DUCATI DESMOSEDICI GP7 UNVEILED AT MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO

01/18/07, ITALY - The Dolomite mountain scenery of Madonna di Campiglio
formed the spectacular backdrop for the official launch of the new Ducati
Desmosedici GP7 today. The wraps were pulled off the all-new Italian bike by
Loris Capirossi and Casey Stoner, the two Ducati Marlboro Team factory
riders who will spearhead the Italian manufacturer's attack in the first
year of the new 800cc category.

It took place at Wroom 2007, the traditional ski meeting held on the snows
of Madonna di Campiglio and reserved for the international press which
offers the chance for media and journalists from all over the world to meet
Ducati Marlboro Team riders and management.

Following yesterday's first conference with Federico Minoli (Chairman and
Managing Director of Ducati Motor Holding) and Casey Stoner, the Australian
rider who has joined the team this year, today it was the turn of Claudio
Domenicali (Ducati Corse Managing Director and Ducati Motor Holding Director
General of Product) and Loris Capirossi to meet the press immediately after
the presentation of the Desmosedici GP7.

The Desmosedici GP7 is characterized by having a new and exclusive colour
scheme called "Red Chrome Racing", produced with a special paint that is
destined to highlight the lines and the design of the new machine as well as
guaranteeing an extremely technological and innovative chrome effect.

Naturally the new livery is not the only innovation surrounding the 2007
MotoGP bike. The 800cc engine is also completely new. Smaller and narrower
than the 990 unit, the new engine is characterized by having a conventional
firing-order that benefits the maximum power and helps with the fuel
consumption. The concept of the engine as a load-bearing structure, with a
shorter chassis and the sub-frame mounted directly on the engine and no
longer on the frame, has also been optimized, thus allowing a strengthening
of the entire foot-peg area. Major attention has also been dedicated to a
lightening and further refining of all components.

"I am proud to present the new Desmosedici GP7, a project that currently
represents the peak of Ducati know-how" declared Claudio Domenicali during
the press conference. "The bike features a mixture of technology and
evolution and has already given us excellent results on the track in the
first tests. In particular we are particularly proud of the opportunity that
the project offers to transfer experience accumulated in racing to our
road-going products. I am really happy to be here today with Loris. We began
this challenge together and, five years later, we are still here, ready to
tackle a new season in MotoGP with a project that has grown, matured and
improved over the years and which is destined to give us great satisfaction.
I am just as pleased to welcome Casey: together with Loris they form a
fantastic pairing. All this would not be possible without the aid of our
sponsors. A big thanks to all those who have given us their support for many
years and a warm welcome to SanDisk, a world leader in the production of
flash memory cars and portable multimedia accessories, who today have
officially announced their partnership agreement with us."

"They tell me I'm a MotoGP dinosaur and for this reason I have decided to
play on this description by changing my classic Capirex logo to Capi-T-rex"
commented Loris Capirossi at the start of the press conference at Madonna di
Campiglio. "This is my eighteenth year in the world championship but you can
be sure of one thing: the feeling with the bike is the same as ever and I
still really enjoy my racing, so now I am in form, fired-up and ready to
give my everything again in this new season. This is my fifth year with
Ducati, which is also a major achievement; it's not the first time I have
said it but once again I'd like to take the opportunity to underline that I
have found a family in this company, something which makes me feel very
proud and happy. We are ready to face up to this new season in the best
possible way, so far we have worked well with the new bike and its
development. Filippo Preziosi and his team, together with Vitto, have been
great as always. I can't wait to get back on the bike at Sepang to start
preparations for the new season and obtain the result that I have been
chasing for years and which I feel I have all the right cards to achieve."

The Ducati Marlboro Team will leave Madonna di Campiglio on Friday morning
for Malaysia, where it will take part in the first tests of the 2007 season
at Sepang from January 22-24.

For additional information visit www.ducati.com.