Isle of Man TT Racer Makes Ducati Switch

Conor Cummins’s participation at the 2025 Isle of Man TT will be aboard a Panigale V2 for all races in the supersport class.

Cummins split from Padgetts Racing midway through the 2024 TT event before confirming his plans to join Burrows Engineering. For the superbike and superstock races Cumming will be riding a BMW M1000 RR, but will switch to Ducati for the supersport.

Cummins will also be riding a Panigale V2 at the North West 200 event and the 12-time TT podium finisher - Cummins is still yet to win a race at the famous course - believes the slimmed down nature of the Panigale V2 will aid his tall frame.

Speaking about his new deal, Cummins said: “I am really excited about riding the Ducati V2 next year, it will be the first time I’ve ridden a Ducati and it makes me excited for a couple of reasons,” Cummins said in a team statement.

“Ducati is an iconic brand within motorcycling and they always turn heads with how cool they look so that is one element. The second reason and the most important being that I think the Ducati will really benefit me in the way it rides.

“Coming from conventional 4 cylinder 600cc machines I’ve felt that the initial punch off the turn is somewhere I’ve always been compromised because of my stature, but with the twin cylinder Ducati being very strong in the lower rev range I feel that will be a big benefit to my riding.

“Overall together with the BMW M1000RR’s, I think John and the team have put a very capable package beneath me for next year and I’ll be ready to go come the start of the season.”

The switch to Ducati machinery for the supersport class is not only a first for Cummins, but also for the team as Burrows had been accustomed to racing with Yamaha bikes.

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