Factory Ducati rider Davide Giugliano was raving over the 1199 Panigale as the Itali༺an star joined Chaz Davies to unveil the 2014 machines at Bologna in Italy this morning.

Giugliano is itching for the World Superbike Championship opener at Phillip Island in Australia on February 23 and the 24-year-old says he is already more than prepared for the season 🌞curtain-raiser.

"My new Panigale is something amazing, a bike that immediately feels like mine and wi🐻th🎶 which I'm immediately in tune.

"I'm very pleased with how the bik💫e is developing and so ꦜthis is already very positive," said Giugliano.

"Chaz is undoubtedly a great rider, a great talent and this season h😼e will surely be one of mꦺy toughest rivals but I know that we'll work together and will encourage each other to always do our best.

"We also owe it to the fans of course, as we want everybody 💃who has always followed and supported Ducati to haಌve fun and enjoy the results.

"I'm more than ready to ge♊t going and can't wait to start the championship."

Ducati has teamed up with Feel Racing for a factory-backed assault on the championship this year and team manager, Ser⛄afino Foti, has outlined his objective of reinstating the manufacturer as a leading title contender once more꧟.

"We will learn m💮ore about our level of competitiveness in about a month's time in Australia but the important thing is to have faith in the bikes and to know that we have given our all throughout this first phase," he ꦡsaid.

"Another important thing is not to lose focus during the season, a♐s this will undoubtedly be a very difficult championship of the highest level.

"The goal is to give the Ducati fans the kind of excit𓄧ement that they experienced🌞 in the past - we will give it our all," added Foti.

"I think that Chaz and Davide have a characteristic in common, in that neither of th𒐪em has yet reached the apex of his career, so this gives them both great motivation."