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Francesco Bagnaia was the best MotoGP rider in 2023, according to Ducati Sporting Director Paolo Ciabatti.

Paolo Ciabatti claims Ducati don’t want team orders to be a factor in the 2023 MotoGP title fight.

Ducati have admitted Jorge Martin’s performances are too good to overlook and that replacing Enea Bastianini with the Spaniard is ‘a reality we should consider’ for the 2024 MotoGP season.

Ducati have confirmed their intention to sign Franco Morbidelli for the 2024 MotoGP season.

Ducati have confirmed that they will again run eight MotoGP bikes next season after reaching an agreement with Gresini.

After Marco Bezzecchi, Enea Bastianini, Luca Marini and Fabio Di Giannantonio, Moto2 series leader Tony Arbolino could be next to step up to MotoGP with Ducati.

Alvaro Bautista believes the 2022 WorldSBK campaign was the best of his career after addressing areas that ‘maybe I didn’t care about before’.

While recent statements from Ducati personnel might have suggested a move to sign six-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez was possible in the future, Paolo Ciabatti has seemingly squashed such thoughts.

Ducati will order their army of riders not to engage in “super-aggressive attacks” against each other in a ploy to help Francesco Bagnaia to the MotoGP 2022 championship, says Paolo Ciabatti.

How big an impact will the retirement of Valentino Rossi have on the MotoGP World Championship?

After his first paddock appearance since 2018 at Portimao, two-time MotoGP champion Casey Stoner will be back in Ducati’s corner for this weekend’s season finale at Valencia.

Oli Bayliss, son of former World Superbike champion with Ducati, Troy Bayliss, is in talks to join the Italian manufacturer’s new WorldSSP project for 2022.

2014 Moto2 World Champion Tito Rabat switches to WorldSBK after five seasons in MotoGP with the Barni Racing Ducati squad

Ducati has described Michele Pirro’s condition as “better than expected” after a terrifying crash on the entry toward Mugello’s fearsome turn one left him unconscious, with a dislocated shoulder, and forced Friday afternoon’s MotoGP FP2 session to be red flagged.

Confirmation arrived two months behind schedule, but Ducati believes Andrea Dovizioso’s contract renewal “is very good for both parties” and insists the Italian “will be a central part of our MotoGP project” in 2019 and ’20.

Ducati’s Paolo Ciabatti isn’t envisioning a return to awkward relations between his factory riders 2018 after stating he expects both Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo to challenge for the MotoGP world championship.

Ducati is keeping tabs on Franco Morbidelli and Francesco Bagnaia – two of Italy’s most exciting prospects – as well as Moto3 world champion Joan Mir, as the factory seeks out the latest budding star for its ‘Junior’ MotoGP team, according to Paolo Ciabatti.

Ducati has provided an update on the possibility of Ben Spies’ return to racing, stating it would happily provide the Texan with World Superbike level equipment for a campaign in the MotoAmerica series, but only on the grounds that significant backing can be acquired.