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Ducati Press Release: Claudio Domenicali, currently General Manager and Member of the Board of Directors at Ducati Motor Holding, has been named as the successor to CEO Gabriele Del Torchio, who will leave the company to take up new professional challenges. Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG and Chairman of [...]
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Valentino Rossi has rejected the contract that Ducati CEO Gabriele Del Torchio offered him in a private meeting during the U.S. Grand Prix weekend at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The nine-time world champion is returning to the official Yamaha factory team, where he will be paired with current MotoGP points-leader Jorge Lorenzo for the 2013 [...]
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The acquisition of Ducati Motor Holding by Audi AG is now formally completed, and the first official act of the new board of directors was the appointment of Rupert Stadler, CEO of Audi AG, to the position of president of the board. This board will be composed of four members. Two, Horst Glaser and Axel [...]
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In October of 2011, a very smart manager of a Bologna-based company told me he had a feeling that Ducati might be up for sale. How did he get that perceptive feeling? While watching Ducati “polishing all its silverware,” he just made “2 and 2 equal 4.” For the sale of the company, the moment [...]
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From Ducati Press: New York, NY, USA, 15 March 2012 – Introducing an exciting new phase in the partnership, which started in 2011 with the sponsorship of the Ducati Team in MotoGP, Ducati and Diesel now launch the Monster Diesel with a dedicated Capsule Collection. The brand new customized model is an ‘urban military chic’ [...]
Read Full Post | Comments(0)Photo by James Wirth After much speculation and the “confirmed/not-comfirmed” recent interview with Ducati CEO Gabriele Del Torchio on cycleworld.com, Ducati has officially announced its formal relationship with MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi “from 2011.” Said Del Torchio, “We are delighted to announce that Valentino Rossi will be with us from 2011. He is a paragon [...]
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