1954 - Fabio Taglioni, the father of Ducati motorcycle racing, leaves FB Mondial and starts work at Ducati.
1956 - Launch of 125cc Desmodromic Grand Prix engine.
1956 - Giuliano Maoggi wins the 125 class in Moto Giro d'Italia.
1956 - First GP success in 125cc race at non-Championship Swedish Grand Prix. The new Ducati lapped every other bike in the race.
1958 - Ducati factory's first participation in the TT.
1960 - Mike Hailwood gives Ducati its first 250 GP win with the Taglioni Desmo twin - effectively two singles on a common crankcase.
1972 - Paul Smart wins the Imola 200 on the first Ducati V-Twin.
1973 - 860cc Desmo twins take Barcelona 24 hour race with Benjamin Grau and Salvador Canellas.
1978 - Mike Hailwood wins the F1 TT with the 900SS twin.
1981 - Tony Rutter and Ducati win the first of four successive Formula 2 World Championships, riding a 600cc Pantah TT2.
1990 - First World Superbike Championship with Raymond Roche on the Ducati 851.
1991 - Wins two years running in WSBK for Doug Polen and the Ducati 888.
1994 - The arrival of the 916. Carl Fogarty wins the WSBK Championship in 1994 and 1995.
1996 - Troy Corser continues with Ducati's dominance of WSBK and takes his first World Championship.
1998 - Fogarty wins another WSBK crown on the iconic Ducati 916 and captures another WSBK title in 1999 with the all new 996.
2001 - Troy Bayliss grabs his first WSBK title for Ducati.
2003 - Neil Hodgson goes straight into WSBK with Ducati and leaves as World Champion.
2004 - First WSBK title for James Toseland.
2006 - Troy Bayliss is back winning WSBK Championships aboard the 999F06.
2007 - Casey Stoner brings home Ducati's first MotoGP title with the 800cc Ducati Desmosedici GP7.
πηγη: motorcycle-usa.com
και μια φωτό μοναδική...ποιος είναι ο κύριος στο φράχτη που κοιτά τον Dave Chadwick να περνάει σφαίρα...

