list Ducati Rider's

MotoGP World Championship
Ducati rejoined Grand Prix
motorcycle racing in 2003 , after a
30-year absence. [40] On
September 23, 2007, Casey Stoner
clinched his and Ducati's first
Grand Prix World Championship.
When Ducati re-joined MotoGP in
2003, MotoGP had changed its
rules to allow four-stroke 990 cc
engines to race. At the time
Ducati was the fastest bike. In
2007, MotoGP reduced the engine
size to 800 cc (49 cu in) , and
Ducati continued to be the fastest
with a bike that was markedly
quicker than its rivals as was
displayed by Casey Stoner on
tracks with long straights.
For 2009, Ducati Marlboro Team
campaigned their Desmosedici
GP9 with former World Champions
Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden.
[41] Ducati also supplies customer
bikes to the Alice Team , with Mika
Kallio and Niccolò Canepa riding
for the team in 2009. [42]
Nine-time world champion
Valentino Rossi rode for Ducati
Corse for the 2011 and 2012
seasons.[43][44] Rossi returned to
the Yamaha team for the 2013
season. [45]
For 2013, Ducati Marlboro Team
has raced with Nicky Hayden and
the Italian rider Andrea Dovizioso.
In 2014 Cal Cruthclow has teamed
up with Dovizioso for the season,
and he left at the end of the year.
In 2015 , Ducati Marlboro Team ,
under the control of the new race
team director Gigi Dall'Igna and
the new Desmosedici GP15 , is
racing with two italian riders :
Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea
Iannone