MotoGP, Bagnaia and Marquez against everyone: here's Ducati's Race of Champions

From July 26th to 28th, Ducati is staging a unique world-class spectacle for motorsport enthusiasts as part of the World Ducati Week 2024 with the Lenovo Race of Champions. This dream race will feature 15 Ducati riders, including the reigning MotoGP, WorldSBK, and WorldSSP Champions, battling it out astride Panigale V4.

Introduced starting with the 2018 edition of WDW, the "Race of Champions" is a race unparalleled in the international motorcycling scene and in this its third edition will see 15 Ducati riders, including the reigning MotoGP, WorldSBK and WorldSSP World Champions, challenge each other to the sound of daring overtakes and fast laps to win the trophy, designed for the occasion by the Centro Stile Ducati. The moments of action of the "Race of Champions" will be spread over two days for double the show compared to previous editions, with free practice and qualifying on Friday, July 26, and the race set for 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 27.

The starting grid is world-class. Everyone is there, making up a roster that can count on 20 World Titles on the track at once: Francesco Bagnaia (current MotoGP World Champion), Enea Bastianini, Álvaro Bautista (current WorldSBK World Champion), Nicolò Bulega (reigning WorldSSP World Champion), Marco Bezzecchi, Fabio Di Giannantonio, Andrea Iannone, Álex Márquez, Marc Márquez, Jorge Martìn, Franco Morbidelli, Danilo Petrucci, Michele Pirro, Michael Ruben Rinaldi and Glenn Irwin.

Free practice for the Lenovo Race of Champions is scheduled for 4:35 p.m. on Friday, July 26, while qualifying will begin at 5:05 p.m. The 10-lap race will be staged at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 27. All moments of action will be viewable live on Ducati's YouTube channel.

Mauro Grassilli (Ducati Corse Sporting, Marketing and Communications Director): “The start of this edition of the World Ducati Week is just around the corner, and we are all thrilled. WDW is a unique event, a true celebration not only for the fans who will join but also for us at Ducati Corse. It’s the opportunity for Ducati teams and riders from different championships to meet on the same track, sharing the passion that unites us. Ducatisti from around the world can meet their heroes and, above all, witness them compete on the track in the Lenovo Race of Champions. It will be an unmissable spectacle. We can’t wait!”