Ducati Corse operates as the racing arm of Ducati Motor Holding, employing over one hundred people across departments responsible for technical development, sporting activity, commercial supply to satellite teams, and brand marketing. The organisation returned to MotoGP in 2003 after the series switched to four-stroke regulations, initially competing as the Ducati Marlboro Team.
Ducati entered MotoGP with Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi in 2003, finishing an impressive second in the constructors' standings on debut. The team's true breakthrough came in 2007 when Casey Stoner, partnering Capirossi, dominated the season to win Ducati's first MotoGP World Championship at Motegi. Ducati simultaneously claimed the constructors' and teams' championships for their first triple crown. Stoner won six further races in 2008 before signing with Honda for 2011.
Valentino Rossi joined the factory for 2011 and 2012 in one of the most anticipated moves in MotoGP history. The partnership proved unsuccessful; Rossi endured two winless seasons on the Desmosedici and returned to Yamaha. The subsequent Andrea Dovizioso era, running from 2013 to 2020, yielded consistent championship contention without a title — Dovizioso finishing runner-up to Marc Márquez in three consecutive seasons between 2017 and 2019.
Francesco Bagnaia and Jack Miller joined the rebranded Ducati Lenovo Team for 2021. Bagnaia steadily built momentum, recording four race wins across the season's final six rounds to finish championship runner-up. Miller finished fourth. Ducati won both the constructors' and teams' championships.
In 2022, Bagnaia recovered from a slow start and five DNFs to win seven races across the season, claiming the title at Valencia and becoming Ducati's second-ever MotoGP World Champion. Ducati secured the constructors', riders' and teams' championships simultaneously for their second triple crown.
Bagnaia retained his title in 2023 alongside Enea Bastianini, becoming the first Ducati rider to win consecutive MotoGP championships. Ducati won the constructors' title again, though the teams' championship was claimed by satellite outfit Pramac Racing.
In 2024, Bagnaia won eleven races — more than triple any rival — but poor sprint race results and three DNFs ultimately cost him the championship at the final round against Pramac's Jorge Martín. Bastianini finished fourth. The factory team nonetheless claimed the teams' championship, and Ducati's season-wide dominance set numerous records: fourteen podium lockouts, seventeen one-two finishes, and nineteen race victories across the field.
Speculation over the second factory seat for 2025 was resolved when Marc Márquez was announced as Bagnaia's teammate on a two-year deal, bypassing Martín who subsequently moved to Aprilia. Bagnaia struggled to adapt to the new GP25 machine, managing two victories but suffering five consecutive DNFs to close the season. Márquez, by contrast, dominated and clinched a ninth world title in Japan with five rounds to spare, becoming the factory Ducati team's third MotoGP champion. Ducati won their third triple crown.
The Ducati Lenovo Team's run from 2021 onwards represents the most sustained period of dominance in recent MotoGP history. From Stoner's breakthrough in 2007 through Bagnaia's back-to-back titles and Márquez's ninth world championship, Ducati Corse has established itself as the benchmark factory operation of the modern era.