
The twelfth version of World Ducati Week, to be held from 26 to twenty-eight July 2024 on the Misano World Circuit, was introduced throughout a press convention held contained in the Ducati Auditorium in Borgo Panigale.
The convention, moderated by the Italian radio host Gianluca Gazzoli, was attended by Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali, along with the MotoGP and WorldSBK riders Francesco Bagnaia, Enea Bastianini, Marco Bezzecchi, Franco Morbidelli, Álvaro Bautista, Nicolò Bulega and Michele Pirro and the motocross riders Alessandro Lupino and Antonio Cairoli.
“All In One” is the message with which this 2024 version of World Ducati Week opens. A slogan that summarises the intention of the Bologna-based producer to construct an ideal occasion wherein to pay attention all of the essence of ardour for motorcycling and motorsport. They are going to be three unforgettable days, in a position to mix racing DNA, driving experiences, life tales, premieres of recent merchandise, moments of enjoyable, motorbike parades, night occasions, meet-and-greet periods with the riders and plenty of different initiatives.
Claudio Domenicali, Ducati CEO: “The World Ducati Week is an unparalleled expertise for motorcycling followers: an occasion to be lived at the least as soon as in a lifetime, solely to seek out out which you can not dwell with out it. This yr’s would be the twelfth version, and from the very first second we labored with the concept of providing individuals the perfect WDW ever. The components are all there, beginning with the information of La Notte dei Campioni on Saturday. A night that guarantees unforgettable feelings with Ducati riders placing on a present through the Lenovo Race of Champions and instantly afterwards the possibility for everybody to have enjoyable on the monitor sharing a standard ardour. I’m trying ahead to assembly up once more with hundreds of followers on the Misano Circuit to have fun the love for Ducati all collectively.”
The World Ducati Week is a superb celebration able to attracting folks from each nook of the planet, who arrive in Italy pushed by the euphoria of celebrating their ardour for the world of two wheels and for the Purple Bikes of Borgo Panigale. It’s an occasion really open to everybody, with a program of tailored actions to accommodate an enormous viewers, which incorporates people of all nationalities, ages, genders and personalities.
“LA NOTTE DEI CAMPIONI” – A SHOW ON TRACK WITH THE LENOVO RACE OF CHAMPIONS AND THE OPEN-AIR DISCOOn Saturday 27 July the occasion throughout the occasion of World Ducati Week will probably be “La Notte dei Campioni” (The Night time of Champions): an unmissable taking place, which within the house of only a few hours will see an unbelievable competitors between Ducati riders, a monitor invasion of all individuals, road meals within the paddock and a night present with dwell leisure and DJ-sets, which can rework the Misano Circuit into an open-air disco.
The spotlight is undoubtedly the race that includes the Ducati heroes competing in the principle skilled two-wheel championships. For the second consecutive version this race will probably be staged below the title Lenovo Race of Champions, confirming the collaboration and closeness of Ducati to an distinctive accomplice like Lenovo, already Title & Know-how Associate of the Ducati Lenovo Workforce in MotoGP, in addition to predominant sponsor of the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati crew in Superbike.
Throughout the press convention, the programme for the 2024 version of this distinctive race was introduced, which can see the motion break up over two days, with free follow and qualifying on Friday 26 July and the race scheduled for the late afternoon of Saturday 27 July.
On the identical venue the beginning grid for the race was additionally made official, and it’ll see 15 Ducati riders line up and compete aboard Ducati Panigale V4. The record of names entered for the Lenovo Race of Champions is world-class. They’re all there, in alphabetical order: Francesco Bagnaia (reigning MotoGP World Champion), Enea Bastianini, Álvaro Bautista (reigning WorldSBK World Champion), Nicolò Bulega (reigning WorldSSP World Champion), Marco Bezzecchi, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Andrea Iannone, Glenn Irwin, Álex Márquez, Marc Márquez, Jorge Martìn, Franco Morbidelli, Danilo Petrucci, Michele Pirro, Michael Ruben Rinaldi.
To boost this unbelievable present, Ducati has created a devoted ticket, designed for motorsport followers and, extra typically, for all of the individuals who will flock to the Romagna Riviera over the weekend of 26-28 July. This ticket offers entry to the Misano World Circuit from 3.00 pm on Saturday till late at night time, and consists of the spectacle of the Lenovo Race of Champions (scheduled to begin at 5.00 pm), the possibility to participate within the invasion of the realm under the rostrum along with all the opposite followers, and entry to the celebration on the monitor, which can permit individuals to bounce and sing on the identical asphalt on which a couple of hours earlier the Ducati riders may have placed on an ideal present and set the gang alight. Tickets for “La Notte dei Campioni” will go on sale on the VivaTicket and TicketOne platforms from Thursday 13 June 2024.
The leisure programme may have the help of Radio Deejay, which was introduced as Radio Associate of World Ducati Week 2024. Gianluca Gazzoli, after being grasp of ceremony on the convention, will probably be among the many predominant faces of WDW, taking up the position of official voice for “La Notte dei Campioni” managing dwell interviews from the rostrum with Ducati riders, who will alternate within the night’s line-up with DJ-sets by Fargetta, Marco Melandri and Rudeejay.
THE PARADE ON FRIDAY AND THE “LAND OF JOY ON THE BEACH” PARTYFor the late afternoon of Friday 26 July, one other of probably the most awaited and beloved moments for Ducatisti is confirmed within the programme: the World Ducati Week parade! Ranging from a lap of the Misano World Circuit, the colorful snake of Ducati bikes will cross the streets of the Romagna Riviera and take hundreds of lovers to the Samsara Seashore in Riccione for the “Land of Pleasure on the Seashore” celebration. Samsara Seashore will host the “Rustida” (typical BBQ) on this version, adopted by a night of music and enjoyable to have fun 10 years of Scrambler Ducati.
A DUCATI WORLD PREMIEREAnother affirmation additionally arrived on the press convention: the 2024 version of World Ducati Week, as has grow to be a WDW custom, may even be enriched by an unique Ducati World Première. An space devoted to this new product will probably be arrange contained in the paddock, permitting lovers to see and contact the brand new Ducati mannequin up shut, discovering its technical options along with the engineers who conceived and developed it.
DESMO450 MXIn this version of World Ducati Week 2024, an exhibition space devoted to Ducati’s new, historic chapter in motocross might actually not be lacking. The Ducati Corse R&D – Manufacturing facility MX Workforce will probably be current on the nice Ducati gathering with the hospitality unit that’s touring Italy within the Italian Motocross Professional – Status MX1 Championship, producing lots of consideration from lovers across the Desmo450 MX prototypes. The official rider Alessandro Lupino and the top-level take a look at rider Antonio Cairoli may even take part within the gathering in July.
916 CELEBRATIONThe 2024 version of WDW may even be an ideal setting to have fun the thirtieth anniversary of the Ducati 916, a mannequin that has indelibly marked the historical past of the Bologna-based Firm. There are a lot of initiatives designed to pay homage to this icon of favor and efficiency: a devoted exhibition with shows of the household’s fashions (916, 996, 998), the primary official census of 916/996/998 house owners and an thrilling celebratory exercise on the Misano monitor which can see as protagonists each Carl Fogarty and Troy Bayliss, two riders who along with Ducati have grow to be genuine racing legends.
ALL DUCATI MOTORCYCLESAmong the undisputed protagonists of WDW are clearly all of the bikes within the Ducati vary. The Misano World Circuit paddock will probably be divided into thematic areas: there would be the “Journey&Journey” space with the Multistrada and DesertX fashions, the “Adrenaline&Enjoyable” space with the Panigale, Streetfighter, Hypermotard, SuperSport and Monster households, and eventually a devoted house to the Diavel and the “Land of Pleasure” Scrambler Ducati.
RIDING EXPERIENCESNot solely bikes to admire and uncover, however above all bikes to trip at World Ducati Week. The fashions from the Ducati and Scrambler Ducati vary will probably be out there for take a look at rides across the Misano circuit on all three days of the occasion. There may even be 35 kW fashions to permit even much less skilled riders to benefit from the tour. Holders of the 3-day Cross may have a chance to expertise a monitor session at Misano astride their Ducati. For adventouring lovers, the DRE Journey “tablets” are confirmed on the Multistrada V4 and DesertX fashions with Antoine Meo and Charly Sinewan as particular visitors.
THE OBJECTIVE OF A SUSTAINABLE EVENTSince the 2016 version, the World Ducati Week has been licensed as a sustainable occasion based on the ISO 20121 commonplace and, additionally for this 2024 version, Ducati intends to contain lovers, companions, suppliers and workers in an unforgettable expertise, created by bearing in mind social duty, environmental sustainability and model enhancement. The target that the Firm units itself is to have the ability to receive certification as a sustainable occasion for the fourth consecutive version.
D.O.C. – DUCATI OFFICIAL CLUBSWorld Ducati Week turns into more and more worldwide, additionally due to the direct involvement of the 356 Ducati Official Golf equipment, an ideal instance of belonging to the neighborhood. With over 44,000 members current in 66 international locations everywhere in the world, the D.O.C. are a basic part of the WDW, bringing collectively individuals who share the identical ardour and expertise the feelings that solely a Ducati motorbike can arouse.
THE BOND WITH THE TERRITORYOnce once more the World Ducati Week can depend on the lively collaboration of the Municipalities and Administrations of all of the cities of the Riviera concerned. The cities of Misano Adriatico, Rimini, Riccione, Cattolica and the Republic of San Marino will host hundreds of Ducatisti through the days of the occasion. The WDW can be a part of the a number of actions of APT Regione Emilia-Romagna for the promotion of the Motor Valley model. An important position is clearly performed by the Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli” which, for the reason that starting, has hosted all of the editions of this occasion.
OFFICIAL PARTNERSMany are the Companions that can take part within the World Ducati Week. Beside the above-mentioned Lenovo, two different Ducati Corse companions, Monster Power and WD40, will probably be current for the primary time. The previous will contribute to the spectacularity of the occasion with some leisure proposals, whereas the latter will current its personal product vary, giving all individuals a pattern. 24 Bottles may have an necessary position: it is going to present all of the individuals with a metallic water bottle included within the “Welcome Package”, which individuals will have the ability to use as a container for consuming water distributed within the paddock at a sustainable value. Companions with Ducati-branded merchandise comparable to Safilo, with its full vary of Carrera-Ducati glasses, Pittarosso, with its assortment of footwear and equipment, and Locman (Official Time Keeper), with its line of watches, couldn’t miss out at WDW. Additionally current at World Ducati Week will probably be historic suppliers that help Ducati within the improvement of manufacturing bikes comparable to Termignoni, Pirelli, Akrapovic, Shell, Bosch and STM. Every of them will convey content material and insights to additional have interaction Ducatisti through the occasion. Contained in the Tech Village there will probably be Brembo, Givi, Dainese, Arai, Suomy, Kyt, Ilmberger Carbon Elements, Ognibene, NGK and Spidi, who will show merchandise developed in collaboration with Ducati.
There may even be 3DBeta and Andreani, who will help the Ducati Service respectively with benches and gear and in suspension setting and adjustment operations. Ducati workers and riders will transfer with agility across the paddock due to VMoto electrical scooters and scooters made by Platum. Lastly, there will probably be a Grani&Companions stand that can host each the Italian Submit Workplace and the State Mint, with the presentation of postal and numismatic merchandise devoted to the Bologna-based producer. Among the many companions of this 2024 version of WDW are additionally Contadi Castaldi, Aruba.it and EICMA (Official Companions), Summertrade (Meals & Beverage Supplier), DHL (Logistic Associate) Edelweiss Bike Journey and HP Motorrad (Journey Associate).
WDW APP AND FANTA WDWWorld Ducati Week is without doubt one of the most good examples of the best way wherein Ducati manages to mix values such because the pleasure of encountering with the extra digital and technological facet of the connection with lovers. That is the case of two instruments simply accessible by lovers through their smartphone: the WDW App (out there for Android and iOS) is an utility that acts as a container for all of the helpful info on the occasion. Fanta WDW, then again, is a sport targeted on the outcomes of the Lenovo Race of Champions, which permits individuals to make their very own predictions in regards to the race and earn factors by way of the performances of their favorite riders.
THE FIRST STONE OF THE DUCATI FACTORYAt the tip of the press convention devoted to the presentation of WDW2024, Ducati reserved house for a giant shock. The CEO Claudio Domenicali in actual fact communicated to the general public current the invention, after a protracted search, of the muse stone of the Borgo Panigale manufacturing unit, which was laid by the brothers Adriano, Bruno and Marcello Cavalieri Ducati on 1 June 1935 in the identical space the place right now Ducati nonetheless creates and produces its bikes appreciated everywhere in the world.
The inspiration stone has been fastidiously restored and it’ll play a job as a bridge between previous, current and future on the event of the World Ducati Week 2024. In entrance of the identical historic constructing the place the muse stone was laid virtually 90 years in the past, an exhibition space will in actual fact be created which can represent an integral a part of the journey of the Ducatisti at WDW. The stone will probably be seen to everybody who visits the Ducati Manufacturing facility and Museum within the days earlier than and instantly after the occasion. As in earlier editions, WDW ticket holders will have the ability to have entry at a decreased charge through the WDW interval.
TICKET PURCHASETickets to participate within the twelfth version of WDW are on sale on the Ducati.com web site . Completely different entry formulation can be found for Bikers (with motorbikes) and for Guests (with out motorbikes or as passengers), for in the future or all three days. Each passes give entry to all the general public areas of the occasion, with the potential for collaborating in lots of actions without spending a dime: from contests to in-depth talks with Ducati engineers, designers and specialists, to autograph periods with the riders.Added to those entry formulation is the brand new ticket devoted to “La Notte dei Campioni”, which permits entry from 3.00 pm on Saturday till the tip of the night. To find all of the choices, it’s potential to go to the devoted part on the Ducati web site.
Entry to the occasion is free for accompanied minors as much as 18 years of age, for all individuals from Asia, Africa, America and Oceania, and for disabled folks and their carers.
A reduced charge is reserved for D.O.C. members, out there solely to lively members of the Ducati Official Golf equipment for the yr 2024. For info merely contact the D.O.C. official in your space. Discover the one closest to you.
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New occasions within the World Ducati Week programme will probably be introduced within the coming weeks. All the data will probably be out there on the WDW App, on the devoted web site, on the model’s social media channels and on the official Fb web page of World Ducati Week.