Alessandro Lupino went fastest and won the opening moto at Mantova on Ducati’s debut – see the bike, the pit set-up and and on-track action below.
Alessandro Lupino stated the following regarding his debut:
“These were two very exciting days, my debut with the Ducati was truly a dream: they told me it would be, but today I experienced it! Feeling like a Ducatista is a truly special sensation. Congratulations to all the guys who worked on this project, because in a very short time they created a spectacular bike, with a lot of potential, doing an incredible job.
Together we wrote a page of history: first pole and first heat victory for the Ducati Desmo450 MX. Unfortunately, the second heat didn’t go as I would have liked: I got the start wrong and wasn’t able to recover. But that’s okay, now the engineers have the data to analyse two completely different situations!”
See their setup below:
Video via Motocross.IT
