Salon Privé Blenheim Palace Concours 2024
Announcing the world public debut of six significant Ducati racing bikes - from the Historic Ducati Collection and presented by Historic Classics to support the Iconic Liveries class at Salon Prive, Blenheim Palace between 28 – 31 August 2024. MotoGP and World Superbikes have provided possibly the most exciting racing over the past few decades and one manufacturer is not only a stand-out winner, but also the crowd favourite – Ducati.
On display are six of the most significant machines from the most exciting periods of both the World Superbike and MotoGP series.
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1999 Carl Fogarty ‘Ducati 998’ World Superbike Championship Winner
This actual bike took Carl to his final World Superbike Championship, his 4th title since his first win, in 1994. Carl dominated the 1999 season, winning half of all of the races, with 85% of his wins on this bike.
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2003 Neil Hodgson ‘Ducati F03 999’ World Superbike Championship Winner
The new Ducati F03 999 dominated that years WSBK championship with Neil winning 11 of the first 12 races on his way to securing the championship with five races still to go.
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2003 Loris Capirossi ‘Ducati GP3’, first Ducati Moto GP and Catalunya Winner
The very first Ducati Moto GP win - the Catalunya round of the 2003 world championship. By utilising the first year of the new 990cc Moto GP era, introduced in 2002, for extensive development, new factory team entrant Ducati opened the 2003 season with a podium finish and this actual bike scored their first victory, by round six.
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2006 Troy Bayliss ‘Xerox Ducati FO6 999’ World Superbike Championship Winner
2001 World Superbike champion, Troy switched back to WSBK after two seasons in Moto GP, all with Ducati and dominated the 2006 world championship, scoring 12 race wins, half of the total season’s races.
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2006 Troy Bayliss Marlboro / Alice Ducati GP6
Due to rider injury, Bayliss was drafted to ride the final race in the 2006 MotoGP at Valencia - having already secured the World Superbike Championship - and won on this bike. This race is seen as one of the most thrilling of all time.
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2011 Valentino Rossi Ducati GP12.0
The first aluminium twin spar chassis frame Ducati. This bike is chassis/frame number 1 of the new full aluminium twin spar frame - the basis of which is dominating MotoGP today. It was tested and developed extensively by Rossi through to 2012.