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Desmosedici GP 03

Designed by Filippo Preziosi, with its liquid-cooled four-stroke engine and desmodromic timing, the GP03 was put in the hands of Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss, who took Ducati to an amazing runner-up slot in the 2003 Constructors’ championship that year.

Following a change in regulations that gave rise to the new MotoGP class in 2002, Ducati announced its return to the top category of the World Championship after an absence of thirty years.

Designed by Filippo Preziosi and entrusted to Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss, the Desmosedici GP03 proved to be an extremely powerful motorcycle thanks to its four-stroke engine with liquid cooling and desmodromic timing.

Immediately competitive, Capirossi qualified on the front row and took his # 65 bike to the podium at the first race of the season, which took place in Japan on the Suzuka circuit.

At the sixth race of the season, on the Catalunya circuit, Loris took the chequered flag in front of the rest of the field, notching up the first victory for the Desmosedici.

Thanks also to teammate Bayliss, Ducati achieved an honourable second place in the Constructors' standings in its first season in MotoGP.

Displacement

989 cc

Maximum power

200 hp at 16000 rpm

Maximum speed

> 320 Km/h

Dry weight

145 kg

Displacement

989 cc

Maximum power

200 hp at 16000 rpm

Maximum speed

> 320 Km/h

Dry weight

145 kg
  • The perforated fairing
    One win and eight podiums in its first championship season demonstrated that the Desmosedici GP03 was a competitive machine. However, the considerable power developed by the engine required some solutions to guarantee reliability in the race. The bike was in fact subject to strong overheating. For this reason, the fairing was perforated in the front, around the number 65, in order to keep the operating temperatures within acceptable levels, especially during the hottest Grands Prix, such as the one at the Catalunya circuit on 15 June 2003, where an atmospheric temperature of 40°C was recorded. This solution was later abandoned, but it is still visible on Loris Capirossi's motorcycle exhibited inside the museum.

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