The numbers posted by Ducati in the 2023 MotoGP season knocked down every historical wall its rivals had put up in the past. From 20 rounds, Ducati riders scored 17 wins – the most of any marque in a single campaign. It scored 17 pole positions, 43 podiums in total, eight rostrum lockouts and won all three championships: riders’, constructors’, and the teams’ title with Pramac Racing.
From going 14 years without a riders’ title, Ducati celebrated its third a little over 12 months after Francesco Bagnaia scored the company’s second. The Italian’s completion of a back-to-back success came in a dramatic finale at Valencia, where a Ducati rider was guaranteed to win the championship whatever happened.
While it would be easy to chalk up Ducati’s statistics in 2023 simply to its sheer show of force in fielding eight riders, six of whom posted grand prix victories, its position as MotoGP’s dominator was the culmination of almost 10 years of work within its “new
