Alessandro Lupino is twelfth in Race 1, while in the second heat he is forced to retire due to damage to the radiator caused by a stone, when he was fighting for the top ten
Lupino and the Desmo450 MX will be back on track on October 12 and 13 in the final round of the MX1 Italian Championship at Arco di Trento
The development of the Ducati Desmo450 MX continues apace, with Alessandro Lupino who raced in the last round of the MXGP World Championship, the GP of Castilla La Mancha at Cózar. After finishing in fourteenth position in Saturday’s Qualifying Race, in Race 1 the Italian rider remained in eighth position for a long time before finishing twelfth, while in Race 2 he was forced to retire due to a stone that damaged the water radiator with 6 laps to go while he was fighting for the top ten. The GP in Spain allowed the Borgo Panigale engineers to collect important data in view of the 2025 world championship, which will see the Swiss Jeremy Seewer line up at the start astride the Ducati Desmo450 MX, as well as a second rider who will be announced later.
After the world debut in August in the Netherlands with Antonio Cairoli, racing in the last GP of 2024 with Lupino was part of the development plan of the Desmo450 MX, the bike that will go into production next year marking the entry of the Borgo Panigale manufacturer into the specialist off-road segment.
Ducati’s 2024 racing program will then conclude on 12 and 13 October on the “Il Ciclamino” circuit at Pietramurata (Arco di Trento) with the final round of the Italian Prestige MX1 Championship, which sees Alessandro Lupino leader of the standings, with a 338-point advantage over his closest pursuer and 500 points still to be assigned.
Photocredits – Ducati Corse R&D – Factory Mx Team
