MotoGP: Ducati reveals red, white and grey Desmosedici at 2018 team launch

First look at the 2018 Ducati MotoGP livery

MotoGP: Ducati reveals red, white and grey Desmosedici at 2018 team launch

REIGNING MotoGP title runner-up Andrea Dovizioso and former triple champion Jorge Lorenzo have presented the machine with which Ducati hopes to go one better and win the world championship in 2018.

The bike was revealed in new livery, mixing grey with the usual red and white, at a presentation launching Ducati's 2018 MotoGP campaign in Bologna, Italy, this morning. 

Team manager Davide Tardozzi said the rider line-up of Dovizioso and Lorenzo put Ducati in its strongest position "for years and years".

He said: "Obviously when Casey [Stoner] was there it was a strong team, but two riders that can have the possibility to fight for the championship? I guess it's the first time."

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