The financial crisis of 2008 led to overhauls in the sports programs of motorcycle and automobile manufacturers. We will indeed remember that Kawasaki used this event as a pretext to withdraw from MotoGP, a move subsequently followed by Suzuki. The current Covid-19 pandemic is worse in its scale and consequences since the world is in lockdown and no competitions can take place. So there is everything to fear and from Audi comes some worrying news…
Et Audi is Ducati, both brands being part of the German group VAG. What is it about ? The announcement from the Ingolstadt manufacturer of its end of history with the DTM category. Or the German championship for very muscular touring cars, a very popular meeting on the other side of the Rhine, both for the public and for its industry.
The group Volkswagen announced last year that it wanted to refocus its competition activities on electric vehicles. With this crisis, this type of decision can come to fruition quickly, providing an ideal pretext. It will therefore be necessary to monitor what could follow with for example Ducati in MotoGP…
In 2017, Volkswagen counted on the sale of Ducati to overcome the costly scandal surrounding its diesel engines and finance its ambition to switch its range to electric propulsion... But the brand's bosses were rebuffed by the supervisory board. At the time, Bajaj et Harley-Davidson had shown interest in acquiring the coat of arms of Borgo Panigale.
