From a pretty-much verbatim press release issued by NCR Ducati:
REGIS LACONI VISITS DUCATI FACTORY
After the formalising of the agreement with Scuderia Caracchi NCR to contest on the Ducati 998RS Nortel Networks 2003 World Superbike, Regis Laconi has been guest of Ducati Factory where he met the manager of Superbike Ducati activities dott.Paolo Ciabatti.
Then Laconi asked to visit the Ducati Museum and, of course, he has not been able to resist the temptation to sit on the Ducati 900 of Mike Hailwood, winner of World TT-F1 Championship at Tourist Trophy 1978 and on the Ducati 888 Superbike of Doug Polen, 1991 World Champion, actually the two bikes that tied in the world award the brand Ducati and Scuderia NCR.
