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Shell Lubricants and Ducati extend global lubricants collaboration
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hell Lubricants and Ducati will co-design highperformance motorcycle engine oils for a further three years. Shell also continues to supply the oils to Ducati’s global dealer network as part of an extension of a collaboration established in 2020.
Shell will supply the co-branded Shell Advance Ducati engine oil and Ducati Corse Performance Oil powered by Shell Advance. The Ducati Corse Performance Oil was launched in 2023.
It will also supply engine oils for the first fill of all Ducati motorcycles produced at Ducati’s factories in Bologna (Italy) and Rayong (Thailand) and Shell Advance Ducati engine oil to the aftermarket through Ducati’s global dealer network.
Aysun Akik, Vice President of New Business Development and Global Key Accounts at Shell Lubricants, said: “The extension of our collaboration is a testament to the strength of our 25-year relationship with Ducati. It will see us continuing to use the learnings and innovations from the racetrack to deliver better road-going products for the benefit of Ducati and Shell customers around the world.”
Francesco Milicia, VP of Sales and After Sales Ducati Motor Holding, said: “Our company firmly believes in transferring knowledge and technologies from the world of racing competition to production motorcycles. The partnership with Shell, which has successfully been at our side for more than 20 years, also follows this approach. The
renewal of the agreement allows us to continue working together on increasingly high-performance products to enhance the performance of our motorcycles, as recently happened with the Ducati Corse Performance Oil Powered by Shell Advance.”
SOURCE | SHELL LUBRICANTS
Shell has supported Ducati since 1999 when the manufacturer was racing in the WorldSBK Championship and since 2003 when it joined the MotoGP Championship. .