{"id":604501,"date":"2026-04-13T17:12:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/604501\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:12:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:12:08","slug":"ducatis-850cc-motogp-prototype-on-track-at-misano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/604501\/","title":{"rendered":"Ducati&#8217;s 850cc MotoGP prototype on track at Misano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Michele Pirro has made a surprise appearance on Ducati\u2019s 2027 MotoGP prototype during a V2 Champ Academy test at Misano.<\/p>\n<p>Images and video published by GPOne.com show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/racer\/889494\/michele-pirro\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pirro <\/a>on a Desmosedici &#8216;GP27&#8217; featuring the 850cc engine, revised aerodynamics and Pirelli tyres required by next year\u2019s regulations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/motogp\/teams\/ducati-lenovo-team\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ducati<\/a> has confirmed to Crash.net that Pirro is riding an 850cc prototype.<\/p>\n<p> Show Instagram Embedded Content<\/p>\n<p>Loading this video will expose you to potential cookies and tracking by the provider<\/p>\n<p>While it remains unclear how many private tests the bike may have completed behind closed doors, Monday\u2019s outing means reigning MotoGP champion&#8217;s Ducati join KTM and Honda in \u2018revealing\u2019 an 850cc machine on track.<\/p>\n<p>Long-time factory test rider Pirro, who stood in for Gresini&#8217;s Fermin Aldeguer at this year&#8217;s Thai season opener, is leading early development of the 2027 machine.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>World Superbike title leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/wsbk\/racer\/1043899\/nicolo-bulega\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicolo Bulega<\/a>, who has extensive Pirelli knowledge, is expected to start his testing duties from June.<\/p>\n<p>Ducati MotoGP team manager Davide Tardozzi was among those present at Misano on Monday, where wet weather disrupted track time. The V2 Future Champ Ducati Academy test continues on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Pirelli is currently supporting individual 850cc development tests by manufacturers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The next Pirelli group outing, for test riders, is expected to be at Misano in late May.<\/p>\n<p>Full-time MotoGP riders are then scheduled to get their first experience of 2027 machinery and tyres during an official post-race test at Brno in June.<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p> Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>Ducati, like most manufacturers, is yet to announce next year&#8217;s rider line-up amid ongoing negotiations over the constructors&#8217; commercial contract with MotoGP SEG.<\/p>\n<p>However, Pedro Acosta is expected to join the factory Lenovo team alongside current champion Marc Marquez, with Pecco Bagnaia switching to Aprilia.<\/p>\n<p>Aprilia and Yamaha are now the only manufacturers whose 850cc prototypes have yet to be seen on track.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our MotoGP Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michele Pirro has made a surprise appearance on Ducati\u2019s 2027 MotoGP prototype during a V2 Champ Academy test&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":604502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,17197,8456,62679,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-604501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-ducati","11":"tag-ducati-lenovo-team","12":"tag-michele-pirro","13":"tag-motor","14":"tag-motor-sports","15":"tag-motosport","16":"tag-motosports","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}