Everything you need to know about the Ducati MotoGP team including current riders and management

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Ducati Corse, currently competing as the Ducati Lenovo Team, are one of the forces of MotoGP having won an array of riders’ and teams’ championships in the premier class.

Success has particularly been regularly forthcoming for Ducati in the aero-dominant era that MotoGP currently finds itself. No team could master the increased importance of wings on a Grand Prix bike faster than Ducati, who had seldom sealed top honours in previous seasons.

Ducati had to wait 14 years between winning their first and second teams’ titles in MotoGP. They even had to wait 15 years between helping a rider win the premier class title aboard a Ducati with Casey Stoner and Francesco Bagnaia the first Ducati MotoGP riders’ champions.

But what is the story behind Ducati in MotoGP and the premier class of world championship motorcycle racing? MotoGP News takes a look at all you need to know about Ducati Corse…

Ducati Corse MotoGP team name

Ducati Corse currently operate in MotoGP as the Ducati Lenovo Team after agreeing to form a title partnership in February 2021 when the computer company increased its sponsorship.

Selling part of their naming rights in MotoGP was not unfamiliar for Ducati, who adopt their main name from the Ducati bike brand named after its co-founder Antonio Cavalieri Ducati.

Ducati branched out with an official Corse division in 1999 after increasing their motorsport operation in 1998. The Italian outfit founded in 1926 had previously raced as a single entity.

Ducati Corse MotoGP founding year

The 2003 MotoGP season saw Ducati debut in the series, and also re-join the premier class of world championship motorcycle racing after a 31-year hiatus. Ducati had not competed in the 500cc class since 1972 but sought to join MotoGP after excelling in Superbike classes.

Ducati’s first foray onto the world championship stage had come in 1956 when Sandro Artusi entered the 125cc class. The Italian giant then made Ducati’s first appearance in the 250cc class in 1962 but only graduated to the 500cc class in 1965 and never made a full-on effort.

Yet success in Superbike categories would then convince Ducati to enter MotoGP from 2003 and even announced their intentions to return to the premier class in 2001. Loris Capirossi handed Ducati their first MotoGP race win in round six at the 2003 Grand Prix of Catalunya.

Ducati Corse current MotoGP riders

Ducati Corse currently employ Francesco Bagnaia and Marc Marquez as their full-time race riders in the 2025 MotoGP season. Bagnaia joined the factory Ducati team in 2021 after two years at satellite outfit, Pramac. Marquez joined Ducati in 2025 after one season at Gresini.

Ducati Corse current MotoGP team manager and leadership hierarchy

Four Italians form the main leadership hierarchy for Ducati Corse with general manager Luigi Dall’Igna since 2013, sporting director Mauro Grassilli since 2023, technical director Davide Barana since 2018 and team manager Davide Tardozzi since 2014 guiding the MotoGP team.

Ducati Corse are a MotoGP constructor

Ducati Corse are one of five constructors in the 2025 MotoGP championship and also supply bikes to Gresini and VR46 Racing Team. But only the two factory Ducati riders and one VR46 rider receive full factory-spec Desmosedici GP25 bikes, with Gresini using year-old GP24s.

Which bike does Ducati Corse run in the 2025 MotoGP season?

The Ducati Desmosedici GP25 is a four-stroke motorcycle that Ducati created to compete in the 2025 MotoGP season. It runs a 90-degree V4 1,000cc engine with a 22L fuel capacity.

Ducati Corse MotoGP riders’ championships

Despite Ducati dominating MotoGP in the modern aero-heavy era, just a handful of riders to date have won premier class championships with a Desmosedici and never in the 500cc era.

2007 MotoGP: Casey Stoner (367 points)

2022 MotoGP: Francesco Bagnaia (265 points)

2023 MotoGP: Francesco Bagnaia (467 points)

2025 MotoGP: Marc Marquez (545)

Ducati Corse MotoGP teams’ championships

Ducati won their first teams’ championship in the 2007 MotoGP season whilst taking Casey Stoner to that year’s riders’ title. The Bologna Bullets did not seal another teams’ title until 2021 but missed out on that year’s riders’ championship to Yamaha pilot Fabio Quartararo.

2007 MotoGP – 533 points: Casey Stoner (367 points) and Loris Capirossi (166 points)

2021 MotoGP – 433 points: Francesco Bagnaia (252 points) and Jack Miller (181 points)

2022 MotoGP – 454 points: Francesco Bagnaia (265 points) and Jack Miller (189 points)

2024 MotoGP – 884 points: Francesco Bagnaia (498 points) and Enea Bastianini (386 points)

2025 MotoGP – 819 points: Marc Marquez (545 points) and Francesco Bagnaia (274 points)

Ducati Corse MotoGP constructors’ championships

As well as Ducati Corse’s MotoGP teams’ championships – in which their riders’ points count for the championship places – the Bologna Bullets have even won a number of constructors’ titles – in which the points of a constructors’ best-placed rider counts, no matter their team.

2007 MotoGP – 394 points: Ducati teams – Ducati and Pramac

2020 MotoGP – 221 points: Ducati teams – Ducati, Pramac and Esponsorama

2021 MotoGP – 357 points: Ducati teams – Ducati, Pramac, Esponsorama and VR46

2022 MotoGP – 448 points: Ducati teams – Ducati, Pramac, VR46 and Gresini

2023 MotoGP – 700 points: Ducati teams – Ducati, Pramac, VR46 and Gresini

2024 MotoGP – 722 points: Ducati teams – Ducati, Pramac, VR46 and Gresini

Ducati Corse factory base

The Ducati Corse MotoGP team received the nickname of the Bologna Bullets owing to their factory being located in the district of Borgo Panigale in Bologna, northeast Italy. Ducati also have a museum based inside their factory, which is also home to Ducati’s road bike division.

Initially, the factory in Borgo Panigale opened in 1926 and operated as a radio manufacturer before moving to telegraphy. Motorcycling became the hub of the factory after World War II destroyed the facilities and saw the production plant re-focus to resume all operational use.

Factory address

Ducati Corse MotoGP team: Via Cavalieri Ducati 3, Borgo Panigale, Bologna, Italy