Johann Zarco’s victory at the Australian Grand Prix marked the 13th for Ducati in an already historic 2023 MotoGP season and puts it two off of Honda’s absolute record.
With 148 points available from the remaining four rounds, Ducati has almost sealed the 2023 MotoGP riders’ title, with KTM’s Brad Binder just about mathematically in play – albeit 142 points adrift of Francesco Bagnaia. Ducati has already wrapped up the constructors’ title, doing so courtesy of Jorge Martin’s sprint win in Indonesia, and one of its squads will win the teams’ title.
With four rounds to go, Ducati is on course to match and possibly surpass Honda’s all-time win record for a campaign at 15, which it did in 1997 and 2003 during periods of domination for the Japanese marque with Mick Doohan and Rossi. Photo by: Gold and Goose / Motorsport Images Valentino Rossi, Repsol Honda Ducati’s points haul in the constructors’ standings sits at 552 following the Australian GP. To put that into perspective, KTM is its nearest challenger on 296.