Pramac Ducati unveils 2017 livery

The Octo Pramac Racing Team unveiled its livery new Ducati Desmosedici GP on Tuesday, which includes the traditional Pramac red and white colors.

Danilo Petrucci and Scott Redding are confirmed for the 2017 season; as the main satellite rider Petrucci will ride the new Ducati Desmosedici GP 2017 and Redding will race the Ducati Desmosedici GP 2016. The two riders are looking to improve upon their 15th and 16th-place finishes, respectively, in the championship.

"If I'm not mistaken I am the rider who has raced the most consecutive seasons with the team, and this fills me with pride," Petrucci said. "I'm glad to be here also because this is an important year: I was rewarded with the official Ducati and I have to do well. I want to improve the results of 2015 and finish the races in which I was leading during the 2016 season.

"The bike is a step forward compared to that of 2015. We'll see if it will be enough to stay with the competition that this year is an even higher level. We are still working to discover all the potential, but one thing is certain: the 2017 version of the Ducati Desmosedici GP is the most competitive bike I've ever ridden."

"It is clear that the hope for the 2017 season is to improve our results," Redding added. "I must confess that the beginning was not the easiest. In the first two tests we tried to work to resolve some technical issues that could have created problems later. It was a different job from last year when we focused on setting the lap time.

"Our goal is to be able to do well from the first few races and I am very confident because the Ducati Desmosedici GP 2016 has been shown to have a good pace and reduce tire wear consumption compared to 2015 version. I think this season we can do well and improve ourselves especially during the Sunday's race."