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WSBK Portimao: Cal Crutchlow Pulverizes Superpole

11 April, 2020
Cal Crutchlow took his first ever Superpole this afternoon at Portimao. The Brit pulverized the track record in Superpole 3 with a blistering lap of 1’42.092, an amazing 0.320 of a second faster than Ben Spies’ Superpole time in last…

Ducati trucks with Marco Simoncelli's racing number

11 April, 2020
Ducati didn’t preview this weekend’s Valencia GP with the usual comments from Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden, instead they had team manager Vittoriano Guareschi doing the talking, and the Italian team is paying tribute to Marco Simoncelli in their own…

Video: Ducati solving front end issues on the GP11

11 April, 2020
The beginning of this video by Sportmediaset is really stupid, because they have Italian MotoGP commentator Guido Meda, who pretends to steal Valentino Rossi’s letter to Santa Claus, reads it and then delivers it directly to Ducati’s Filippo Preziosi, and…

Ducati USA unveils Pikes Peak Race Blog

11 April, 2020
.Ducati North America has decided to let followers of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb an inside look at the Pikes Peak Ducati Spider Grips Team.Clicking on pikespeak.ducati.usa.com you can follow the team’s progress all the way to the race…

$ 140,000 Ducati crash (w/video)

11 April, 2020
You have to be passionate about bikes to spend $140,000 to buy a Ducati 1198RS Superbike and a Ducati 1098R just to use the frame and side and upper fairings to make it street legal, and then take it for…

Ducati Strada Aperta pics: another look

11 April, 2020
It’s official: Ducati will present its strada aperta (or multistrada) model at the EICMA show this year, and after our previous strada aperta spy pics gallery, here’s another set. As revealed in interviews with Ducati, this is not to be…

Valentino Rossi Live Dainese – part 1 (video)

11 April, 2020
For those of you who missed Valentino Rossi streaming live webcast on Dainese.com yesterday afternoon (like myself), here’s part one of the video where Valentino answered a selection of fans’ questions that came from over 75 countries. Since Rossi answers…

Carlos Checa to test Ducati 1199 Panigale

11 April, 2020
As everyone knows Ducati is not running the 1199 Panigale in World Superbike’s this year as they are using the World Superstock and several national championships in different countries to be used as a further development basis before its debut…

WSBK Assen – Rider Quotes and Spies Crash Video

11 April, 2020
More from the two races at Assen:Noriyuki Haga (2nd, 1st):“It’s been a great day for us and after nine years I have finally won again at Assen; I am very happy. In Race 1 I was a little disappointed to…

Ducati Christmas card: 'Wishing you a not so silent night'

10 April, 2020
Last month Ducati asked their on line comunity to design a Christmas card that the company could send as season greeting to their customers, suppliers and partners and launched a competition on the www.shicon.com website.The results are finally in, and…

MotoGP Brno Qualifying – Rossi Pole, Record and Crash

10 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi may have been today’s poleman during the Brno qualifying session by just 0.050s breaking the exsisting pole record on race tires and crashing out in the final three minutes of the qualifying session, but it was his team…

Ducati 848 Scootster S: render by Bezzi

10 April, 2020
Ducati might be interested in new market segments, but it will probably be a while before they produce anything like this. A Ducati scooter might eventually be in the works and here is an interpretation from graphic designer Oberdan Bezzi.It’s…

MotoGP Catalunya GP Qualifying Session Quotes

10 April, 2020
Sky high temperatures, the scorching hot Montmelò track and after a tough qualifying session here’s what all the riders had to say. Update: Aleix Espargaro will start tomorrow’ race in twelfth, rather than eighth. He was penalized after cutting the…

Ducati Corse Chocolate Easter eggs

10 April, 2020
With Easter just around the corner, Ducati and Balocco (a confectionary company) have teamed up again to bring you the Ducati Corse Chocolate Easter Egg.If 320g of yummy milk chocolate egg isn’t enough, it is also great gift for someone…

WSBK Valencia: Cal Crutchlow takes Second Superpole of the Season

10 April, 2020
Cal Crutchlow took his second-straight suprise Superpole in Valencia besting the more quoted Max Biaggi and Carlos Checa for the pole postion.The Sterilgarda Yamaha rider putting in a scorching lap of 1’33.615 in the final Superpole 3 session leaving Carlos…

WSBK Donington – Superpole rider quotes

10 April, 2020
What WSBK riders had to say after the 9th Superpole at Donington Park.Ben Spies - 1st“It was a good Superpole session for us, we almost got caught out as I think I was the last one to leave the garage.…

WSBK Phillip Island: Carlos Checa blitzes the field in race 1

10 April, 2020
Confirming all the predications and expectations, Carlos Checa won the first race of round 1 at Phillip Island. The Spaniard completely dominated the race, blitzing the field after the first two opening laps to cruise to big margin victory of…

Hector Barbera apologizes to Dani Pedrosa

10 April, 2020
Hector Barbera was returning to action after missing the last GP races due to separte injuries - a fractured tibia and fibula picked up in training and then some cracked vertebrae at Indianpolis, the Spaniard who is out of ride…

Pramac Ducati confirms Carlos Checa for next two races

10 April, 2020
It wasn’t exactly a closely guarded secret after Carlos Checa informed fans via Twitter he would be at Estoril and Valencia, but now Pramac Ducati has officially confirmed his presence in the next two MotoGP races.The Spaniard who has spent…

Disappointing weekend for the Ducati Junior Team

10 April, 2020
Not only Superbike at Magny Cours, also all the teams and riders from the Superstock 1000 FIM Cup arrived and fought for points. For the Ducati Xerox Junior Team it was a difficult weekend. Some technical problems came up with…

Riders Comments Day 2- Sepang

10 April, 2020
After the second day of testing in hot and humid Sepang, here’s what the riders had to say:Valentino Rossi: Position: 3rd Time: 2.01.626 Laps: 40“Today we tested some new electronic solutions in order to allow me to open the throttle…

MotoGP Catalunya – What the Riders Had to Say

10 April, 2020
With another impressive win at the Gran Premi Aperol de Catalunya, Jorge Lorenzo continues to fly in the championship standings. The Fiat Yamaha rider leads with 165 points and his nearest rival, Dani Pedrosa is in second with 113 points.Here’s…