Ducati are in their first year in the sport but decided this year to focus on bike development before they do a full season at the highest level. This year, legend of the sport and nine times world champion, Antonio Cairoli as well as Alessandro Lupino who had a good career in MXGP, have been focusing on bike development.
We saw Cairoli race the Dutch MXGP in Arnhem and he had top ten pace on a brand new Ducati bike which will only get better. Lupino has done more racing than Cairoli this year as he has been racing the MX1 Italian championship and he’s leading the championship with one round to go. Winning a domestic title in their first year in the sport would be a huge achievement.
We understand that Lupino will race the final round of the MXGP World Championship which is taking place on the 28th and 29th of September at Cozar in Spain. Earlier in the year there had been rumours Cairoli may race the MXGP finale but as we understand it, he won’t race but Lupino will instead. It’ll be the second MXGP World Championship round for Ducati.
It was great to see the bike and Ducati awning in the MXGP paddock at Arnhem and it’ll be nice to see Lupino race an MXGP World Championship event again in Spain. He has been beating the likes of Pancar, Gifting and even Bonacorsi in Italy so don’t be surprised to see him running in the top ten.
After the Motocross season concludes, the hard work won’t stop for Ducati, they’ll continue to work as they’ll contest the entire MXGP World Championship in 2025 but not only that, Lupino and Cairoli will start working on the 250cc machine.
The goal for Ducati will be run MX2 and MXGP riders in the future which is good news for the sport – they’re hoping to enter the MX2 World Championship in 2026 after focusing on developing the bike in 2025.
More news as soon as it is available.
