This weekend marked a historic moment for Ducati as their Italian rider Lorenzo Zanetti took a phenomenal victory at the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, fending off the advances of the best superbike racers in the United States and making a memorable U.S. debut for the Ducati Corse-supplied Panigale V4 R SBK.

The victory was first time since 2010 that a Ducati has won a Superbike Championship Race in the U.S. and, making the occasion even more special, the Indianapolis round of the MotoAmerica Superbike Championship was intended to be a development test for the Warhorse HSBK Ducati New York team with their new Ducati Corse-supplied superbike.