Congrats to Casey Stoner & Ducati Corse

Major props are in order this morning for Casey Stoner and the entire Ducati Corse team after the rider clinched the world title for the factory in a crazy and chaotic race in Motegi, Japan. Anytime someone wins a world title – in any sport or competition – they deserve to be acknowledged, respected and admired, but this is a particularly sweet victory for all of Italy. It had been 34 years since the last Italian motorcycle manufacturer won a Grand Prix world championship. Back then technologically it was a far more level playing field – today Honda sells twelve million motorcycles per year compared to Ducati’s forty thousand, which of course translates in to a tremendous advantage in R&D, engineering, testing, etc. Yet the boys from Bologna beat the odds, proved the naysayers wrong and dominated the season from start to finish.

CLAUDIO DOMENICALI, Ducati Corse CEO/Ducati Motor Holding product director

“It is a dream come true – a fantastic feeling, really fantastic. I don’t have enough words to thank all the guys who have contributed to this incredible achievement, which shows that Italy is a nation whose passion and talent can succeed in a hugely technically advanced field. It’s certainly a good reason for Italians to be proud – proud about the talent of our engineers and about the quality of our universities. It is also a sign that allows Italy to look to the future and into globalization with a pinch more optimism.”

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