How Ducati has formed its 2022 MotoGP super team
Ducati came close to its first MotoGP world championship since the heady days of Casey Stoner in 2021. And it did so with a line-up born out of a risky philosophy change that has ultimately allowed Ducati mould a MotoGP super team that goes into the 2022 season as an expected favourite
As the 2022 MotoGP season begins in Qatar on 6 March, it will be 15 years since Ducati ascended to the top of the world with Casey Stoner. The Australian’s signing to Ducati in just his second year – having had a fast, but crash-strewn debut with LCR Honda in 2006 – was a bold step.
But it marked the perfect alignment, as the Australian stormed to 10 wins to take the 2007 title and mark the first premier class championship for a rider on a European motorcycle since Phil Read’s second 500cc crown for MV Agusta in 1974.
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