| | » Ducati Sporting Club UK | | » Welcome to the Ducati Sporting Club | Welcome to the homepage of the Ducati Sporting Club UK An Official Ducati Desmo Owners Club and organisers of the Desmo Due Race Series in the UK Do you want to ride & be around Ducatis, attend national and regional events, do some travelling and track days, get some good deals and meet up with people like yourself who want a new style of Ducati Club for the modern Ducati owner? Then come and join the Ducati Sporting Club! Joining us is easy! See the Membership section for more information on becoming a full Club member. You can also join our online forum for free! Use the Register option to join in with the Forum Discussions after reading the Forum Rules which will be displayed. Please feel free to browse or use the various links shown in the menu. Most of all - enjoy your time here and come back again soon! | New Ducati Streetfighter V4: the most performant Fight Formula, ever | Dec 01, 2024 - 10:32 PM | Ducati | Thursday 28 November 2024
New Ducati Streetfighter V4: the most performant Fight Formula, ever • For the first time, the Streetfighter V4 mounts the Desmosedici Stradale engine in the same configuration as the Panigale V4
• The Streetfighter V4 is the new performance benchmark in the category, with a power/weight ratio of 1.13 hp/Kg
• MotoGP-derived technology to combine fun on the road with Superbike performance on the track like never before
• Electronics and chassis are derived directly from the Panigale V4 2025, with aerodynamics more integrated into the style of the bike and the new Hollow Symmetrical... Read more... | Campioni in Festa 2024 - Club Member Registrations | Nov 26, 2024 - 12:52 PM | Campioni in Festa 2024 - Club Member Registrations Dear Club Members,
As previously announced, this year the Fiera di Bologna will host Campioni in Festa to celebrate with the entire Ducati family the protagonists of this extraordinary season and the World Titles we have achieved.
It will be an event full of joy and fun, an evening of entertainment and music starring MotoGP World Champion Jorge Martín, his ultimate opponent Francesco Bagnaia, the fantastic Marc Márquez and Enea Bastianini, together with the other Ducati riders from MotoGP, WorldSBK, WorldSSP and Cross.
The date is set for December 3rd at 21:00 in Pavilion 29 of BolognaFiere. Admission... Read more... | Mattia Guadagnini official Ducati rider in the 2025 MXGP World Championship | Nov 26, 2024 - 12:47 PM | Ducati Corse | Wednesday 20 November 2024
Mattia Guadagnini official Ducati rider in the 2025 MXGP World Championship Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), 20 November 2024 – Mattia Guadagnini will be Jeremy Seewer's teammate on the official Desmo450 MX that the Borgo Panigale manufacturer will field in the 2025 MXGP World Championship in collaboration with the Maddii Racing team.
The Italian rider was born on April 11, 2002 in Bassano del Grappa, and was 125 Junior World and European Champion in 2019. Guadagnini made his debut in the MX2 class in 2021, finishing 4th in the World Championship and winning three races in his debut season. In 2022 he made his debut in MXGP. Mattia is currently one of the... Read more... | Pecco Bagnaia Concludes the First 2025 Pre-Season Test in Third Place. Marc Márquez Fourth on his Debut with the Desmosedici GP of the official team | Nov 20, 2024 - 11:59 AM | MotoGP | Tuesday 19 November 2024
Pecco Bagnaia Concludes the First 2025 Pre-Season Test in Third Place. Marc Márquez Fourth on his Debut with the Desmosedici GP of the official team Two days after the 2024 MotoGP World Championship ended, the Ducati Lenovo Team was back on track at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (Spain) for the first official test in preparation for the 2025 season.
2024 runner-up Francesco Bagnaia, riding a Desmosedici GP in a special white livery, hit the track shortly after 11:00 AM, and completed a total of 58 laps during the remaining six hours of the test. With a fastest lap time of 1:38.398, Bagnaia ended the day in third place.
The test also marked Marc Márquez’s first... Read more... | 2024 World Champions: Ducati's best ever MotoGP season in numbers | Nov 20, 2024 - 11:57 AM | Ducati Corse | Monday 18 November 2024
2024 World Champions: Ducati's best ever MotoGP season in numbers • Ducati won the MotoGP™ World Title for the third consecutive season, with Jorge Martín riding the Desmosedici GP24 for the Pramac Racing team.
• This is the fourth Riders’ World Title for the Borgo Panigale factory in the premier class, following those of Casey Stoner in 2007 and Francesco Bagnaia in 2022 and 2023.
• For the fifth consecutive year and the sixth time in its history in MotoGP, Ducati won the Constructors’ World Championship, scoring a total of 722 points—an impressive 327 points ahead of the... Read more... | Francesco Bagnaia wins the Solidarity GP of Barcelona to complete the double. Bastianini is seventh | Nov 18, 2024 - 2:21 PM | MotoGP | Sunday 17 November 2024
Francesco Bagnaia wins the Solidarity GP of Barcelona to complete the double. Bastianini is seventh • Jorge Martín is third at the line and clinches the Riders’ World Championship title with the Ducati of the Pramac Racing Team. Marc and Alex Márquez (Team Gresini Racing MotoGP) are second and fourth, respectively Francesco Bagnaia and the Ducati Lenovo Team have wrapped up the 2023 MotoGP World Championship season atop the podium by winning the 24-lap race at the ‘Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya’. Enea Bastianini crossed the line in seventh place.
Bagnaia had the perfect start from pole position and stayed in the lead up to the chequered... Read more... | Ducati dominates the MotoGP and wins the World Title for the third consecutive year | Nov 18, 2024 - 2:18 PM | Ducati | Sunday 17 November 2024
Ducati dominates the MotoGP and wins the World Title for the third consecutive year • Jorge Martín and the Desmosedici GP are World Champions for 2024 in another record-breaking season for the Italian manufacturer On Sunday in the Solidarity Grand Prix of Barcelona, Ducati wins MotoGP World Title for the third consecutive season with Jorge Martín aboard the Desmosedici GP24 of the Pramac Racing team.
The Spanish rider secures his first World Title in the premier class of the top international two-wheel racing competition, in a 2024 season marked by an absolute domination of the Ducati bikes and its... Read more... | Ducati protagonist at EICMA 2024 with the World Première new models, activities at the stand and in the outside area | Nov 07, 2024 - 3:59 PM | Ducati | Thursday 7 November 2024
Ducati protagonist at EICMA 2024 with the World Première new models, activities at the stand and in the outside area • The new Panigale V2 and Streetfighter V2 unveiled on Tuesday night, and all the 2025 novelties introduced up to now are present on the stand
• The Desmosedici of two-time World Champion Francesco Bagnaia and the Panigale V4 R of Vice World Champion Nicolò Bulega on display with the V21L MotoE and Desmo450 MX Italian champion Alessandro Lupino displayed throughout the event
• The Ducati Superbike, Supersport and Motocross, along with the MotoGP rider Marco Bezzecchi available for Meet &... Read more... | Ducati presents the new Panigale V2 and Streetfighter V2 | Nov 07, 2024 - 3:46 PM | Ducati | Tuesday 5 November 2024
Ducati presents the new Panigale V2 and Streetfighter V2 • The lightest Panigale and Streetfighter ever, they combine benchmark performance on the track and great fun on the road
• The new Ducati V2 engine with variable valve timing (IVT) guarantees torque-rich delivery at all revs and sportbike power at high revs
• The Panigale V2 and Streetfighter V2 are present at EICMA, together with all the bikes unveiled in the Ducati World Premiere, at the Ducati stand (hall 15, stand N02) Milan (Italy), 5 November 2024 – With the next episode of its 2025 World Première (here the link to watch the... Read more... | New V2 engine: the lightest Ducati twin-cylinder | Nov 01, 2024 - 5:43 PM | Ducati | Thursday 31 October 2024
New V2 engine: the lightest Ducati twin-cylinder • Only 54.4 kg for the new Ducati engine, the lightest in the long history of twin-cylinders from the Borgo Panigale brand
• The new engine features IVT variable valve timing, DLC treatment on the rocker arm and hollow stems for the intake valves
• Two configurations, 120 and 115 hp, with different characteristics to increase its versatility Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), 31 October 2024 – Ducati continues to believe in and invest in the 90° V-twin, the engine that has characterised some of the most iconic bikes from the Bologna-based... Read more... | The first winter tests for the Aruba.it Racing - Ducati team concluded at Jerez de la Frontera. See you in 2025! | Oct 23, 2024 - 8:00 PM | World Superbike | 2024 | R12 | Jerez | Spain | Wednesday 23 October 2024
The first winter tests for the Aruba.it Racing - Ducati team concluded at Jerez de la Frontera. See you in 2025! The Circuito de Jerez de la Frontera hosted the first winter tests in preparation for the 2025 WorldSBK season.
Nicolò Bulega only took to the track on Day 1 while Alvaro Bautista also lapped this morning, thus saving half a day of testing for 2025.
DAY-1 Nicolò Bulega worked intensively on both the chassis and tyre comparison. The Italian rider completed 86 laps, setting the fastest time of the day (1'38.142) set mid-morning on the SCQ tyre.
Alvaro Bautista (85 laps completed) set the second-fastest... Read more... | Adrián Huertas writes a page in history by becoming World Supersport Champion for 2024 | Oct 19, 2024 - 6:00 PM | World Superbike | 2024 | R12 | Jerez | Spain | Saturday 19 October 2024
Adrián Huertas writes a page in history by becoming World Supersport Champion for 2024. For the Aruba.it Racing WSSP Team and the Ducati Panigale V2 it is the second consecutive title. Adrián Huertas is the new WorldSSP Champion, giving the Aruba.it Racing WSSP Team and Ducati its second consecutive title after the one obtained by Nicolò Bulega last season.
The Spanish rider finished third in Race-1 at Jerez de la Frontera, thus becoming the first rider in the history of Superbike World Championship to win both the Supersport 300 and Supersport class titles.
It has been an extraordinary year for Huertas, who... Read more... | Ducati wins the twentieth Manufacturers' Title in its history in WorldSBK, the third consecutive with the Panigale V4 R | Oct 19, 2024 - 5:00 PM | Ducati Corse | Saturday 19 October 2024
Ducati wins the twentieth Manufacturers' Title in its history in WorldSBK, the third consecutive with the Panigale V4 R Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, 19 October 2024 – The results of Race-1 of the Spanish Round underway at Jerez de la Frontera have mathematically handed Ducati the WorldSBK Manufacturers' Title for the 2024 season. For the Bologna-based motorcycle Company, this is the twentieth Manufacturers' WorldSBK Title in its history, the third consecutive won with the Panigale V4 R.
The 20 Manufacturers' Titles represent an extraordinary number and are the flagship of a legendary journey, which sees Ducati clearly be the most successful... Read more... | Scrambler Ducati 10° Anniversario Rizoma Edition: Ducati celebrates 10 years of Ducati Scrambler | Oct 17, 2024 - 6:00 PM | Ducati Scrambler | Thursday 17 October 2024
Scrambler Ducati 10° Anniversario Rizoma Edition: Ducati celebrates 10 years of Ducati Scrambler • A limited-edition bike in 500 numbered units, designed in collaboration with Rizoma, to celebrate 10 years of the new Ducati Scrambler
• A collectors’ Ducati Scrambler, on which every detail contributes to creating an unmistakable bike, enhanced by “Metal Rose” components Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), 17 October 2024 – With a new episode of the 2025 Ducati World Première, Ducati unveils a Scrambler that celebrates the tenth anniversary of the birth of the post-heritage bike from the Bologna-based... Read more... | New-for-2025 Ducati Scrambler models: the Icon Dark and the new Full Throttle | Oct 08, 2024 - 4:27 PM | Ducati Scrambler | Monday 7 October 2024
New-for-2025 Ducati Scrambler models: the Icon Dark and the new Full Throttle • The new Icon Dark, in its total black livery, is dedicated to those who want the purest and most essential Scrambler
• The Full Throttle is revamped with a fascinating black and bronze livery that accentuates its pure Street-Tracker attitude. Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), 7 October 2024 – With a new appointment in the Ducati World Première 2025, Ducati has unveiled two new proposals for the Ducati Scrambler family to the public. The Icon Dark, the most essential and modern model in the range, is designed for those who... Read more... | » Online Users: 1279 | 0 members and 1,279 guests | No Members online | Most users ever online was 13853, 29-Apr-2024 at 20:02. | | | |