**Exhibit 12.1**

**Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002****Principal Executive Officer Certification**

I, Federico Minoli, certify that: 

| 1.     | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of   Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
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| 2.     | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain   any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact   necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under   which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period   covered by this report; |
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| 3.     | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and   other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all   material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash   flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;                         |
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| 4.     | The company’s other certifying officer and I are   responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and   procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e))   for the company and have:                                                                              |
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | (a) designed such disclosure controls and   procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed   under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the   company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by   others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this   report is being prepared; |
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | (b) evaluated the effectiveness of the   company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our   conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and   procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such   evaluation; and |
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | (c) disclosed in this report any change in the   company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the   period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is   reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over   financial reporting; and |
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| 5.     | The company’s other certifying officer and I have   disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over   financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of the   company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent   functions):      |
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | (a) all significant deficiencies and material   weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial   reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s   ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
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|   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | (b) any fraud, whether or not material, that   involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the   company’s internal control over financial reporting. |

Date: July 14, 2006 

|   |   | /s/ Federico Minoli |
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|   | Name:  | Federico Minoli     |
|   | Title: | Managing Director   |
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