Nine-time Motocross World Champion Antonio Cairoli gave Ducati its MXGP World Championship debut in the Netherlands last season and perhaps proved we can expect big things in 2025.
Then, adding strength to that belief, it was announced this week that Ducati and Aruba.it will team up for a first, landmark FIM Motocross World Championship debut this year.
Aruba.it will, in fact, be the title sponsor of the official Ducati team in the Motocross World Championship – MXGP 2025 confirming its bond with the Borgo Panigale company.
This debut in the Motocross World Championship represents a historic milestone for Ducati which, after having won the 2024 Italian MX1 Championship on its debut with Alessandro Lupino (pictured here) riding the new Desmo450 MX and taking part in two rounds of the MXGP World Championship with Antonio Cairoli (in Holland) and Lupino himself (in Spain).
For the first time this year, the brand will participate in the entire MXGP season, with Swiss rider Jeremy Seewer in the team alongside young Italian talent Mattia Guadagnini.
The 2025 championship will start on March 2 in Cordoba, Argentina and will end on September 21 in Darwin, Australia.
Twenty events will take place across four continents (South America, Europe, Asia, Australia) with guaranteed television coverage in 180 countries and a predicted audience of over 780 million viewers.
Added to these are more than five million fans connected through the MXGP social pages and over 700 thousand attendances on the tracks, as reported during the 2024 season.
“Ducati has decided to take on a new challenge in the off-road world by developing a new model, the Desmo450 MX, which is the only motorcross bike in the world to use the desmodromic valve recall system” concluded Paolo Ciabatti, General Manager of Ducati Corse Off-Road.
“In 2024, we made our racing debut in the Italian Championship, winning the MX1 title with Alessandro Lupino, and this year we are looking forward to another important commitment and opportunity, this time with the Motocross World Championship– MXGP.
“For this reason, we are thrilled that Aruba wanted to join forces with us for this exciting new sporting adventure. Together with Jeremy and Mattia, we are committed to repaying the trust of our title sponsor.”
Photo courtesy Ducati
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