As the MXGP of Argentina approaches, marking the first start of the 2026 FIM Motocross World Championship, the time has come to unveil the livery of the new Desmo250 MX machines that will be fielded by the Beddini Racing Ducati Factory MX2 Team, with Ferruccio Zanchi competing in the World Championship and Simone Mancini in the European 250cc Championship.
The 19-year-old Tuscan rider, who already stood on the podium with Ducati at the first round of the 2026 Internazionali d’Italia in Alghero, will ride the new Borgo Panigale machine to a heated debut in Bariloche in MX2. As for the 18-year-old from Cingoli (MC), his first race will be two weeks later at the new Almonte circuit in Andalusia, for the first of 12 rounds of the 2026 EMX250 European Championship.
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