The development of the Ducati Desmo450 MX continues at pace, with Alessandro Lupino, who raced in the last round of the MXGP World Championship, the MXGP of Castilla La Mancha at Cózar. After finishing in fourteenth position in Saturday’s Qualifying Race, Race 1 saw the Italian rider remain in eighth position for a long time before finishing twelfth. While in Race 2, he was forced to retire due to a stone that damaged the water radiator with 6 laps to go while he was fighting for the top ten. Words: Ducati
The GP in Spain allowed the Borgo Panigale engineers to collect important data in view of the 2025 world championship, which will see the Swiss Jeremy Seewer line up at the start astride the Ducati Desmo450 MX, as well as a second rider who will be announced later.
After the world debut in August in the Netherlands with Antonio Cairoli, racing in the last GP of 2024 with Lupino was part of the development plan of the Desmo450 MX, the bike that will go into production next year marking the entry of the Borgo Panigale manufacturer into the specialist off-road segment.
Ducati’s 2024 racing program will then conclude on 12 and 13 October on the “Il Ciclamino” circuit at Pietramurata (Arco di Trento) with the final round of the Italian Prestige MX1 Championship, which sees Alessandro Lupino leader of the standings, with a 338-point advantage over his closest pursuer and 500 points still to be assigned.
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