The Red Bull Ducati Factory MXGP Team has launched ahead of the opening round of the 2026 FIM Motocross World Championship in Bariloche, Argentina, this weekend, marking the start of a significant new chapter for Ducati’s off-road program.
Jeremy Seewer, Andrea Bonacorsi and Calvin Vlaanderen will each race the Ducati Desmo450 MX as the Bologna manufacturer enters its second full MXGP season. Red Bull has come on board as title partner of the factory operation, which is based in Bergeijk, The Netherlands, and led by Team Principal Louis Vosters, who is a figure with more than 35 years of experience at the top level of motocross.
Swiss veteran Seewer brings the most MXGP pedigree of the trio, having finished as championship runner-up in 2019, 2020 and 2022, and claimed eight overall GP wins across his career. He rides the Desmo450 MX for a second consecutive year.
Vlaanderen, who was born in South Africa and races under the Dutch flag, finished sixth overall in the 2025 MXGP standings and has two GP race wins to his name. Italian Andrea Bonacorsi, 22, rounds out the lineup after finishing eighth overall last season and is still searching for his maiden MXGP race win.
Paolo Ciabatti, general manager of Ducati Corse Off-Road, said the team had spent the winter working with engineers in Bologna and Vosters’ crew to improve every aspect of the Desmo450 MX, with the stated goal of fighting for wins in 2026.
The opening gate drop in Bariloche this weekend will be the first real measure of how that development work has translated to race pace.
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