Casey Stoner MotoGP Ducati Bike Sells for Over £400,000
Ducati’s first-ever MotoGP title-winning bike has been sold for a whopping £402,500
Casey Stoner claimed Ducati’s first MotoGP title win in 2007, winning ten races as he beat Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi to the crown.
His stunning Desmosedici GP7 bike remains one of the best pieces of machinery built in the MotoGP era and Stoner’s race replica was just sold for a mind-boggling fee. A true collector’s item, this race replica was freshly rebuilt ahead of last weekend’s auction at Silverstone, and sold for a total of £402,500.
2007 was a breakthrough year for the Italian brand, as it also claimed the constructor’s championship for the first time. Stoner, who left for Honda in 2011, remains one of just two MotoGP champions for Ducati, with Francesco Bagnaia being the other in 2022 and 2023.
This incredible Desmosedici GP7 featured a 799cc desmodromic DOHC (dual overhead camshaft) V4 engine, with 4 valves per cylinder producing 220bhp-plus with Magneti Marelli electronic injection and ignition and EVO TCF throttle control. It’s also fitted with Ohlins suspension as well as Brembo brake calipers on the front and rear.
Thanks to his success with Ducati, Stoner remained the most successful rider for the Italian company until this season when Bagnaia surpassed the Australian’s win total. Bagnaia is currently atop the 2024 MotoGP standings and could become Ducati’s first three-time MotoGP champion if he beats Jorge Martín to the title.
Stoner’s GP7 was not the only piece of MotoGP history that sold for an astonishing figure, as Ducati’s first-ever MotoGP bike, used by Loris Capirossi in 2003, also sold for £201,250.
This piece of kit was used by Capirossi in the 2003 MotoGP season and like Stoner’s GP7, is fitted with Ohlins suspension and Brembo calipers on the front and rear of the bike. Capirossi’s secured Ducati’s only win that season at the Spanish Grand Prix, beating Rossi and Sete Gibernau.
Ducati’s GP3 made something of a reappearance in 2024 at the British MotoGP earlier this month, as Ducati chose to run the 2003 livery on its current GP24 bike as part of the 75th Anniversary of Grand Prix racing.
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