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Grand Prix racing is incredibly important to the brand’s image.

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Ducati has a manageable team at the start at the Grand Prix.

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Fiddler existence in the Superbike World Championship? “On the contrary,” says Ducati Corse boss Bernhard Gobmeier.

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Bernhard Gobmeier (left) relies on more time and the new regulations for the Panigale R..

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Alstare team boss Francis Batta is not going fast enough.

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While the Alstare Ducati Team stumbles in the Superbike World Championship and fights for back places, Superstock rider Eddi La Marra is at the front.

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Report: Ducati prototype vs. Panigale

Report: Ducati Corse in MotoGP and Superbike World Championship
Is the Panigale not a winner??

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With the Desmosedici only mediocre in MotoGP, Ducati is now stumbling in the Superbike World Championship. Is the Panigale not a winner??

Alfred Stockinger, Uwe Seitz

07/16/2013

Report: Ducati Corse in MotoGP and Superbike World Championship

With 17 design engineering titles and world champions such as Carl Fogarty, Troy Bayliss or, most recently, Carlos Checa is Ducati the most successful brand in the Superbike World Championship. But since she started with the Panigale, nothing seems to be going forward. If this is due to the motorcycle, customers also ask. You have to know that the Superbike World Championship has frequently changing regulations because it has to bring four and two-cylinder under one roof, these regulations are often more of a paper tiger than a rigorous set of rules in enforcement, and as a result, some models are only for the sake of their form Similar to a production bike, but almost at prototype level under the cover.

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With this in mind, it is worth taking a look at the Superstock class as part of the World Cup or at national series with tight Superstock regulations. There, BMW and Ducati fight for victories with the Panigale – no or hardly a trace of Kawasaki or Aprilia. Still, there are indications that the Panigale problem in the Superbike World Championship is also one of Ducati Corse, the racing division of the Reds. Alstare team boss Francis Batta, whose team has spearheaded the World Cup for Ducati since November 2012, complained a few weeks ago that he was not getting enough factory support for the development of the Panigale from Checa and Badovini. The Corse boss Bernhard Gobmeier, employed by Audi, relativizes the allegations when asked about horsepower: “He didn’t just criticize our development. You want to actively participate in the development and we welcome that. All of his suggestions will be considered within our test schedule. But our connection is young and it takes time to coordinate everything. “

MotoGP project very expensive

There is only time until 2014, because then the new owner of the Superbike World Championship, Dorna, will present a new set of rules, according to which the airbox restrictions and other current disadvantages for the two-cylinder will be addressed again (the content was not yet fixed at the time of going to press). However, it is also questionable whether Ducati Corse has the capacity for the necessary development steps. Because the MotoGP project is very labor-intensive even after Valentino Rossi’s major renovation attempts on the Desmosedici. Is that at the expense of the Panigale in the World Cup? According to rumors, only a handful of employees are supposed to work on the SBK bike at all.

“It’s true that more people work for the GP, but that has always been the case,” says Gobmeier. “There is a lot of overlap in the electronics, the motor and right through to the test. Since 2013, however, more people have been working on the Panigale R and more and more engineers are dividing their work for both projects. “Gobmeier continues:” We also need more people in the R&D range of the Panigale compared to the 1098 R, because it is a new bike and we have up to 20 hp less power than the four-cylinder competition. Not only do they have more experience with the engines, they also have more freedom when it comes to regulations. “

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While the Alstare Ducati Team stumbles in the Superbike World Championship and fights for back places, Superstock rider Eddi La Marra is up front.

The Corse boss explains with the ailing Carlos Checa, among other things, that all these alleged efforts at the home game in Imola did not bear fruit despite the relaxation of the airbox regulation: “Carlos’ shoulder makes it impossible for him to give 100 percent. But that’s necessary at World Cup level. The Panigale broke the lap record in Phillip Island. So we know the potential is there. The Superstock classes also prove this and give a better picture of the great potential that series bikes have. “

Will there be the next version of the Panigale R due to the new rules in 2014? In order to fine-tune the engine performance on a large scale, it may be necessary to homologate new parts, i.e. to install them in the series. Here, too, the rumor mill is simmering, because allegedly the development of the Panigale R was ruled with the red pencil at a time when the Audi entry at Ducati was still far from certain. Since all participating plants are included in the standard development for 2014, the importance of Ducati performance in the SBK World Championship as a sales argument is also confirmed by Gobmeier and the Audi investments are now secure, a possible Panigale RR version is now also haunted Titanium exhaust valves and other new parts for the short-stroke two-cylinder through the forest of leaves.

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