On May 11th and 12th of this year, Ducati will be offering a unique chance to own some of its racing history. Among some of the bikes being offered for sale by the Bologna factory are two of the most desirable - and perhaps most controversial - of the Italian manufacturer's history: the Ducati Desmosedici GP10 MotoGP bike ridden by Casey Stoner in his final year with the factory; and the Desmosedici GP11 machine which Valentino Rossi started his career with Ducati on at Qatar.
Both bikes on offer were built during the winter testing break before the season they were raced in, took to the track for the first time at Sepang and made their race debut at Qatar. The GP10 raced by Stoner is the machine that he went on to win his home Grand Prix at Phillip Island on, before being retired after Valencia, having racked up a total of 4232 km. Rossi's GP11 would see less track time: the bike being offered is the GP11, the bike Rossi started the season on before abandoning it in favor of the destroked version of the GP12 dubbed the GP11.1 by Ducati Corse. In total, the GP11 ridden by Rossi would clock up 2342km of track time.
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