Ducati secrets revealed

After being the reference in the competition of motorcycles derived from the Ducati series, it decided to join MotoGP starting in 2003 and in the current decade, with the Japanese factories in an endless crisis, it has become the reference in the highest category and the bike. that every rider wants to ride.

Leading global sports streaming platform Dazn released this Friday ‘Life in Red’, its new documentary that explores Ducati’s past, present and future from the hands of its great riders and engineers. More than 20 years have passed since Capirossi achieved the first victory for the Italian factory and, since then, Italian motorcycles have not stopped achieving success.

In this new DAZN production, discover from the inside how the red-handed passion is lived by historic Ducatistas such as Claudio Domenicali, CEO of Ducati Motor, Gigi Dall’Igna, General Director of Ducati Corse, Carl Fogarty, four- time WorldSBK champions or legendary world champions who have raced with Ducati such as Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner, Andrea Dovizioso, Loris Capirossi, Álvaro Bautista, Jorge Martín, Pecco Bagnaia or Carlos Czech.

‘Life in Red’ offers a unique journey through the history of Ducati in MotoGP and WorldSBK. Taking as its starting point the iconic city of Bologna, the birthplace of the Ducatista, this production looks back at the best moments of the Italian factory, but also some of the worst. From the first wins in the premier class to Checa’s victory in Superbikes, through the complications with Rossi or the success of Pecco Bagnaia, fans can relive the history of Ducati in MotoGP for more than an hour.

Marc Marquez He debuted on a Ducati in the Gresini Racing ranks and in 2025 and 2026 he will ride for the official Ducati team. of his evolution. I came to MotoGP in 2013 and nobody wanted Ducati (…) My biggest rival while at Honda was Yamaha, but in 2016 and 2017 I said ‘be careful, be careful, they are coming’. When Lorenzo got on the Ducati I said ‘they have arrived’.”

Cervera’s talent also had good words about his future

boss: “I want to define Gigi Dall’Igna as a pilot. He has 100% driver’s mentality, when he doesn’t win he gets angry. “He has the ambition that is necessary in the world of competition.”

Jorge Lorenzo He also remembers how his signing was closed after a MotoGP race in the ranks of the official Yamaha team: “The first approach was made by Dall’Igna in 2014, he has always been my great supporter. We worked together in the Derbi and Aprilia and I know that if I feel comfortable on the bike I will win (…) At the end of 2015 I was looking for new stimuli after many years at Yamaha (…) We called Dall’ Igna and that’s where he became all active”.

Two-time MotoGP champion Pecco Bagnaia, Márquez’s partner for the next two seasons, highlights that: “Ducati for me is love (…) I have always dreamed of reaching MotoGP with Ducati and I still think the best motorcycle in the world is a Ducati.”

And the recently crowned MotoGP World Champion, Jorge Martín, analyzed the Ducati rider’s strategy, which he considers another of the keys for those from Bologna to win this way: “I believe they follow a better strategy at the economic level , because you finally sign young riders who climb at almost any price, riders who have no obsession with other motorcycles or from other years with a free mind to know Ducati. This was the key.”

Another legend of Spanish motorcycling like Alvaro Bautistatwo-time Superbike World Champion with Ducati, emphasizes the importance of Dall’Igna in motorcycle development: “Gigi is a magician. Therein lies the secret. He is a good engineer who listens to the pilots, who knows how to work, not only seeing the data, but also interpreting it with the pilot’s comments. In recent years, the motorcycle is what everyone wants.”