DAVIDE BARANA
Ducati Corse technical director
He isn’t as well-known as the Ducati Corse boss but Davide Baranas role is huge. He’s technical director at Ducati Corse, so he leads development of the Desmosedici MotoGP bike, the Panigale V4 Superbike and the MotoE bike.
He joined Ducati from university as a CAE engineer, working on the first Desmosedici in 2001. CAE is computer-aided engineering, which uses computer simulations to fix problems and