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Ducati Multistrada rendering

15 April, 2020
Here’s a rendering of one interpretation of a new Ducati Multistrada or Stradaperta. The aggressive design comes from Xavier Gordillo at Motorevue and shows a hypothesis on an all-terrain Ducati bike.Reports say that a new Ducati Hypermotard 796 should appear…

Andrea Dovizioso and Nicky Hayden at 2013 Wrooom

15 April, 2020
The 23rd edition of Wrooom Press Ski Meeting officially opened today at Madonna di Campiglio and Ducati’s two factory riders, Nicky Hayden and Andrea Dovizioso arrived at the ski resort on an Audi to launch hopefully what will be more…

Valentino Rossi: "Our races have become boring"

15 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi has always been tipped to finish his racing career in World Superbikes and the former World champion has always followed the ‘other’ championship with close interest and almost every year rides down from Tavullia (and causing a small…

SBK news: Smrz and Guandalini

15 April, 2020
Good news from the Italian Guandalini SBK Team. The Guandalini Team confirmed today at Twowheels, that Jakub Smrz signed again and will be racing in 2009 for the team from Bologna. Not really a big surprise, Kuba told before during…

Ducati 1198SP gets new electronics at 2010 Intermot

14 April, 2020
The Ducati 1198 also gets a few electronic updates at the 2010 Intermot show, going head-to-head with Aprilia on the superbike front. The new Aprilia RSV4 Factory APRC special edition was revealed, and following that we see the Ducati 1198SP…

MotoGP Qatar Test – Day 2 Results and Quotes

14 April, 2020
After the rain upset on Sunday evening and with cool temperatures and a dirty track surface after high winds earlier last night, lap times were well off record pace and most riders were not taking any extra chances after seeing…

Video: Nicky Hayden riding the MotoGP Ducati

14 April, 2020
It’s just great to see Nicky Hayden in this video stepping out of the Ducati box and riding the Ducati Desmosedici for the first time, only one day after the race day in Valencia. If I can give you some…

More Ducati Multistrada tech videos

14 April, 2020
Here are another two videos explaining the Ducati Multistrada 1200 technology. This time we get the low-down on Ducati DTC traction control and DES electronic suspension. For more on the Testastretta engine and Ride by Wire technology, see the first…

Valentino Rossi: lacklustre or misunderstanding a champion?

14 April, 2020
When you’re a champion expectations are high, and sometimes unreasonably so as demonstrated over the weekend at the Indianapolis MotoGP. With Valentino Rossi’s performance after the free practice sessions described as a ‘debacle’ and then variously criticised during the race…

Ducati Village at Donington Park for WSBK race action

14 April, 2020
The Ducati Village at Donington World Superbike round for June 27 and 28 is your chance to get into the Ducati spirit of things. Saturday night sees an SBK Ducati Party at the “Launch Pad” with live music and special…

Sete Gibernau injured and out of Le Mans GP

14 April, 2020
With less that 20 minutes to go in this morning’s MotoGP free practice at Le Mans, Sete Gibernau of Team Grupo Francisco Hernando highsided and unfortunately fractured his left collarbone in two places.Gibernau who returned to racing after two years…

WSBK Portimao: Smrz and Biaggi in a Tie in QP2

14 April, 2020
Jakub Smrz and Max Biaggi, the first on a private Ducati and the second on an official Aprilia ended up posting the same idential laps times in the second provisional qualifying session at Portimao.Smrz was the first to top the…

MotoGP Brno – Jorge Lorenzo leads FP1

14 April, 2020
It was Jorge Lorenzo who dominated the first MotoGP practice session in Brno this afternoon. Lorenzo stopped the clock at 1.56.595 and shattered the exsisting lap record while team mate and championship points leader Valentino Rossi was second at 1.56.994.…

Fiat heir won't be buying Ducati, but he's ordered one

14 April, 2020
Lapo Elkann may not be buying Ducati, his was more of a patriotic outcry that the Italian company doesn’t end up in foreign hands, but he is certainly buying a customized Ducati Hypermotard. The very eccentric heir to the Fiat…

MotoGP Estoril – Jorge Lorenzo Rockets to Pole Position

14 April, 2020
It was Fiat Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo wearing a NASA themed helmet who rocketed to his 5th pole position of the season in today’s qualifying practice at Estoril. Lorenzo hit the top of the charts with a 1’36.214, while team mate…

Ducati Xerox official riders line-up

14 April, 2020
Davide Tardozzi, Ducati Corse’s Superbike Team Manager confirmed the riders line-up for next year’s World Superbike season. We all know for some time legend Troy Bayliss leaving World Superbike at the end of this year. Haga will replace Bayliss and…

Effenbert Liberty will not replace Brett McCormick at Monza

14 April, 2020
Effenbert Liberty Racing team has announced that they will not be replacing injured Brett McCormick in next week’s World Superbike round at Monza (May 6th - which clashes with MotoGPs Estoril round).20-year old McCormick suffered serious, but not threatening multiple…

WSBK: Maxime Berger to sign with Supersonic Ducati

14 April, 2020
We are sort of worried about next season’s World Superbike grid, that is painfully looking like MotoGP, with some teams cutting back on their budgets and fielding only one rider, but Supersonic, the team which debuted this year with Luca…

Radical Ducati RAD 02 Corsa EVO

14 April, 2020
The guys from Radical Ducati have created another machine - this RAD 02 Corsa Evo, which is a higher performance, track going version of the RAD 02 Corsa. The reigning principle behind the Evo version has been to create a…

SBK 2009: second rider in RG Team?

14 April, 2020
“The RG Team will ride next year also in the Superstock 1000 series and in World Superbike. If things develop in a good way the RG Team will have also a second rider in World Superbike,” said RG Teammanager Rossela…