MotoGP: Seat and Ducati step on the gas together

MOTOGP Seat and Ducati have agreed to a one-year collaboration in the MotoGP World Championship. The 300-hp Seat Leon Cupra will be the official vehicle of the Ducati MotoGP team next season, consisting of three-time world champion Jorge Lorenzo of Spain and Italian Andrea Dovizioso. In addition to equipping the team with the Seat Leon Cupra, the agreement includes [...]

The Seat Leon Cupra will be the official vehicle of the Ducati MotoGP team with Jorge Lorenzo (r.) and Andrea Dovizioso.

In addition to equipping the team with the Seat Leon Cupra, the agreement also includes the Seat brand logo being featured on the front of the Italian manufacturer's racing machines, on the drivers' racing suits and on the team members' uniforms.

Since 1970, the Spanish car brand has two World Touring Car Championships (2008 and 2009) and won more than 25 rally titles, as well as organizing several worldwide one-make cups. For this, the Italian motorcycle brand looks back on 14 years of MotoGP history. Here is the balance of 33 victories and 24 participations in the Superbike World Championship, where it has won 17 Constructors' World Championship titles. Currently, the brand is also represented in many national championships. In 2007, the team won the MotoGP World Cup win with the Australian Casey Stoner.

The official Ducati Team vehicle, the 300-hp Seat Leon Cupra is the most powerful production model in the history of the Barcelona-based car brand and will be available in Switzerland from March.

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