Technology giant Lenovo have signed a multi-year deal with Team Ducati...
Lenovo is a fortune 500 company with a worth of $43 billion making innovative solutions using their products and software.
Lenovo will be 'part and parcel' of the Ducati team whereby Ducati will utilise Lenovo technology across board.
Ducati will start using Lenovo on the 8th of April at the Autodromo Termas de Rio Hondo in Argentina.
Ducati will use Lenovo tablets, PC's as well as servers to enable Ducati advance it's aim of becoming a powerhouse in the MotoGP World Championship.
Co-development in the product R&D area is part of the Lenovo deal as well.
"MotoGP is growing in global attention and stature and is fast becoming a sport watched by millions across the world. Ducati's 90-year heritage and focus on innovation, speed and performance aligns very well to our own story as a company and what drives our product development. Not only are we thrilled about the brand visibility the partnership will drive, but also the opportunity to have Lenovo products at the heart driving the teams progress and ambition," said Gianfranco Lanci who is the Chief Operating Officer.
"It gives us great pleasure to announce this very important partnership with Lenovo, one of the worlds largest producers of personal computers and leader in providing innovative consumer, commercial and data center technology. In order to face successfully the new challenges, both on track in MotoGP and inside our company, we need to foster Ducati's IT and digital capabilities and we will do it thanks to partners like Lenovo and it's a powerful and versatile computer hardware. At the same time, Ducati's race and production bikes will be on a perfect environment to test the latest Lenovo technologies in a partnership that we feel sure will be a very successful one," added the Ducati Motor Holding CEO, Claudio Domenicali.
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