Siemens and Ducati extend partnership to advance innovation in MotoGP

• Motorcycle company extends technical partnership to further integrate and optimize research and development with Siemens Xcelerator

PLANO, Texas, Oct. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Digital Industries Software has renewed its technical partnership agreement with Ducati Corse, ("Ducati") for the next two years and detailed how the Siemens Xcelerator platform has been instrumental in helping the company to achieve its mission of creating increasingly powerful, safe and sustainable motorcycles.

"Our partnership with Siemens has not only helped us meet current challenges but has also positioned us perfectly to meet future challenges, both on the racetrack and in the global market. We are ready to continue winning, with innovation as our guiding principle, always together with a technological partner that allows us to remain competitive and at the top," said Massimiliano Bertei, CTO, Ducati Motor Holding. "In the world of racing, being able to modify your bike until the last second is crucial. For example, during race weekends, we can remotely design new components using Siemens' technology, which are then sent to the track and printed on a 3D printer."

"Our collaboration with Ducati demonstrates how digital transformation helps a company excel in developing cutting-edge technology for the racetrack and then quickly apply those insights to its wider business," said Franco Megali, vice president and CEO for Italy, Israel and Greece, Siemens Digital Industries Software. "It's a perfect example of the power of Siemens Xcelerator, to empower multi-domain teams to collaborate and achieve innovation at an incredible pace across the entire enterprise."

Ducati's research and development teams' adoption of Siemens Xcelerator includes a wide range of software and capabilities. Polarion® software provides requirements capture and management. Designcenter™ NX™ software powers innovative designs. Teamcenter® software provides the digital thread backbone to connect design and engineering data with Ducati's ERP system to enable cross-department collaboration and centralized data synchronization.

With Simcenter™ software and Simcenter™ Testlab™ software, Ducati Corse is able to virtually simulate and integrate digital simulation with physical test processes and data gathered from the track during race weekends. Siemens' solutions also play a role in taking design and engineering into production, with Siemens' Fibersim™ software enabling reduction of development timescales for complex carbon fiber parts.

Converging track and the road
Alongside its domination on the motorcycle racetrack, Ducati is also relying on Siemens Xcelerator to connect the world of motor racing to its street bike business with Teamcenter playing a pivotal role in bringing together the two worlds.

As Pietro Mappa, CAD/PLM manager, Ducati Motor Holding, explains. "Thanks to Siemens Xcelerator, we reduced development times with full sharing of data from the racing world to the street bike world. The mechanical, electronics and software teams, both in the street motorcycle and the racing worlds, have a single tool for collaboration and data sharing. There are no more departmental silos, and we have created a single integrated environment in which track engineers and vehicle design engineers can collaborate."

Ducati Lenovo team has won the 2025 MotoGP championship with Marc Márquez securing the Riders' Title, the team taking its sixth consecutive MotoGP Constructors' Title and has won the MotoGP Team Title for 2025.

To learn more about Siemens' technical partnership with Ducati Motor Holding and how the Italian master of all things on two wheels is using Siemens Xcelerator to achieve a leadership position on the track and the road, visit: https://xcelerator.siemens.com/global/en/industries/automotive-manufacturing/references/siemens-and-ducati-corse.html

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Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. - A Sole Shareholder Company - A Company subject to the Management and Coordination activities of AUDI AG
Powerful engines, distinctive design, innovative technologies and a lot of passion: this is the credo according to which Ducati, founded in 1926, still works today in the development and manufacturing of its world-famous motorcycles. In its factory in Borgo Panigale (Bologna, Italy), Ducati crafts the dream of every Ducatista giving life to motorcycles that are the purest expression of refined engineering with a constant attention to the highest standards of quality. The Italian motorcycle manufacturer has racing in its DNA and competes with official teams in the MotoGP and WorldSBK Championships, where it tackles every race determined to continuously improve its performance and share the emotions of the sport with its community. 2024 marked an extraordinary year for Ducati, which for the third year in a row became World Champion in MotoGP, achieving the unprecedented feat of winning 19 out of the 20 Grand Prix season races, while also winning the Constructors' and Teams' Titles. In WorldSBK the Company confirmed its status as the most successful manufacturer in the championship reserved for production-derived bikes, winning the 20th Manufacturers' World Title in its history, while in WorldSSP Ducati won the Riders' and Manufacturers' World Titles. Until 2026, the Italian motorbike manufacturer is also the sole official supplier of motorbikes for the FIM Enel MotoE™ World Cup, the electric class of the MotoGP World Championship, which sees as many as 18 high-performance electric motorbikes developed and produced by the Borgo Panigale-based company on the track. The 2024 season also marks the beginning of a new, historic chapter for Ducati, which officially enters the world of off-road racing, debuting in the Italian Motocross Championship and winning its first title with the Desmo450 MX prototype.

Moved by passion and fueled by racing spirit, Ducati proudly brings 'Made in Italy' to more than 90 countries worldwide.

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