DUCATI’S 2025 MXGP SEASON SCORECARD

On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate Ducati’s performance in their first ever full-season stab at the MXGP World Championship? And has the Italian brand’s all-new Desmo450 MX done enough to confirm itself as a potential MXGP world title contender from 2026 – not to mention the USA, where Ducati will officially join the AMA SX and MX series next year?

When you look at Ducati’s actual achievements with their all-new Desmo450 MX in 2025, you’d have to say they’ve earned themselves a solid 7 or 8 out of 10 (on the presumption that they would have had to bag a series podium to score 9 and a title win for a 10). Why do we say 7 or 8? Well, let’s do a quick take-stock of the Aruba.it Ducati Factory MX Team’s achievements this year:

• Jeremy Seewer delivered the Borgo Panigale manufacturer its first-ever MXGP podiums (two third-place finishes – in Switzerland and France).
• Mattia Guadagnini claimed two top-fives – in the Argentine and European Grands Prix.
• Nine-time World MX Champion, Antonio Cairoli, ran a strong seventh Overall in his cameo appearance at the in Great Britain – despite being retired from full-time racing for several years to focus his energies on developing the Desmo450 MX.
• Seewer proved there’s nothing wrong with the Desmo450 MX’s power, claiming three holeshots this season. That ranked him fourth in the series’ Fox Holeshot Award – behind Lucas Coenen (13) Romain Febvre and Glenn Coldenhoff (7 apiece).
• Jeremy Seewer finished top 10 in the MXGP (premier class) Championship’s standings.

By the way, this coming weekend, the Aruba.it Ducati Factory MX Team will contest the 2025 Motocross of Nations at America’s Ironman Raceway, with Cairoli and Seewer flying the flag for the Italian and Swiss national teams, respectively.

AND THE DESMO250 MX?

Having already ingratiated himself with Ducati’s big brass by winning the 2024 Italian MX Championship aboard the all-new Desmo450 MX, Alessandro Lupini has turned his attention to racing Ducati’s soon-to-be-released Desmo250 MX, which he’s been racing in the MX2 class of the Italian MX Championship. In last weekend’s series finale in Arco di Trento, Lupini capped off his 2025 season with a pole position and Overall win. It was the likeable Italian’s fifth podium of the year, which helped him secure second place Overall in the Italian Pro Prestige MX2 Championship.

“I’m very happy with this result; this year has been much more difficult than last year, and today on the final lap I realised that we’ve once again written a new chapter in Ducati’s history,” Lupini said after the final-round victory. “The Desmo250 MX is still very young, and in Ducati they’ve done a great job bringing it to this level. This weekend we have taken another step in the development for 2026, and I think whoever will ride this bike next year will appreciate it. I want to thank everyone who worked on the 250 project in Borgo Panigale, the Beddini team, and everyone at Ducati Corse.”