italy key people general manager luigi dall igna sporting director paolo ciabatti owner lamborghini parent ducati website ducati corse ducati corse is the racing team division of ducati that deals with the firm s involvement in motorcycle racing . it is directed by claudio domenicali and is based inside bologna in quartiere borgo panigale . more than one hundred people work in ducati corse almost 10 percent of the ducati motor holding s.p.a. workforce . 1 ducati corse currently competes in motogp the superbike world championship and other national championships . between 1998 and 2004 the racing division existed as a subsidiary company named ducati corse s.r.l. and fully owned by ducati motor holding . 2 to date ducati has one motogp world championship for both rider and manufacturer with casey stoner in 2007 . in addition ducati has won multiple superbike world championships with carl fogarty four titles and troy bayliss three titles being the most successful riders . contents 1 organization 1.1 technical research and development 1.2 sporting activities 1.3 commercial activities 1.4 marketing and communication 2 grand prix motorcycle racing motogp 2.1 2003 2.2 2004 2.3 2005 2.4 2006 2.5 2007 2.6 2008 2.7 2009 2.8 2010 2.9 2011 2.10 2012 2.11 2013 2.12 2014 2.13 2015 2.14 2016 2.15 2017 3 grand prix motorcycle results 4 superbike world championship sbk 5 references 6 external links organization edit the company is split into four departments . technical research and development edit technical research and development is composed of two teams responsible for the design and development of the motorcycles that compete in the motogp and superbike championships . sporting activities edit the sporting activities department is responsible for the factory teams that take part in the motogp and superbike championships . commercial activities edit the commercial activities department is responsible for providing private teams with motorcycles and spare parts . it also provides consultancy services and technical assistance to ducati privateers take part in the superbike world championship and in national superbike championships . from 2004 ducati corse also supports a satellite team in motogp supplying bikes and technical support . marketing and communication edit the marketing and communication department s goal is to increase and manage the ducati brand image in racing . it is also responsible for ducati corse official merchandising line . grand prix motorcycle racing motogp edit ducati motogp 2016 name ducati team base bologna italy principal luigi dall igna general manager paolo ciabatti project director rider s 4 . andrea dovizioso 29 . andrea iannone motorcycle ducati desmosedici gp16 tyres michelin riders championships 1 2007 casey stoner when the motogp technical rules changed in the 2002 season giving priority to four stroke machinery ducati decided to enter grand prix motorcycle racing . ducati s motogp motorcycle was unveiled at the 2002 italian gp at mugello for use in the 2003 motogp championship . ducati began taking part in the motogp championship in the 2003 season and won one title in the 2007 season . ducati has collected 31 wins 23 by casey stoner 7 by loris capirossi and 1 by troy bayliss . marlboro has been the title sponsor since 2003 although its name does not currently appear on the team s motorcycle . this comes at a time when advertising of tobacco sponsorship has become illegal in the european union and other major teams have withdrawn from relationships with tobacco companies for example yamaha ended their five year relationship with fortuna gauloises . 2003 edit loris capirossi and troy bayliss competed in all rounds of the 2003 motogp championship . loris capirossi got a podium in the opening round of the championship in japan and won the catalan grand prix in barcelona . capirossi finished fourth in the final championship standings and bayliss sixth ; while ducati finished second overall in the manufacturers standings . 2004 edit a large part of the 2004 season went by before the bike became competitive but the season concluded with both riders on the podium . 2005 edit in the 2005 season bayliss was replaced by spain s carlos checa and ducati switched tyre suppliers to bridgestone . capirossi took two wins at twin ring motegi and sepang while checa scored a brace of podium finishes . 2006 edit spanish rider sete gibernau replaced checa for the 2006 season . the team took its first win of 2006 in the opening round at jerez followed by a podium in qatar . capirossi led the championship for a short while but at the start of the catalan grand prix in barcelona capirossi s bike collided with gibernau s. both riders ended up injured and in hospital with gibernau sustaining a broken collar bone . capirossi struggled at the dutch tt race a week later while gibernau was replaced by german alex hofmann for several rounds after undergoing additional surgery . with gibernau also sidelined for the final round of the season at valencia ducati recalled bayliss who was recently crowned superbike world champion . bayliss won the race his first motogp victory with capirossi taking second place for the first ducati 1 2 finish . 2007 edit engine displacement was reduced to 800 cc for the 2007 season . ducati started development of its 800 cc motorcycle extremely early and according to ducati s racing chief filippo preziosi by august 2006 ducati had already built twenty 800 cc engines with various specifications . 3 loris capirossi was joined in the team by casey stoner . during the most part of the 2007 season stoner dominated the field obtaining his and the team s first motogp world championship at twin ring motegi on september 23 2007 four races before the end of the season . at the end of season ducati s chief engineer alan jenkins was awarded the sir jackie stewart award for brilliance throughout the season . 4 2008 edit casey stoner remained with the team and was partnered with marco melandri for the 2008 season . melandri had a difficult time adapting to the gp 8 s performance and mutually agreed to shorten his two year contract to one year midway through the 2008 motogp season . 2009 edit again casey stoner remained with the team while nicky hayden became stoner s new teammate on the factory carbon fibre chassis ducati gp9 replacing marco melandri who moved to kawasaki for the 2009 season . halfway through the season finnish rookie mika kallio was given the chance to compete for the team for 3 races as stoner was unavailable due to illness . 2010 edit once again casey stoner joined with nicky hayden for the 2010 season . 2011 edit on 9 july 2010 casey stoner announced that he would join honda racing corporation for the 2011 season after four years at ducati . 5 on 15 august 2010 after the motogp brno race valentino rossi confirmed he would be riding for ducati corse signing a two year deal to start with the 2011 season . 6 7 2012 edit valentino rossi and nicky hayden remained with ducati corse for the 2012 season . 2013 edit nicky hayden remained with ducati corse for the 2013 season on a one year contract . 8 he was joined by andrea dovizioso . 9 2014 edit andrea dovizioso remained with ducati for the 2014 season . he was joined by former team mate cal crutchlow . 10 2015 edit andrea dovizioso remained with ducati for the 2015 season with andrea iannone coming to the factory team from a pramac ducati . 2015 awaited the highly anticipated gp15 a full redesign of the desmosedici by gigi dall igna which made its debut at the second february test in sepang . 11 2016 edit andrea dovizioso and andrea iannone remained as the factory team riders for the 2016 season with the desmo gp16 cited as being an evolution of the gp15 . 12 perhaps the most notable change within ducati corse came with the arrival of casey stoner as the division s top test rider who immediately gelled with the ducati 13 in addition to michele pirro . ducati has fielded a total of 8 bikes on the motogp circuit for 2016 between the factory team pramac yakhnich team aspar team and avintia team . 2017 edit in 2016 ducati corse signed five time world champion and reigning motogp champion jorge lorenzo to pilot the ducati for the 2017 and 2018 seasons . 14 they have also retained andrea dovizioso for a further two seasons . 15 grand prix motorcycle results edit key races in bold indicate pole position ; races in italics indicate fastest lap season class team machine no rider 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 r.c. points m.c. points 2003 motogp ducati marlboro team ducati desmosedici 12 troy bayliss jpn 5 rsa 4 spa 3 fra ret ita ret cat 10 ned 9 gbr 5 ger 3 cze 3 por 6 rio 10 pac ret mal 9 aus ret val 7 6th 128 2nd 225 65 loris capirossi jpn 3 rsa ret spa ret fra ret ita 2 cat 1 ned 6 gbr 4 ger 4 cze ret por 3 rio 6 pac 8 mal 6 aus 2 val 3 4th 177 2004 motogp ducati marlboro team ducati desmosedici 12 troy bayliss rsa 14 spa ret fra 8 ita 4 cat ret ned ret rio ret ger ret gbr 5 cze ret por 8 jpn ret qat ret mal 10 aus 9 val 3 14th 71 3rd 169 65 loris capirossi rsa 6 spa 12 fra 10 ita 8 cat 10 ned 8 rio 4 ger ret gbr 7 cze 5 por 7 jpn ret qat ret mal 6 aus 3 val 9 9th 117 2005 motogp ducati marlboro team ducati desmosedici 7 carlos checa spa 10 por 5 chn ret fra ret ita 5 cat 11 ned 9 usa ret gbr 5 ger ret cze 8 jpn 4 mal 3 qat 6 aus 3 tur 5 val 4 9th 138 3rd 202 23 shinichi ito esp por chn fra ita cat ned usa gbr ger cze jpn mal qat aus tur dsq val nc 0 65 loris capirossi spa 13 por 9 chn 12 fra 7 ita 3 cat 12 ned 10 usa 10 gbr 6 ger 9 cze 2 jpn 1 mal 1 qat 10 aus tur val 7 6th 157 2006 motogp ducati marlboro team ducati desmosedici 12 troy bayliss spa qat tur chn fra ita cat ned gbr ger usa cze mal aus jpn por val 1 19th 25 3rd 248 15 sete gibernau spa ret qat 4 tur 11 chn 9 fra 8 ita 5 cat ret ned gbr ger 8 usa 10 cze mal 5 aus 4 jpn 4 por ret val 13th 95 65 loris capirossi spa 1 qat 3 tur 6 chn 8 fra 2 ita 2 cat ret ned 15 gbr 9 ger 5 usa 8 cze 1 mal 2 aus 7 jpn 1 por 12 val 2 3rd 229 66 alex hofmann spa qat tur chn fra ita cat ned 12 gbr 13 ger usa cze 16 mal aus jpn por val 17th 30 2007 motogp ducati marlboro team ducati desmosedici 27 casey stoner qat 1 spa 5 tur 1 chn 1 fra 3 ita 4 cat 1 gbr 1 ned 2 ger 5 usa 1 cze 1 rsm 1 por 3 jpn 6 aus 1 mal 1 val 2 1st 367 1st 394 65 loris capirossi qat ret spa 12 tur 3 chn 6 fra 8 ita 7 cat 6 gbr ret ned ret ger 2 usa ret cze 6 rsm 5 por 9 jpn 1 aus 2 mal 11 val 5 7th 166 2008 motogp ducati marlboro team ducati desmosedici 1 casey stoner qat 1 spa 11 por 6 chn 3 fra 16 ita 2 cat 3 gbr 1 ned 1 ger 1