Thema: Ducati Desmosedici GP7

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DUCATI DESMOSEDICI GP7 UNVEILED AT MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO

The Dolomite mountain scenery of Madonna di Campiglio formed the spectacular backdrop for the official launch of the new Ducati Desmosedici GP7 today. The wraps were pulled off the all-new Italian bike by Loris Capirossi and Casey Stoner, the two Ducati Marlboro Team factory riders who will spearhead the Italian manufacturer's attack in the first year of the new 800cc category.

It took place at Wroom 2007, the traditional ski meeting held on the snows of Madonna di Campiglio and reserved for the international press which offers the chance for media and journalists from all over the world to meet Ducati Marlboro Team riders and management.

The Desmosedici GP7 is characterized by having a new and exclusive colour scheme called "Red Racing Chrome", produced with a special paint that is destined to highlight the lines and the design of the new machine as well as guaranteeing an extremely technological and innovative chrome effect.

Naturally the new livery is not the only innovation surrounding the 2007 MotoGP bike.

The 800cc engine is also completely new. Smaller and narrower than the 990 unit, the new engine is characterized by having a conventional firing-order that benefits the maximum power and helps with the fuel consumption.

The concept of the engine as a load-bearing structure, with a shorter chassis and the sub-frame mounted directly on the engine and no longer on the frame, has also been optimized, thus allowing a strengthening of the entire foot-peg area.

Major attention has also been dedicated to a lightening and further refining of all components.

The following are selected remarks by Federico Minoli, President and CEO of Ducati, Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati Corse, and Team official riders Loris Capirossi and Casey Stoner.

"It seems that despite being a very small company and despite bending over backwards" commented Federico Minoli regarding Ducati's commitment in MotoGP, "there is an almost magical combination of genius, technology and all-Italian passion that allows us to remain at the same high level as last year.î

"I am proud to present the new Desmosedici GP7, a project that currently represents the peak of Ducati know-how" declared Claudio Domenicali during the press conference. "The bike features a mixture of technology and evolution and has already given us excellent results on the track in the first tests.î

"They tell me I'm a MotoGP dinosaur and for this reason I have decided to play on this description by changing my classic Capirex logo to Capi-T-rex" commented Loris Capirossi. "This is my eighteenth year in the world championship but you can be sure of one thing: the feeling with the bike is the same as ever and I still really enjoy my racing, so now I am in form, fired-up and ready to give my everything again in this new season.î

"There is nothing that makes me happier than being a Ducati rider", declared Stoner, currently the youngest rider on the MotoGP grid. "The bike has improved and become more and more competitive ever since its debut in MotoGP, and so have the Bridgestone tyres, something that I could see in the first tests.î



The Ducati Marlboro Team will leave Madonna di Campiglio on Friday morning for Malaysia, where it will take part in the first tests of the 2007 season at Sepang from January 22-24.