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​2011 Ducati GP12.0 VR2

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 ​​​​Valentino Rossi’s GP12.0 ‘VR2’ is a unique and historic Ducati - the very first Ducati built with the radical twin-spar aluminium frames, numbered frame 1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

              
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  • Overview

    Factory-certified as Valentino Rossi’s GP 12.0 VR2

    The very first chassis built, with unique hand engraved numbering

    Acquired directly from the factory, in fully restored and running condition

    Developed with radical new twin spar aluminium frames

    Still retaining the bespoke works Xtrac seamless gearbox

    Part of the Historic Collection since Oct 2018

  • This is the very first twin spar aluminium frame Ducati GP bike to be built.

    Spy shots from a test at Mugello in September, allied to leaked CAD drawings of new frames only fuelled the intrigue into what Ducati would be producing for 2012. But it wouldn’t be until the test session in November, just a day after the chequered flag fell in Valencia for the last race of 2011, that these GP12.0s would be seen in all their glory and confirmed as having the twin spar aluminium frames.

    The race a day earlier had seen a first lap, four-bike collision that had resulted in Nick Hayden breaking his wrist and left him unable to test, but 7-time MotoGP Champion Rossi was uninjured and no-doubt eager to begin developing the new GP12.0 after what had been an underwhelming 2011 season.

    With these new frames Ducati was effectively starting with a clean sheet and with little to no data, whereas the other teams had the advantage of using their outgoing ’11 bikes as a reference point. But the one ingredient that no other team had was Valentino Rossi. Determined and disciplined, the Italian invested a staggering 14 hours of track time over the two days and, at the end of the first day’s 71 lap marathon, Rossi was just 1.6 seconds shy of the fastest man Dani Pedrosa.

    The number ‘46’ is almost certainly the most famous in motor racing history and it is near impossible to acquire any ex Rossi Moto GP bike – period.

    Here stands a genuine MotoGP Ducati GP12.0 that has not only worn that number, but, alongside its sister VR test bikes, has likely covered more miles with the great champion aboard it than any other. Ducati’s ‘Rossi Years’ and its radical change to aluminium chassis frames is arguably the team’s most storied era.