Factory Ducati rider Davide Giugliano was raving over the 1199 Panigale as the Italian star joined Chaz Davies to unve🌳il 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 ama🍬zing, a bike that immediately feels l🌱ike mine and with which I'm immediately in tune.

"I'm very pl𝓡eased with how the bike is developing and so this is already very positiv⛄e," said Giugliano.

"Chaz is undoubtedly a great rider,ꩵ a great talent and this season he will surely be one of my 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 th✤e fans of course, as we want everybody who has always followed and supported Ducati to have fun and enjoy the results.

"I'm more than ready to get going and can't wait to start ℱthe championship."

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

"We will🌄 learn more 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 said.

"Ano♋💖ther important thing is not to lose focus during the season, as this will undoubtedly be a very difficult championship of the highest level.

"The goal is to give the 🅰Ducati fans the kind of excitement that they experi🤪enced in the past - we will give it our all," added Foti.

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