This is what a Ducati 1199RS looks like

Twice the price of a Desmosedici RR

THE first Ducati 1199RS models have arrived in the UK.

The RS model is supplied exclusively for race teams and costs around £80,000.

Pictured on the left are Tim Maccabee, Ducati's UK Managing Director and John Hackett, legendary Ducati tuner and owner of Ducati Coventry and JHP Racing.

JHP will be preparing two 1199RS models for Jentin Doodson Motorsport, which will be competing in British Superbikes. John Hackett will be preparing the engines, which, accord to Ducati, in standard trim put out 195bhp.

The first round is at Brands Hatch on the 7th to 9th of April.