World Ducati Week: Michele Pirro wins the Race of Champions

Good first time riding the brand new one Ducati Panigale V4 for Michele Pirro which wins the first edition of the Race of Champions, the central event of the 2018 edition of World Ducati Week which is attracting global fans of the Borgo Panigale brand to Misano Adriatico.

Race of Champions: the race

The circuit named after Marco Simoncelli was the theater for what for the Ducati management should have been a simple exhibition, but which in reality turned out to be a real race with the protagonists on the track (Andrea Dovizioso, Jorge Lorenzo, Danilo Petrucci, Jack Miller, Tito Rabat, Xavier Simeon, Karel Abraham, Marco Melandri, Xavi Fores, Michele Pirro, Michael Ruben Rinaldi e Troy bayliss) who did not hesitate to battle to the delight of the small audience present in the stands. The final success went to test driver Michele Pirro who prevailed over Tito Rabat and Xavi Fores in a race made shorter than expected due to rain on the track. Behind them were Marco Melandri, Jack Miller and Michael Rinaldi. closing the group are the two official riders of the MotoGP team, Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo who did not want to take any risks in view of the Brno race scheduled in seven days ("I leave to greet the fans in the stands, the important thing is not to get hurt“, the Spaniard had prudently said before the start).

Race of Champions: what a commercial for V4

There's no point in hiding it: the Ducati Panigale V4 has had eyes on it since yesterday morning and today was a more than excellent commercial for the latest creation from Borgo Panigale which will be a great protagonist of the World Superbike championship. The new “limited edition” Panigale V4 S with race configuration that competed today at Misano will then be sold at auction on eBay.