Always ready for new challenges: Ducati enters Motocross competition as part of its plan to develop a range of off-road models. Presented in Madonna di Campiglio, on the occasion of the Campioni in Pista event, the new Ducati Desmo450 MX and the Ducati Corse R&D – Factory MX Team, with the two multi-titled riders Antonio Cairoli and Alessandro Lupino.
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After Ducati announced last October 24 its entry into the world of motocross with a range of models that will be available on the market in the next few years, Ducati Corse Off-Road, the Ducati division in charge of racing activity in the world of knobby tyres, has now presented the two prototypes that will be used by Antonio Cairoli and Alessandro Lupino in 2024, in Madonna di Campiglio during the Campioni in Pista event.
The Desmo450 MX, this is the name of the new model, was presented on the PalaCampiglio stage in the racing livery that it will sport in competition this year – in the Italian Motocross Pro – Prestige MX1 Championship – by the Ducati Corse R&D – Factory MX Team managed by Corrado and Marco Maddii. The target of this first season of racing is mainly to acquire data and information in racing to contribute to the development of the Desmo450 MX that will go into production in the second half of 2025.
It will be Alessandro Lupino who will take part in all the rounds of the Italian Championship, as well as in an intense testing program, in which he will be joined by Antonio Cairoli.
The race debut of the Ducati Desmo450 MX is planned for March 16 and 17 in Mantova for the first round of the Italian Motocross Pro Prestige MX1 Championship.
Here is the full video of the Ducati presentation. The full show starts on the 4-minute mark, and Paolo Ciabatti introduces the Ducati Corse Off-Road Division at the 1 hr and 1 minute point of the video.
