Onde 2000 is a

motorcycle racing Motorcycle racing (also called moto racing and motorbike racing) is the motorcycle sport of racing motorcycles. Major varieties include motorcycle road racing and off-road racing, both either on circuits or open courses, and track racing. O ...

team previously competing in the 125 cc road racing Grand Prix world championship. The team withdrew from MotoGP after 8 races in the

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season due to financial difficulties. In 2009, the team competed in 6 races under the name Grupo Francisco Hernando Ducati Team and using a

Ducati Desmosedici The Ducati Desmosedici is a four-stroke V4 engine racing motorcycle made by Ducati for MotoGP racing. The series nomenclature is ''GP'' with the two-digit year appended, such as Desmosedici GP10 for 2010. In 2006 Ducati made a short production r ...

motorcycle.

History

2008

The team was officially launched early in 2008, running two bikes in the 125 cc Grand Prix category. The team entered two

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s, ridden by

Pablo Nieto Pablo Nieto Aguilar (born 4 June 1980 in Madrid, Community of Madrid) is a Spanish former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer currently involved in team management. He is the son of the legendary Spanish motorcycle racer Ángel Nieto, and cousin o ...

and

Raffaele de Rosa Raffaele De Rosa (born 25 March 1987 in Naples) is an Italian motorcycle road racer. He competes in the Supersport World Championship aboard a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R, he won the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup in 2016. Career 125cc World Championship ( ...

2009

Onde 2000 stepped up to the MotoGP class in

with the Spanish rider Sete Gibernau riding a

. however financial problems restricted them to 6 rounds ending with the US GP with a best result of 11th at the Spanish Grand Prix.

References

External links

Onde 2000 Team
Official website {{Onde 2000 Motorcycle racing teams Motorcycle racing teams established in 2008 2008 establishments in Spain Motorcycle racing teams disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Spain