INTERVIEW
DUCATI CEO CLAUDIO DOMENICALI
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life into the future. But let's see
what happens.
So should I take that as a
yes—that Ducati is taking a
look at electric bikes?
I think there is no automotive
company that is not taking a look
at electric right now. It would be
kind of stupid not to.
How about the off-road or
dual-purpose market? Are you
going to make a harder-edged
version of the Multistrada,
more like the Adventure vari-
ants of the BMW R11200GS or
KTM V-twin?
Sorry, that discussion is off
limits! No comment. And no
comment either about what's
next for the Monster, nor about
any possible naked Panigale!
Okay, but after riding the
new Multistrada 1200 I won-
der why you haven't yet made
an 821 Multistrada that would
be more accessible in perfor-
mance and price.
Should we?
I'm asking the questions!
Are you working on one?
You've reached that border
crossing again!
KTM has just announced
its return to MotoGP for 2017
with a customer V4 racebike
which it will sell to privateer
teams to race, and to individu-
als for track days. Does Duca-
ti envisage doing the same
thing with the Desmosedici?
I think we already have the
V-twin Superleggera, which is a
concept we will continue to de-
velop in the future by releasing
very limited quantities of ultra-ex-
clusive super high-specification
products for our most enthusias-
tic customers. We'll follow that
route, rather than the D16.
The 2015 MotoGP season
has started very well for
Ducati. What do you attribute
this success to?
The team headed by Gigi
Dall'Igna did a very good job in
working on the basic principles
of development. The previous
Chaz Davies
earned the
Panigale's first
win in the World
Superbike
Championship
this season.
