Siemens, Ducati extend partnership to advance innovation

Source | Ducati

Siemens Digital Industries Software (Plano, Texas, U.S.) has renewed its technical partnership agreement with Ducati Corse (Ducati Racing) for the next 2 years and detailed how the Siemens Xcelerator platform has been instrumental in helping the company to achieve its mission of creating increasingly powerful, safe and sustainable motorcycles.

“Our partnership with Siemens has not only helped us meet current challenges but has also positioned us perfectly to meet future challenges, both on the racetrack and in the global market,” says Massimiliano Bertei, CTO, Ducati Motor Holding. “In the world of racing, being able to modify your bike until the last second is crucial. For example, during race weekends, we can remotely design new components using Siemens’ technology, which are then sent to the track and printed on a 3D printer.”
 

“Our collaboration with Ducati demonstrates how digital transformation helps a company excel in developing cutting-edge technology for the racetrack and then quickly apply those insights to its wider business,” says Franco Megali, vice president and CEO for Italy, Israel and Greece, Siemens Digital Industries Software. “It’s a perfect example of how Siemens Xcelerator empowers multi-domain teams to collaborate and achieve innovation at an incredible pace across the entire enterprise.”

Adoption of Siemens Xcelerator by Ducati’s R&D teams includes a wide range of software and capabilities:

• Polarion software provides requirements capture and management.
• Designcenter NX software powers innovative designs.
• Teamcenter software provides the digital thread backbone to connect design and engineering data with Ducati’s ERP system to enable cross-department collaboration and centralized data synchronization.
• Simcenter and Simcenter Testlab software enables Ducati to virtually simulate and integrate digital simulation with physical test processes and data gathered from the track during race weekends.
• Fibersim software reduces development timescales for complex carbon fiber composite parts.

Converging track and the road

Alongside its domination on the motorcycle racetrack, Ducati is also relying on Siemens Xcelerator to connect the world of motor racing to its street bike business with Teamcenter playing a pivotal role.

“Thanks to Siemens Xcelerator, we reduced development times with full sharing of data from the racing world to the street bike world,” explains Pietro Mappa, CAD/PLM manager, Ducati Motor Holding. “The mechanical, electronics and software teams, both in the street motorcycle and the racing worlds, have a single tool for collaboration and data sharing. There are no more departmental silos, and we have created a single integrated environment in which track engineers and vehicle design engineers can collaborate.”

The Ducati Lenovo team has won the 2025 MotoGP championship with Marc Márquez securing the Riders’ Title, the team taking its sixth consecutive MotoGP Constructors’ Title, and has won the MotoGP Team Title for 2025.

To learn more about Siemens’ technical partnership with Ducati Motor Holding and how the Italian master of all things on two wheels is using Siemens Xcelerator to achieve a leadership position on the track and the road, visit this link.