She has just arrived, the last born in Ducati house, but the Desmo450 MX it seems to want to quickly follow in the footsteps of its ‘sisters’ of MotoGP and Superbike. Meanwhile he dominated the fourth round of the Italian Motocross Pro-Prestige MX1 Championship, with the victories of the eight-time Italian champion Alessandro Lupino and the return to success after retirement for Tony Cairoli, nine-time world champion, who brought the first success in the history of Ducati Corse Offroad in race 1 on the Tuscan track of Bridge in Egola.
In the first heat, on a track conditioned by very heavy rain, Lupino and Cairoli achieved a perfect start and then alternated in the lead for seven laps, when the stewards exposed Red flag due to the prohibitive weather conditions. The ranking was therefore frozen at the previous step, with Cairoli the winner ahead of Lupino. In the second heat Ducatisti were still on the run, with Lupino ahead of Cairoli and then managing to narrowly get away, taking the lead in the overall standings of the day and at the top of the championship standings, with two tests to go. The Ducati engineers have provided valuable data, even more so in such an extreme environmental context, in view of theThe motorcycle will enter production in 2025. Next round of the Italian Motocross Championship from August 31st to September 1st Castiglione del Lago (PG).
