Ducati stars at Festival of 1000 Bikes

Foggy, Smart, Chili, Hodgson, Tardozzi and Luccinelli in action at Mallory

DUCATI is wheeling out some famous names of its past at the Festival of 1000 Bikes at Mallory on 8th July.

During the firm's 'World Superbike Showcase” - starting at 2.15pm on the Sunday – a list of bikes including the Supermono, a works 996 WSB machine, a factory 888, 999R, 750F1, 750SS and 750TT2 will be in action on track, with some of the firm's most famous former riders on board including Carl Fogarty, Paul Smart, Frankie Chili, Neil Hodgson, Davide Tardozzi and Marco Luccinelli.

The riders will be at the event all weekend, with official signing sessions and chances to meet them on both Saturday and Sunday. See www.vmcc.net/1000bikes for details of all the bikes and riders (not just the Ducatis) that will be attending.