Ducati Desmosedici for MotoGP racing

 Ducati Desmosedici 

The Ducati Desmosedici is a four-stroke V4 engine racing motorcycle made by Ducati for MotoGP racing. The series nomenclature is GP with the two-digit year appended, such as Desmosedici GP10 for 2010. In 2006 Ducati made a short production run of 1,500 street-legal variants, the Desmosedici RR.

HISTORY

Ducati history is classically based on 90° V-twin (or L-twin) engines, using desmodromic valve technology. Initially, Ducati considered the possibility of creating a MotoGP 'super-twin', taking advantage of the MotoGP regulations that give twin-cylinder machines a considerable weight reduction over four, five or six-cylinder bikes. However, analysis indicated that a twin-cylinder engine would not have been able to produce the required amount of power, more than 230 hp (170 kW), without excessively increasing the number of revs. A twin would have had to rev at over 17,000 rpm, but this would require a very short stroke and a very large bore, as a result producing possible combustion problems.

The basis of the design of the Desmosedici engine therefore is two classical Ducati L-twins next to each other, making a Double L-twin with two-cylinder Stroking at the same time (also called Twin Pulse). With four valves per cylinder, the total number of valves is sixteen – Desmosedici means desmodromic distribution with sixteen valves shortened in Italian.

Design had started in 2001, the bike was unveiled at the 2002 Italian GP at Mugello, for use in the following seasons MotoGP World Championship. Vittorian Guareschi, the Ducati Corse test-rider, followed every phase of the Desmosedici's development process from early testing to track debut and the project's evolution. In 2007, Ducati's pilot Casey Stoner, riding a Desmosedici, obtained Ducati's first MotoGP World Championship title

Motorcycle summary

These results are accurate up to the 2020 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix.

·        World Championship titles:

Riders: 1 (Casey Stoner 2007)

Constructors: 2 (2007, 2020)

·        Races won: 51

2003: Capirossi 1 (1 in total)

2005: Capirossi 2 (2 in total)

2006: Capirossi 3, Bayliss 1 (4 in total)

2007: Stoner 10, Capirossi  1 (11 in total)

2008: Stoner 6 (6 in total)

2009: Stoner 4 (4 in total)

2010: Stoner 3 (3 in total)

2016: Lannone 1, Dovizioso 1 (2 in total)

2017: Dovizioso 6 (6 in total)

2018: Dovizioso 4, Lorenzo 3 (7 in total)

2019: Dovizioso 2, Petrucci 1 (3 in total)

2020: Dovizioso   1, Petrucci 1 (2 in total)

·        Poles: 44

2003: Capirossi 3 (3 in total)

2005: Capirossi 3 (3 in total)

2006: Capirossi 2, Gibernau 1 (3 in total)

2007: Stoner 5 (5 in total)

2008: Stoner 9 (9 in total)

2009: Stoner 3 (3 in total)

2010: Stoner 4 (4 in total)

2014: Dovizioso 1 (1 in total)

2015: Dovizioso 1, lannone 1 (2 in total)

2016: Dovizioso 2, lannone 1 (3 in total)

2018: Lorenzo 4, Dovizioso 2, Miller 1 (7 in total)

2020: Zarco 1 (1 in total)

 

CONCLUSION

Ducati Desmosedici is winner of many year in MotoGP. It has won world championship title in 2007. It has fuel capacity of 22L which is most same of all MotoGP bikes. Overall it is a perfect combination of performance and excellence. Ducati Desmosedici for MotoGP racing is a true beast.

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