Shell Malaysia gave a warm welcome to Ducati Corse rider Andrea Iannone at KLIA Shell Station. The Ducati rider current fourth in the premier class and a striking distance to Marc Marques’s third. Shell also celebrates its 17 years of Technical Partnership with Ducati Corse as the technical partnership and has become one of the most respected in motorsport, achieving more than 150 race wins and a total of seven Riders’ World Titles in MotoGP and the World Superbike Championship.
Shell staff is full committed to its customer with full heart.
Ducati and Shell first entered the MotoGP World Championship in 2003. Just four years later, the team swept all three World Titles – Riders’, Manufacturers’ and Teams’ – in dominant style, becoming the first non-Japanese manufacturer to win the premier class for more than 30 years.
From Track to road
Shell’s commitment to innovation through motorsport is an integral part of an extensive research and development programme that is key to making better fuels and lubricants for its customers, with Shell’s Technical Partnership with Ducati provides an invaluable environment to test Shell V-Power fuels and Shell Advance lubricants in extreme conditions and gives Shell a better understanding of what will deliver improved power, performance and efficiency for everyday motorcycle engines. Ducati not only uses Shell products on the track, but also chooses Shell Advance lubricants and Shell V-Power fuel as the first fill for every Ducati leaving the factory in Bologna, Italy
MotoGP basics
- Number of races in 2015: 18
- Current Riders’ World Champion: Marc Márquez
- Number of MotoGP Teams: 14
- Number of riders: 25
- Number of points for a race victory: 25
- Maximum engine rpm: 17,500-18,000 rpm
- Fastest recorded speed: 349.6km/h (217.2mph), Andrea Iannone, 2014, Mugello
- Speed limit in pit lane: 60km/h (37mph)
- Number of helmets each rider uses: Approximately 4 per race weekend
- Minimum weight limit (without rider): 158kg
- Weight of rider’s leathers: 3-3.5kg
- Number of pit personnel per rider: 8
- Minimum age of a MotoGP rider: 18 years old
- Maximum engine size of a MotoGP bike: 4-stroke, 1,000cc
Ducati Team and Shell Technical Partnership:
- Start of Technical Partnership: 1999
- First year of entry in MotoGP: 2003
- Number of MotoGP race wins: 32
- Titles won in MotoGP: 2007 Riders’ Casey Stoner, Manufacturers’ and Teams’
