Fair play Audi buying a boutique/performance brand.
My mate Ben works for Ducati Manchester and on weekends he Spanners for Robbie Brown (Ducati 848 challenge Rider), was down at snetterton a few weeks back watching them practice and going back to watch the races in late May, should be good!.
Another of my mates Sam loves his Dukes, I think he has 4 or 5 currently, I know he has an 'R, 1098 Tricolore and a Monster, cant remember the others, he is just mad on em and goes to all the meets in Italy and goes to watch his new bikes being made