MotoGP enters new period of extra sustainable fuels • Complete Motorbike

Ducati and Shell prolong partnership as MotoGP enters new period of extra sustainable fuels

Extension of one of the recognisable partnerships in premier motorbike racing

Borgo Panigale, Bologna (Italy), twenty first March 2023: Ducati and Shell right now announce a multi-year extension of their Technical Partnership with the Ducati Corse manufacturing unit racing groups, as much as 2027.

The Technical Partnership between Ducati Corse and Shell has seen nice success on the racetrack, together with the latest marketing campaign, which noticed Ducati win the 2022 Constructors’ Championships and Riders’ titles with the Italian Francesco Bagnaia in MotoGP and with Spaniard Alvaro Bautista in WorldSBK.

The partnership, which initially started in 1999 when Ducati was racing within the FIM Superbike World Championship, marks 24 years of collaboration and 20 years within the FIM MotoGP™ World Championship for the reason that Italian group joined in 2003.

At the moment, the Desmosedici GP and Panigale V4 R racing bikes of Ducati Corse use a bespoke Shell V-Energy race gas formulation in addition to a bespoke mix of Shell Advance Engine Oil with Shell’s PurePlus Expertise. Designed to resist the intense circumstances of probably the most prestigious racetracks, Shell Advance is formulated to assist extract the utmost efficiency whereas sustaining reliability for the bike’s four-stroke V4 engine over the period of a race season.

As a part of the partnership renewal introduced right now, Ducati and Shell will proceed to work hand-in-hand in preparation for MotoGP’s new period of extra sustainable fuels, which begins in 2024. Growth for these fuels, which have to be 40% non-fossil origin from 2024 and intention at an formidable 100% by 2027, might be a key space of focus for the Ducati and Shell groups. They may also proceed to discover methods wherein the collaboration can additional the event of electrical drivetrains in electrical bikes for future use, each on and off the racetrack.

All through this 24-year partnership, the learnings and improvements from the racetrack have been used to develop higher road-going merchandise for Shell clients around the globe. What’s extra, the connection extends to Ducati highway bikes, with new bike Shell Advance formulations being developed and examined for highway bike functions.

Paolo Ciabatti (Ducati Corse Sporting Director)
“It offers us nice satisfaction to announce the extension of Ducati’s multi-year settlement with Shell till 2027. Final 12 months was probably the most profitable season ever for Ducati Corse for the reason that begin of our fuels and lubricants Technical Partnership with Shell in 1999, and we’re delighted to have the ability to enter a 3rd decade of collaboration with them. It’s also due to the important contribution of technically superior companions like Shell that Ducati is ready to obtain success in such technically difficult championships like MotoGP and WorldSBK, the place each little efficiency element counts. With this robust assist behind us, we’re assured that we will proceed to acquire wonderful outcomes sooner or later.”

Sabrina Qu, (Vice President World Lubricants Advertising at Shell):
“The extension of our Technical Partnership with Ducati till 2027 alerts our dedication to the Ducati Corse group to supply them with technical assist as MotoGP strikes in the direction of a extra sustainable future. Motorsport is the final word testbed for our expertise, offering Shell with worthwhile insights into the efficiency of our merchandise, while permitting them to check formulations to match the long run sustainability ambitions of each Shell and Ducati. This in flip will proceed to learn Shell Advance and Ducati clients around the globe, each on the observe and on the highway, because the Technical Partnership continues to develop.”