |title=DUCATI MOTOR HOLDING SPA, Form 20-F, Annual and Transition Report (foreign private issuer), Filing Date Jun 30, 2004 |publisher=secdatabase.com |access-date=14 May 2018 |archive-date=15 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515112504/http://edgar.secdatabase.com/2325/115697304000783/filing-main.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mecossemi.com/H4FrameSet_L.html |title=History of the Motorcycle |publisher=mecossemi.com |access-date=25 January 2007 |archive-date=18 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070318230627/http://www.mecossemi.com/H4FrameSet_L.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 1970s Ducati began producing motorcycles with large-displacement [[Engineering:V-twin engine|V-twin engine]]s, which Ducati branded as "L-twin" for their 90° angle, and in 1973, introduced their trademarked [[Engineering:Desmodromic valve|desmodromic valve]] design. In 1985, Cagiva bought Ducati and planned to rebadge Ducati motorcycles with the "Cagiva" name. By the time the purchase was completed, Cagiva kept the "Ducati" name on its motorcycles. Eleven years later, in 1996, Cagiva accepted the offer from Texas Pacific Group and sold a 51% stake in the company for US$325 million; then, in 1998, Texas Pacific Group bought most of the remaining 49% to become the sole owner of Ducati. In 1999, TPG issued an [[Finance:Initial public offering|initial public offering]] of Ducati stock and renamed the company "Ducati Motor Holding SpA". TPG sold over 65% of its shares in Ducati, leaving TPG the majority shareholder. In December 2005, Ducati returned to Italian ownership with the sale of Texas Pacific's stake (minus one share) to Investindustrial Holdings, the investment fund of Carlo and Andrea Bonomi.
[[File:Panigale899.jpg|thumb|Ducati 899 Panigale]]
In April 2012, [[Company:Volkswagen Group|Volkswagen Group]]'s [[Company:Audi|Audi]] subsidiary announced its intention to buy Ducati for €{{Format price|860000000}} (US${{Format price|1200000000}}). Volkswagen chairman Ferdinand Piëch, a motorcycle enthusiast, had long coveted Ducati, and had regretted that he passed up an opportunity to buy the company from the Italian government in 1984. Analysts doubted a tiny motorcycle maker would have a meaningful effect on a company the size of Volkswagen, commenting that the acquisition has "a trophy feel to it," and, "is driven by VW's passion for nameplates rather than industrial or financial logic". Italian luxury car brand [[Company:Lamborghini|Lamborghini]] was strengthened under VW ownership.<ref name=Cremer2012>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/audi-ducati-idUSL6E8FH5DR20120417 |title=UPDATE 2-Audi to pay about 860 mln euros for Ducati |agency=Reuters |publisher=Thomson Reuters |date=17 April 2012 |first1=Andreas |last1=Cremer |first2=Christiaan |last2=Hetzner |access-date=17 April 2012 |archive-date=23 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223075727/http://www.reuters.com/article/audi-ducati-idUSL6E8FH5DR20120417 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Schultz2012>{{Citation |date=18 April 2012 |title=Volkswagen Group to Add Ducati to Product Portfolio |first=Jonathan |last=Schultz |newspaper={{wipe|The New York Times}} |url=http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/volkswagen-group-adds-ducati-to-product-portfolio |access-date=18 April 2012 |archive-date=21 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421003113/http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/18/volkswagen-group-adds-ducati-to-product-portfolio/ |url-status=live }}</ref> AUDI AG's Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. subsidiary acquired 100 percent of the shares of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. on 19 July 2012 for €{{Format price|747000000}} (US${{Format price|909323100}}).<ref name=audi_ifr_2012 />

=== Ownership ===
Since 1926, Ducati has been owned by a number of groups and companies.
* 1926–1950 – Ducati family
* 1950–1967 – Government Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale (IRI) management
* 1967–1978 – Government EFIM management (control over day-to-day factory operations)
** 1967–1973 – Headed By Giuseppe Montano<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SiJoP6aevEC&pg=PA12&dq=montano+ducati#PPA10,M1 |title=The Ducati Bible |author=Ian Falloon |publisher=Veloce Publishing |date=10 August 2006 |access-date=15 October 2010 |isbn=978-1-84584-012-9 |archive-date=22 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422030145/http://books.google.com/books?id=5SiJoP6aevEC&pg=PA12&dq=montano+ducati#PPA10,M1 |url-status=live }}</ref>
** 1973–1978 – Headed by Cristiano de Eccher<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kAFtPvnegT8C&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=ducati+De+Eccher&source=bl&ots=ZyS-rrM1iN&sig=WHrqMlJ6hLIhasgqDlszU9ROAb4&hl=en&ei=I9AtSp_GE4SgM_7V8PIJ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPA9,M1 The Ducati Bible: 860, 900 & Mille, Ian Falloon] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422024425/http://books.google.com/books?id=kAFtPvnegT8C&pg=PA9&lpg=PA9&dq=ducati+De+Eccher&source=bl&ots=ZyS-rrM1iN&sig=WHrqMlJ6hLIhasgqDlszU9ROAb4&hl=en&ei=I9AtSp_GE4SgM_7V8PIJ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPA9,M1 |date=22 April 2014 }}. Retrieved 21 January 2010.</ref>
* 1978–1985 – VM Group
* 1985–1996 – Cagiva Group
* 1996–2005 – Texas-Pacific Group (US-based) ownership and going public
** Headed by CEO Federico Minoli, 1996–2001; returning for 2003–2007
* 2005–2008 – Investindustrial Holdings S.p.A.
* 2008–2012 – Performance Motorcycles S.p.A.<ref>{{cite web |author=Chili sv |url=http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2008/08/ducati-to-be-sold-to-performan.html |title=Ducati to be sold to Performance Motorcycles SpA, taken private – Hell For Leather |publisher=HellforLeathermagazine.com |date=8 August 2008 |access-date=14 June 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116183118/http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2008/08/ducati-to-be-sold-to-performan.html |archive-date=16 January 2009}}</ref>
::An investment vehicle formed by Investindustrial Holdings, BS Investimenti and Hospitals of Ontario Pension Plan
* 19 July 2012 – present – [[Company:Lamborghini|Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.]]<ref name=audi_ifr_2012 />
::[[Company:Audi|AUDI AG]] acquired 100% of the voting rights of Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. via Audi's Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. subsidiary

[[File:Ducatilogol.png|thumb|Ducati's old logo used from 1997 to 2008<ref>{{cite web |first=Livio |last=Lodi |year=2009 |url=http://www.ducati.com/heritage/news/storialogo3.jhtml |title=History of the Ducati Logo: The 1990s and beyond |publisher=Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. |access-date=18 September 2009 |archive-date=26 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626032701/http://www.ducati.com/heritage/news/storialogo3.jhtml |url-status=live }}</ref>]] From the 1960s to the 1990s, the Spanish company MotoTrans licensed Ducati engines and produced motorcycles that, although they incorporated subtle differences, were clearly Ducati-derived. MotoTrans's most notable machine was the 250&nbsp;cc ''24 Horas'' (Spanish for "24 hours").
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==Motorcycle designs==
[[File:PaulSmartLE1000.jpg|thumb|2006 Ducati PaulSmart 1000 LE]]
Ducati is best known for high-performance motorcycles characterized by large-capacity four-stroke, 90° [[Engineering:V-twin engine|V-twin engine]]s,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ducati.com/bikes/techcafe.jhtml?detail=article&value=technical&part=technical&artID=1 |title=History of the Two-Valve Twin |publisher=Ducati.com |access-date=25 January 2008 |archive-date=2 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202190056/http://www.ducati.com/bikes/techcafe.jhtml?detail=article&value=technical&part=technical&artID=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with a [[Engineering:Desmodromic valve|desmodromic valve]] design.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ducati.com/bikes/techcafe.jhtml?detail=article&value=technical&part=technical&artID=2 |title=Desmo for Dummies |publisher=Ducati.com |access-date=25 January 2008 |archive-date=24 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624001536/http://www.ducati.com/bikes/techcafe.jhtml?detail=article&value=technical&part=technical&artID=2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ducati branded his configuration as L-twin because one cylinder is vertical while the other is horizontal, making it look like a letter "L". Ducati's desmodromic valve design is nearing its 50th year of use. Desmodromic valves are closed with a separate, dedicated cam lobe and lifter instead of the conventional valve [[Engineering:Spring (device)|springs]] used in most internal combustion engines in consumer vehicles. This allows the cams to have a more radical profile, thus opening and closing the valves more quickly without the risk of valve-float, which causes a loss of power that is likely when using a "passive" closing mechanism under the same conditions.

While most other manufacturers use [[Engineering:Wet clutch|wet clutch]]es (with the spinning parts bathed in oil)<ref name="Transmissions">{{cite web |url=http://www.yamaha-motor.ca/our_company/news_item.php?news_id=45 |title=What is in an oil |publisher=yamaha-motor.ca |access-date=25 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117211117/http://www.yamaha-motor.ca/our_company/news_item.php?news_id=45 |archive-date=17 November 2007}}</ref> Ducati previously used multiplate [[Engineering:Dry clutch|dry clutch]]es in many of their motorcycles. The dry clutch eliminates the power loss from oil viscosity drag on the engine, even though the engagement may not be as smooth as the oil-bath versions, but the clutch plates can wear more rapidly.  Ducati has converted to wet clutches across their current product lines.

Ducati also extensively uses a [[Engineering:Space frame|trellis frame]], although Ducati's MotoGP project broke with this tradition by introducing a revolutionary carbon fibre frame for the Ducati Desmosedici GP9.

==Product history==
The chief designer of most Ducati motorcycles in the 1950s was Fabio Taglioni (1920–2001). His designs ranged from the small single-cylinder machines that were successful in the Italian 'street races' to the large-capacity twins of the 1980s. Ducati introduced the [[Engineering:Ducati Pantah|Pantah]] in 1979; its engine was updated in the 1990s in the [[Engineering:Ducati SuperSport|Ducati SuperSport]] (SS) series. All modern Ducati engines are derivatives of the Pantah, which uses a toothed belt to actuate the engine's valves. Taglioni used the [[Company:Ferrari#Identity|Cavallino Rampante]] (identified with the [[Company:Ferrari|Ferrari]] brand) on his Ducati motorbikes. Taglioni chose this emblem of courage and daring as a sign of respect and admiration for Francesco Baracca, a World War I fighter pilot who died during an air raid in 1918.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ducati.com/heritage/protagonisti/fabiotaglioni6.jhtml |title=Fabio Taglioni: a Legend |publisher=ducati.com |access-date=25 January 2008 |archive-date=2 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402064800/http://www.ducati.com/heritage/protagonisti/fabiotaglioni6.jhtml |url-status=live }}</ref>

===1950s===
{{main|Engineering:Ducati singles}}

===1960s===
{{main|Engineering:Ducati singles}}

===1970s===
{{main|Engineering:Ducati L-twin engine}}

In 1973, Ducati commemorated its 1972 win at the Imola 200 with the production model green frame Ducati 750 SuperSport.

Ducati also targeted the offroad market with the two-stroke Regolarità 125, building 3,486 models from 1975 to 1979, but the bike was not successful.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/motorcycle-reviews/the-ducati-regolarita.aspx |title=Ducati Regolarità 125 |publisher=Motorcycle Classics |access-date=15 December 2011 |date=January–February 2011 |author=Alan Cathcart |archive-date=8 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120908152412/http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/motorcycle-reviews/the-ducati-regolarita.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1975, the company introduced the [[Engineering:Ducati 860 GT|860 GT]], designed by noted car stylist Giorgetto Giugiaro. Its angular lines were unique, but raised handlebars made for an uncomfortable seating position at high speeds and also caused steering issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/motorcycle-reviews/1975-ducati-860-gt.aspx |title=1975 Ducati 860GT |publisher=Motorcycle Classics |access-date=18 July 2011 |date=July–August 2011 |author=Roland Brown |archive-date=16 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716161458/http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/motorcycle-reviews/1975-ducati-860-gt.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> The 860GT's angular styling was a sales disaster, and it was hurriedly re-designed for the 1976 season with a more rounded fuel tank.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ridermagazine.com/2016/01/07/retrospective-ducati-860-gt-and-gte-1974-1975/,%20https://ridermagazine.com/2016/01/07/retrospective-ducati-860-gt-and-gte-1974-1975/ |title=Retrospective: Ducati 860 GT and GTE: 1974–1975 &#124; Rider Magazine |first=Clement |last=Salvadori |access-date=22 May 2020 |archive-date=13 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113215517/https://ridermagazine.com/2016/01/07/retrospective-ducati-860-gt-and-gte-1974-1975/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1975 Ducati offered hand-built production racers, the 'square case' 750SS and later [[Engineering:Ducati SuperSport|900SS]] models, built in limited numbers.  Sales of the 900SS proved so strong, and sales of the 860GT/GTE/GTS so weak, that production of the 900SS was ramped up, and it became Ducati's #1 selling model.<ref>Walker, Mick (2002), Illustrated Ducati Buyer's Guide (3rd ed.), MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company, p. 148, {{ISBN|978-0760313091}}</ref>

===1980s===
{{main|Engineering:Ducati Desmoquattro engine}}

Ducati's liquid-cooled, multi-valve 90° V-twins, made from 1985 on, are known as ''Desmoquattro'' ("[[Engineering:Desmodromic valve|desmodromic valve]] four"). These include the 851, [[Engineering:Ducati 916|916]] and [[Engineering:Ducati 996|996]], [[Engineering:Ducati 999|999]] and a few predecessors and derivatives.

{{Main|Engineering:Ducati Paso}}
[[File:907ie.JPG|thumb|1993 Ducati 907 i.e.]]
The Ducati Paso was introduced in 1986 with the Paso 750, followed in 1989 with the Paso 906. The final version came in 1991 with the 907IE (Iniezione Elettronica), now without the name "Paso". The design was from the hand of Massimo Tamburini, who also designed the [[Engineering:Ducati 916|Ducati 916]] and [[Engineering:MV Agusta F4 series|MV Agusta F4]]. The Paso was a typical "you love it, you hate it" bike. However, at that time it looked like that all-enclosed bodywork would be the future for all motorcycles. The Paso design was copied for the Moto Morini Dart 400 and Cagiva Freccia 125. Together with Tamburini's [[Engineering:Bimota DB1|Bimota DB1]], they were enormously influential in terms of styling.

===1990s===
In 1993, Miguel Angel Galluzzi introduced the [[Engineering:Ducati Monster|Ducati Monster]],<ref name="monster">{{cite web |url=http://www.monsta.at/site_article_368.html |title=Desmo 2 Valve History |publisher=monsta.at |access-date=25 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050217050440/http://www.monsta.at/site_article_368.html |archive-date=17 February 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref> a naked bike with exposed trellis and engine. Today the Monster accounts for almost half of the company's worldwide sales. The Monster has undergone the most changes of any motorcycle that Ducati has ever produced.

In 1993, Pierre Terblanche, Massimo Bordi and Claudio Domenicali designed the [[Engineering:Ducati Supermono|Ducati Supermono]]. A 550&nbsp;cc single-cylinder lightweight "Catalog Racer". Only 67 were built between 1993 and 1997.

In 1994, the company introduced the [[Engineering:Ducati 916|Ducati 916]] model designed by Massimo Tamburini,<ref name="Ducati916">{{cite web |url=http://www.ducati.com/heritage/anni90/916sbk95/916sbk95.jhtml |title=Ducati Official History (The 916) |publisher=Ducati Motor Holdings |access-date= 22 June 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080516040223/http://www.ducati.com/heritage/anni90/916sbk95/916sbk95.jhtml |archive-date= 16 May 2008 |url-status= dead}}</ref> a water-cooled version that allowed for higher output levels and a striking new bodywork that had aggressive lines, an underseat exhaust, and a single-sided swingarm. Ducati has since ceased production of the 916, supplanting it (and its progeny, the [[Engineering:Ducati 748|748]], [[Engineering:Ducati 996|996]] and [[Engineering:Ducati 998|998]]) with the [[Engineering:Ducati 749|749]] and [[Engineering:Ducati 999|999]].

===2000s===
In 2006, the retro-styled [[Engineering:Ducati PaulSmart 1000 LE|Ducati PaulSmart 1000 LE]] was released, which shared styling cues with the 1973 750 SuperSport (itself a production replica of Paul Smart's 1972 race winning [[Engineering:Ducati 750 Imola Desmo|750 Imola Desmo]]), as one of a [[Engineering:Ducati SportClassic|SportClassic]] series representing the 750 GT, 750 Sport, and 750 SuperSport Ducati motorcycles.
* [[Engineering:Ducati Monster#2000s|Monster]]: 620, 695, 696, 750, 796, 900, S2R, S4R<ref name=DucatiPrevious/>
* [[Engineering:Ducati Streetfighter|Streetfighter]] S<ref name=DucatiPrevious/>
* ST2, ST3, ST4<ref name=DucatiPrevious>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ducati.com/en/bikes/service/archive.jhtml |title=Previous Model Years |year=2009 |publisher=Ducati Motor Holding SpA |access-date=26 June 2009 |archive-date=19 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090919053705/http://www.ducati.com/en/bikes/service/archive.jhtml |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Engineering:Ducati PaulSmart 1000 LE|Paul Smart 1000LE]] and [[Engineering:Ducati SportClassic|SportClassic]] variants<ref name=DucatiPrevious/>
* [[Engineering:Ducati SuperSport|SuperSport 750, 900, 1000]]<ref name=DucatiPrevious/>
* [[Engineering:Ducati 748|748]], [[Engineering:Ducati 749|749]], [[Engineering:Ducati 848|848]]<ref name=DucatiPrevious/>
* [[Engineering:Ducati 996|996]], [[Engineering:Ducati 998|998]], [[Engineering:Ducati 999|999]], [[Engineering:Ducati 1098|1098]], [[Engineering:Ducati 1098|1098S]], [[Engineering:Ducati 1098|1098R]],<ref name=DucatiPrevious/> [[Engineering:Ducati 1198|1198]]
* [[Engineering:Ducati Desmosedici RR|Desmosedici RR]]<ref name=DucatiPrevious/>

[[File:Ducati TK01RR 2021.jpg|thumb|Ducati TK01RR 2021 at Sredniy Peninsula (Russia)]]
[[File:Ducati DesertX in Barcelona (edited).jpg|thumb|Test ride of Ducati DesertX in Barcelona]]

===Current lineup===
[[File:2007DucatiHyperMotard-001.jpg|thumb|[[Company:Ducati Hypermotard|Ducati Hypermotard]]]]
[[File:2007DucatiDesmosediciRR-001.jpg|thumb|[[Engineering:Ducati Desmosedici RR|Ducati Desmosedici RR]]]]
[[File:2007Ducati1098-001.jpg|thumb|[[Engineering:Ducati 1098|Ducati 1098 S Tricolore]]]]
[[File:Ducati Multistrada 950 S, Scrambler Desert Sled, Multistrada 1260 Enduro, Peninsula Rybachiy, Russia.jpg|thumb|Ducati Multistrada 950 S, Scrambler Desert Sled, Multistrada 1260 Enduro have conquered Kola, Rybachiy & Sredniy peninsulas, Russia]]
; [[Engineering:Ducati Monster|Monster]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |title=Monster |year=2021 |publisher=Ducati Motor Holding SpA |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309133630/https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ducati.com/us/en/home |title=Monster |year=2021 |publisher=Ducati Motor USA |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309094515/https://www.ducati.com/us/en/home |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Monster
* Monster+
* Monster 821
* Monster 821 Stealth
* Monster 1200
* Monster 1200 S

; [[Engineering:Ducati Multistrada|Multistrada]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |title=Multistrada |year=2021 |publisher=Ducati Motor Holding SpA |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309133630/https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Multistrada 950
* Multistrada 950S
* Multistrada V4
* Multistrada V4 S
* Multistrada V4 S Sport
* Multistrada 1260 Enduro

; [[Engineering:Ducati Diavel|Diavel]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |title=Diavel |year=2021 |publisher=Ducati Motor Holding SpA |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309133630/https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Diavel 1260
* Diavel 1260 S
* Diavel 1260 Lamborghini
* XDiavel
* XDiavel S
* XDiavel Black Star

; [[Engineering:Ducati Panigale V4|Panigale]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |title=Panigale |year=2021 |publisher=Ducati Motor Holding SpA |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309133630/https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Panigale V2
* Panigale V4
* Panigale V4 S
* Panigale V4 SP
* Panigale V4 R
* Superleggera V4

; [[Engineering:Ducati Streetfighter|Streetfighter]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |title=Streetfighter |year=2021 |publisher=Ducati Motor Holding SpA |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309133630/https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Streetfighter V4
* Streetfighter V4 S
* Streetfighter V2

; [[Engineering:Ducati SuperSport|SuperSport]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |title=SuperSport |year=2021 |publisher=Ducati Motor Holding SpA |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309133630/https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |url-status=live }}</ref>
* SuperSport
* SuperSport S

; [[Company:Ducati Hypermotard|Hypermotard]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |title=Hypermotard |year=2021 |publisher=Ducati Motor Holding SpA |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309133630/https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Hypermotard 950
* Hypermotard 950 SP
* Hypermotard 950 RVE

; [[Engineering:Ducati Scrambler (2015)|Scrambler]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |title=Scrambler |year=2021 |publisher=Ducati Motor Holding SpA |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=9 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309133630/https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/home |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Scrambler 1100 Pro
* Scrambler 1100 Sport Pro
* Scrambler 1100 Dark Pro
* Scrambler Nightshift
* Scrambler Full Throttle
* Scrambler Café Racer
* Scrambler Desert Sled
* Scrambler Icon
* Scrambler Icon Dark
* Scrambler Sixty2

===Current engines===
* '''Desmodue''': [[Engineering:Desmodromic valve|Desmodromic]] two-valve, air-cooled, 90° V-twin, 60° included valve angle (Scrambler, Monster 695, 797)
* '''Desmodue Evoluzione''': Desmo two-valve, air-cooled (Hypermotard 1100 Evo, Monster 1100 Evo, Scrambler 1100)
* '''Testastretta 11°''': Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V-twin, 11° valve overlap angle (Supersport/Supersport S, Hypermotard/Hyperstrada 939, Multistrada 950, Monster 821)
* '''Testastretta 11° DS''': Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V-twin, 11° valve overlap angle, [[Engineering:Dual ignition|dual ignition]] (Monster 1200, Diavel)
* '''Testastretta 1262 DVT''': Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V-twin, variable valve timing, longer stroke, smaller bore, re-tuned for high torque@lower 5000rpm peak {{152-162hp - 126-135Nm Torque [[Engineering:Dual ignition|dual ignition]] (XDiavel, Diavel 1260 2019–Present, Multistrada1260 DVT)
* '''Superquadro''': Desmo four-valve, liquid cooled, 90° V-twin, {{cvt|157|-|205|bhp}} (Panigale 959, 1299, V2 & Streetfighter V2)
*'''Desmosedici Stradale''': Desmo four-valve, liquid cooled, 90° V4 with a displacement of 1,103 cm³ and counter-rotating crankshaft (214–226 hp) (Panigale V4/S/S Corse/Speciale)
*'''Desmosedici Stradale R''': Desmo four-valve, liquid cooled, 90° V4 with a displacement of 998 cm³ and counter-rotating crankshaft (221–234 hp) (Panigale V4R)
*'''V4 Granturismo''': Four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V4 with a displacement of 1,158 cm³ and counter-rotating crankshaft (170 hp) (Multistrada V4)

===Past engines===
* '''Desmodue DS''': Desmo two-valve, air-cooled, 56° included valve angle, [[Engineering:Dual ignition|dual ignition]] (Hypermotard 1100, Multistrada 1000/1100, Monster 1100, Monster S2R 1000, SportClassic GT 1000, SuperSport 1000)
* '''Desmodue LC''': Desmo two-valve, liquid-cooled (ST2)
* '''Desmotre DS''': Desmo three-valve, liquid-cooled, 40° included valve angle, [[Engineering:Dual ignition|dual ignition]] (ST3)
* '''[[Engineering:Ducati Desmoquattro engine|Desmoquattro]]''': Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 40° included valve angle, (851, 888, 916, 996, 748, Monster S4, Monster S4R, ST4, ST4s)
* '''Testastretta''': Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 25° included valve angle, (996R, 998, 999, 749, Monster S4R Testastretta)
* '''Testastretta Evoluzione''': Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 24.3° included valve angle, 41° valve overlap angle (848, 1098/1198, Streetfighter 1098)
* '''Testastretta 11° DVT''': Desmo four-valve, liquid-cooled, 90° V-twin, variable valve timing, [[Engineering:Dual ignition|dual ignition]] (Multistrada 1200 DVT)

==Motorcycle design history==
Ducati has produced several styles of motorcycle engines, including varying the number of cylinders, type of valve actuation and fuel delivery. Ducati is best known for its 90° [[Engineering:V-twin engine|V-twin engine]], used on nearly all Ducatis since the 1970s. Ducati brands its engine as "L-twin", emphasizing the 90° [[Engineering:V engine|V angle]], to create [[Social:Product differentiation|product differentiation]] from competing V-twin motorcycles. Ducati has also made other engine types, mostly before the 1970s, with one, two, three, or four cylinders; operated by pull rod valves and push rod valves; single, double and triple overhead camshafts; two-stroke and even at one stage manufactured small diesel engines, many of which were used to power boats, generators, garden machinery and emergency pumps (for example, for fire fighting). The engines were the IS series from {{cvt|7|to|22|hp}} air-cooled and the larger twin DM series water- and air-cooled. The engines have been found in all parts of the globe. Wisconsin Diesel even assembled and "badge engineered" the engines in the USA. They have also produced outboard motors for marine use. Currently, Ducati makes no other engines except for its motorcycles.

On current Ducati motors, except for the Desmosedici and 1199 Panigale, the valves are actuated by a standard valve cam shaft which is rotated by a [[Engineering:Timing belt (camshaft)|timing belt]] driven by the motor directly. The teeth on the belt keep the [[Engineering:Camshaft|camshaft]] drive pulleys indexed. On older Ducati motors, prior to 1986, drive was by solid shaft that transferred to the camshaft through bevel-cut gears. This method of valve actuation was used on many of Ducati's older single-cylinder motorcycles — the shaft tube is visible on the outside of the cylinder.

Ducati is also famous for using the desmodromic valve system championed by engineer and designer Fabio Taglioni, though the firm has also used engines that use valve springs to close their valves. In the early days, Ducati reserved the desmodromic valve heads for its higher performance bikes and its race bikes. These valves do not suffer from [[Engineering:Valve float|valve float]] at high engine speeds, thus a desmodromic engine is capable of far higher revolutions than a similarly configured engine with traditional spring-valve heads.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Ducati produced a wide range of small two-stroke bikes, mainly sub-100&nbsp;cc capacities. Large quantities of some models were exported to the United States.

Ducati has produced the following motorcycle engine types:
* Single-cylinder,
**pullrod actuated, 48&nbsp;cc and 65&nbsp;cc (Cucciolo)
**pushrod actuated, 98 and 125&nbsp;cc
**two-stroke, 50, 80, 90, 100, 125&nbsp;cc
**bevel actuated, spring valved: 98&nbsp;cc, 100&nbsp;cc, 125&nbsp;cc, 160&nbsp;cc, 175&nbsp;cc, 200&nbsp;cc, 239&nbsp;cc, 250&nbsp;cc, 350&nbsp;cc, 450&nbsp;cc
**bevel actuated, desmodromic valved: 125&nbsp;cc, 239&nbsp;cc, 250&nbsp;cc, 350&nbsp;cc and 450&nbsp;cc
**belt actuated, desmodromic valved: 549/572&nbsp;cc [[Engineering:Ducati Supermono|Supermono]], only 65 made.
* Two-cylinder,
**bevel actuated, spring valved 90 ° V-twin: 750&nbsp;cc, 860&nbsp;cc
**bevel actuated, desmo valved 90 ° V-twin: 750&nbsp;cc, 860&nbsp;cc, 900 cc, 973&nbsp;cc (Mille)
**bevel actuated, desmo valved parallel twin: 125&nbsp;cc
**chain actuated, spring valved parallel twin: 350&nbsp;cc, 500&nbsp;cc (GTL)
**chain actuated, desmo valved parallel twin): 500&nbsp;cc (500SD)
**belt actuated, desmo valved 90 ° V-twin: Almost all engines since 1986.
* Four-cylinder,
**gear actuated, desmo valved (V4): Prototype Desmosedici, and Low volume Production [[Engineering:Ducati Desmosedici RR|Desmosedici RR]], 1,500 made
**pushrod actuated, spring valved (V4): Prototype [[Engineering:Ducati Apollo|Apollo]], only two made.

==Enthusiasts groups==
A key part of Ducati's marketing strategy since the 1990s has been fostering a distinct community identity in connection with branding efforts including online communities and local, regional and national Ducati enthusiast clubs. There are more than 400 Ducati clubs worldwide and 20,000 registered users of the Ducati Owners Club web site and 17,000 subscribers to the racing web site.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=Global Co-Operation in the New Millennium The 9th European Conference on Information Systems |location=Bled, Slovenia |date= 27–29 June 2001 |title=EMBARKING ON E-BUSINESS AT DUCATI MOTORCYCLES (ITALY) |first1=Tawfik |last1=Jelassi |first2=Stefanie |last2=Leenen |url=http://is2.lse.ac.uk/Support/ECIS2001/pdf/040_Jelassi.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221173802/http://is2.lse.ac.uk/Support/ECIS2001/pdf/040_Jelassi.pdf |archive-date=21 February 2011}}</ref> Enthusiasts and riders are informally referred to in the motorcycling community as Ducatista (singular) or Ducatisti (plural).

In North America there are several Ducati enthusiasts organizations with varying degrees of factory sponsorship, such as the Bay Area Desmo Owners Club (BADOC) located in and around the city of San Francisco, CA. Ducati Riders of Illinois (DRILL) located in Chicago, IL. DESMO, the Ducati Enthusiast Sport Motorcycle Organization, is a North American group affiliated with the factory Desmo Owners Club.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Desmo Owners Club |publisher=Ducati Motor Holding |year=2009 |url=http://www.ducati.com/ducatiworld/clubs/home.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090702044233/http://www.ducati.com/ducatiworld/clubs/home.jsp |archive-date=2 July 2009}}</ref> Some groups are focused on vintage Ducatis<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ducativintageclub.com/ |title=Vintage Ducati Club Homepage |website=www.ducativintageclub.com |access-date=22 May 2020 |archive-date=7 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807142617/http://ducativintageclub.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> while several are based primarily or entirely on email discussion lists or web forums.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/savvyguidetomoto0000kenn |url-access=registration |page=[https://archive.org/details/savvyguidetomoto0000kenn/page/186 186] |title=The Savvy Guide to Motorcycles |first=Shirley |last=Duglin Kennedy |publisher=Indy Tech Publishing |year=2005 |isbn=9780790613161}}</ref>

==Merchandising==
Ducati has a wide range of accessories, lifestyle products and co-branded merchandise bearing their logos and designs. The company has a licensing agreement with Tumi Inc., launching a collection of eight co-branded luggage pieces in 2006, sold through both of the brands' retail outlets.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/01/0124_tumi/source/5.htm |title=Tumi Time: Tumi+Ducati Collection |magazine=Business Week |date=24 January 2007 |access-date=28 March 2009 |archive-date=8 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308092238/http://images.businessweek.com/ss/07/01/0124_tumi/source/5.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Racing history==
[[File:Ducati 350 cc racer 1968.jpg|thumb|right|A Ducati racing motorcycle from 1968]]
Ducati's history with motorsport began with speed records on Cucciolo motorized bicycle factory racers in 1951, followed in 1954 with bringing in Fabio Taglioni to found a road-racing program with the [[Engineering:Ducati singles#OHC 98 cc Gran Sport|100 Gran Sport]].<ref name=Thompson1998>{{Citation |title=Ducati |first1=Jon F. |last1=Thompson |first2=Joe |last2=Bonnello |publisher=MotorBooks/MBI Publishing Company |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-7603-0389-4 |page=12}}</ref> {{As of|2009}}, Ducati was still pursuing the "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" business model and spending 10% of company revenues, €{{Format price|40000000}}, on its racing business.<ref>{{Citation |title=Ducati cuts production and salaries |newspaper=[[Social:Financial Times|Financial Times]] |first=Vincent |last=Boland |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/effbe60c-8697-11de-9e8e-00144feabdc0.html |date=12 August 2009 |page=12 |format=General OneFile |access-date=17 June 2012 |archive-date=22 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822091500/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/effbe60c-8697-11de-9e8e-00144feabdc0.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name= Radosta1970>{{Citation |title=Auto Manufacturers Keep One Eye on the Track and the Other on Consumer |newspaper={{wipe|The New York Times}} |first=John S. |last=Radosta |date=5 April 1970 |page=414 |quote=There's an old saying in the auto world: Win on Sunday, sell on Monday |type=ProQuest}}</ref>

===MotoGP World Championship===
Ducati rejoined Grand Prix motorcycle racing in {{MGP|2003}}, after a 30-year absence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ducati.com/racing/index_motogp.jhtml |title=2003 Ducati MotoGP Team |publisher=ducati.com |access-date= 25 January 2008 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071220235432/http://www.ducati.com/racing/index_motogp.jhtml |archive-date= 20 December 2007}}</ref> On 23 September 2007, Casey Stoner clinched his and Ducati's first Grand Prix World Championship.

When Ducati re-joined MotoGP in {{MGP|2003}}, MotoGP had changed its rules to allow four-stroke 990&nbsp;cc engines to race. At the time Ducati was the fastest bike. In {{MGP|2007}}, MotoGP reduced the engine size to ''{{cvt|800|cc}}'', and Ducati continued to be the fastest with a bike that was markedly quicker than its rivals as was displayed by Casey Stoner on tracks with long straights.

For {{MGP|2009}}, Ducati Marlboro Team campaigned their Desmosedici GP9 with former World Champions Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/81317/1/nicky-hayden-joins-ducati.html |title=Nicky Hayden joins Ducati |work=Crash.net |publisher=Crash Media Group |access-date=9 August 2016 |date=15 September 2008 |quote=Hayden's Ducati move, which will see the 27-year-old line-up alongside 2007 world champion Casey Stoner, has been considered a done deal for months. |archive-date=19 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819134812/http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/81317/1/nicky-hayden-joins-ducati.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Ducati also supplied [[Social:Customer|customer]] bikes to Pramac Racing, with Mika Kallio and Niccolò Canepa riding for the team in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2008/10/19/pramac-racing-announce-kallio-and-canepa-signings-for-2009/148505 |title=Pramac Racing announce Kallio and Canepa signings for 2009 |work=MotoGP.com |publisher=Dorna Sports |access-date=9 August 2016 |date=19 October 2008 |archive-date=12 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212190428/http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2008/10/19/pramac-racing-announce-kallio-and-canepa-signings-for-2009/148505 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi rode for Ducati Corse for the {{MGP|2011}} and {{MGP|2012}} seasons.<ref name= DucatiPR2010>{{cite web |url=http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2010/Ducati+announce+Rossi+deal+for+2011 |access-date=18 August 2010 |date=15 August 2010 |title=Rossi to ride for Ducati in 2011 (press release) |author=Ducati |publisher=MotoGP.com Official Website |archive-date=21 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921110230/http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2010/Ducati+announce+Rossi+deal+for+2011 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=YamahaPR2010>{{cite web |url=http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2010/Fiat+Yamaha+announcement |access-date=18 August 2010 |date=15 August 2010 |title=Yamaha and Valentino Rossi to part company at end of 2010 (press release) |author=Fiat Yamaha |publisher=MotoGP.com Official Website |archive-date=21 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921110532/http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2010/Fiat+Yamaha+announcement |url-status=live }}</ref>
Rossi returned to the Yamaha team for the 2013 season.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.motorbikenews.co.uk/ducati-and-rossi-to-part-ways-at-end-of-2012/ |title=Ducati And Rossi To Part Ways At End Of 201 |date=10 August 2012 |publisher=Motorbike News |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150903221336/http://www.motorbikenews.co.uk/ducati-and-rossi-to-part-ways-at-end-of-2012/ |archive-date= 3 September 2015}}</ref>

For {{MGP|2013}}, Ducati Team raced with Nicky Hayden and the Italian rider Andrea Dovizioso. In 2014 Cal Crutchlow teamed up with Dovizioso for the season, and he left at the end of the year.

In {{MGP|2015}}, Ducati Team, under the control of the new race team director Gigi Dall'Igna and the new Desmosedici GP15, raced with two Italian riders: Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone. Dovizioso and Iannone returned for another season in {{MGP|2016}} with Michele Pirro as official tester. As well as this, Casey Stoner also tested Ducati machinery during the season.
<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/228771/1/stoner-we-can-tick-the-engine-off-our-list.html |first=Peter |last=McLaren |work=Crash.net |publisher=Crash Media Group |date=26 March 2016 |access-date=28 March 2016 |title=Casey Stoner: 'We can tick the engine off our list...' |quote="It's very, very quick!" Stoner said during his private test at the same Losail circuit on Monday. |archive-date=28 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328192303/http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/228771/1/stoner-we-can-tick-the-engine-off-our-list.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
In {{MGP|2017}} and {{MGP|2018}}, Ducati Team rider Andrea Dovizioso raced with his new teammate Jorge Lorenzo, who joined the Ducati team from Yamaha Factory Racing with a two seasons contract.  In 2019, Danilo Petrucci joined Dovizioso at the factory team.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/news/danilo-petrucci-to-team-up-with-andrea-dovizioso-in-the-2019-ducati-team |title=Danilo Petrucci to team up with Andrea Dovizioso in the 2019 Ducati Team |website=www.ducati.com |access-date=22 May 2020 |archive-date=7 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807100548/https://www.ducati.com/ww/en/news/danilo-petrucci-to-team-up-with-andrea-dovizioso-in-the-2019-ducati-team |url-status=live }}</ref>

In {{MGP|2022|MotoGP}}, Despite suffering five DNF's, four of which were individual errors throughout the 2022 season, Bagnaia became the newest MotoGP world champion today in Valencia. The Ducati rider also became the Italian manufacturer's second-ever MotoGP champion after Casey Stoner, and first in 15 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-06 |title=MotoGP champion Bagnaia: 'I recognised that I had a problem, ups and downs...' |url=https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/1016534/1/bagnaia-i-recognised-i-had-problem-rider-lot-ups-and-downs |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=Crash |language=en}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
! Champion
! Motorcycle
|-
| {{MGP|2007}}
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Casey Stoner
| Ducati Desmosedici GP7
|-
|{{MGP|2022|MotoGP}}
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Francesco Bagnaia
|Ducati Desmosedici GP22
|}

===Superbike World Championship (SBK)===
The company has won 15 riders world championships and 18 manufacturers world championships, competing since the series' inception in 1988. At the end of 2015, Ducati has amassed 318 wins, more than any other manufacturer involved in the championship.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Champion
! Motorcycle
|-
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Raymond Roche
| [[Engineering:Ducati 851|Ducati 851]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} Doug Polen
| [[Engineering:Ducati 888|Ducati 888]]
|-
| {{flagicon|USA}} Doug Polen
| [[Engineering:Ducati 888|Ducati 888]]
|-
| {{flagicon|UK}} Carl Fogarty
| [[Engineering:Ducati 916|Ducati 916]]
|-
| {{flagicon|UK}} Carl Fogarty
| [[Engineering:Ducati 916|Ducati 916]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Troy Corser
| [[Engineering:Ducati 916|Ducati 916]]
|-
| {{flagicon|UK}} Carl Fogarty
| [[Engineering:Ducati 916|Ducati 916]]
|-
| {{flagicon|UK}} Carl Fogarty
| [[Engineering:Ducati 996|Ducati 996]]
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Troy Bayliss
| Ducati 996R F01
|-
| {{flagicon|UK}} Neil Hodgson
| [[Engineering:Ducati 999|Ducati 999]] F03
|-
| {{flagicon|UK}} James Toseland
| [[Engineering:Ducati 999|Ducati 999]] F04
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Troy Bayliss
| [[Engineering:Ducati 999|Ducati 999]] F06
|-
| {{flagicon|AUS}} Troy Bayliss
| [[Engineering:Ducati 1098|Ducati 1098]] F08
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Checa
| [[Engineering:Ducati 1098|Ducati 1098]] R
|-
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Alvaro Bautista
| [[Engineering:Ducati Panigale V4#Panigale V4 R|Panigale V4 R]]
|}

===Supersport World Championship===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Champion
! Motorcycle
|-
| 1997
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Casoli
| [[Engineering:Ducati 748|Ducati 748]]
|-
|}

===FIM Superstock 1000 Cup===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Champion
! Motorcycle
|-
| 2007
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Niccolò Canepa
| [[Engineering:Ducati 1098|Ducati 1098S]]
|-
| 2008
| {{flagicon|Australia}} Brendan Roberts
| [[Engineering:Ducati 1098|Ducati 1098R]]
|-
| 2009
| {{flagicon|Belgium}} Xavier Siméon
| [[Engineering:Ducati 1098|Ducati 1098R]]
|-
| 2011
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Giugliano
| [[Engineering:Ducati 1098|Ducati 1098R]]
|-
| 2014
| {{flagicon|ARG}} Leandro Mercado
| [[Engineering:Ducati 1199|Ducati 1199 Panigale R]]
|-
| 2017
| {{flagicon|ITA}} Michael Ruben Rinaldi
| [[Engineering:Ducati 1299|Ducati Panigale R]]
|}
Ducati has also won the manufacturers' championship for years 2008–2009, 2011 and 2016.

===British Superbike Championship===
Ducati has won the British Superbike Championship twelve times.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Champion
! Motorcycle
|-
| 1995
| {{flag icon|SCO}} Steve Hislop
| [[Engineering:Ducati 916|Ducati 916]]
|-
| 1999
| {{flag icon|AUS}} Troy Bayliss
| [[Engineering:Ducati 996|Ducati 996]]
|-
| 2000
| {{flag icon|ENG}} Neil Hodgson
| Ducati 996
|-
| 2001
| {{flag icon|ENG}} John Reynolds
| Ducati 996
|-
| 2002
| {{flag icon|SCO}} Steve Hislop
| [[Engineering:Ducati 998|Ducati 998]] RS
|-
| 2003
| {{flag icon|ENG}} Shane Byrne
| Ducati 998 F02
|-
| 2005
| {{flag icon|ESP}} Gregorio Lavilla
| [[Engineering:Ducati 999|Ducati 999]] F04
|-
| 2008
| {{flag icon|ENG}} Shane Byrne
| [[Engineering:Ducati 1098|Ducati 1098]] RS
|-
| 2016
| {{flag icon|ENG}} Shane Byrne
| [[Engineering:Ducati 1299|Ducati Panigale R]]
|-
| 2017
| {{flag icon|ENG}} Shane Byrne
| [[Engineering:Ducati 1299|Ducati Panigale R]]
|-
| 2019
| {{flag icon|ENG}} Scott Redding
| [[Engineering:Ducati Panigale V4|Ducati Panigale V4 R]]
|-
| 2020
| {{flag icon|AUS}} Josh Brookes
| [[Engineering:Ducati Panigale V4|Ducati Panigale V4 R]]
|}

===AMA Superbike Championship===
In the AMA Superbike Championship, Ducati has had its share of success, with Doug Polen winning the title in 1993 and Troy Corser the following year in 1994. Ducati has entered a bike in every AMA Superbike season since 1986, but withdrew from the series after the 2006 season.<ref>{{cite web |last=Minoli |first=Federico |url=http://blog.ducati.com/post/65/ama-next-year |title=AMA Next Year |publisher=ducati.com |date=22 August 2006 |access-date=25 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071220234637/http://blog.ducati.com/post/65/ama-next-year |archive-date=20 December 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Evan |url=http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2007/Mar/e/n070308b.htm |title=Ducati AMA Superbike Streak Ends |publisher=superbikeplanet.com |date=8 March 2007 |access-date=25 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070516202843/http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2007/Mar/e/n070308b.htm |archive-date=16 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2006/Aug/060822a.htm |last=Adams |first=Dean |title=Bombshell: Ducati Pulls Out Of AMA Superbike |publisher=Superbikeplanet.net |date=22 August 2006 |access-date=25 January 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930190036/http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2006/Aug/060822a.htm |archive-date=30 September 2007}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Champion
! Motorcycle
|-
| 1993
| {{flagicon|United States}} Doug Polen
| [[Engineering:Ducati 888|Ducati 888]]
|-
| 1994
| {{flagicon|Australia}} Troy Corser
| [[Engineering:Ducati 888|Ducati 888]]
|}
Ducati had an important place in early Superbike racing history in the United States and vice versa: In 1977, ''Cycle'' magazine editors Cook Neilson and Phil Schilling took a Ducati 750SS to first place at Daytona in the second-ever season of AMA Superbike racing. "Neilson retired from racing at the end of the year, but the bike he and Schilling built — nicknamed Old Blue for its blue livery — became a legend," says Richard Backus from Motorcycle Classics: "How big a legend? Big enough for Ducati to team with Italian specialty builder NCR to craft a limited-edition update, New Blue, based on the 2007 Sport 1000S, and big enough to inspire the crew at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum (see Barber Motorsports Park), arguably one of the most important motorcycle museums in the world, to commission Ducati specialist Rich Lambrechts to craft a bolt-by-bolt replica for its collection. The finished bike's name? Deja Blue."<ref>{{cite web |date=January–February 2009 |first=Richard |last=Backus |url=http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/Motorcycle-reviews/One-famous-Ducati-750SS.aspx |title=One famous Ducati 750SS |publisher=Motorcycleclassics.com |access-date=27 July 2009 |archive-date=3 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003223607/http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/Motorcycle-reviews/One-famous-Ducati-750SS.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Australian Superbike Championship===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Champion
! Motorcycle
|-
| 1999
| {{flagicon|Australia}} Steve Martin
| [[Engineering:Ducati 996|Ducati 996RS]]
|-
| 2019
| {{flagicon|Australia}} Mike Jones
| [[Engineering:Ducati 1299|Ducati 1289 Panigale R Final Edition]]
|-
|}

===Formula TT===
Ducati's first ever world title was the 1978 TT Formula 1 World Championship, achieved thanks to Mike Hailwood's victory at the Isle of Man TT. Between 1981 and 1984 Tony Rutter won four TT Formula 2 World Championships riding Ducati bikes.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Class
! Champion
! Motorcycle
|-
| 1978
| F1
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Mike Hailwood
| Ducati NCR 900 SS TT1
|-
| 1981
| F2
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Rutter
| [[Engineering:Ducati Pantah|Ducati 600 TT2]]
|-
| 1982
| F2
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Rutter
| [[Engineering:Ducati Pantah|Ducati 600 TT2]]
|-
| 1983
| F2
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Rutter
| [[Engineering:Ducati Pantah|Ducati 600 TT2]]
|-
| 1984
| F2
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Tony Rutter
| [[Engineering:Ducati Pantah|Ducati 600 TT2]]
|-
|}

==See also==
* List of Italian companies
* List of motorcycle manufacturers

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

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