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Ducati 1199 Panigale: huge official photo gallery

6 April, 2020
Arguably the most sought-after bike at the 2011 EICMA, the Ducati 1199 Panigale is definitely bound to become one of the most talked about motorcycles of 2012. The new jaw-dropping ‘beast’ from the Italian manufacturer boasts impressive figures such as…

Sete Gibernau's Team pulls out of MotoGP

6 April, 2020
With an official press release MotoGP team, Grupo Francisco Hernando have announced that they are pulling out of MotoGP without finishing the 2009 season due to economic problems, prefering to concentrate their finances on their core business, development and real…

Your pics: a Ducati birthday

6 April, 2020
We took a look at some biker birthday cakes recently, and today Andrea shares this pic of his 30th birthday cake, Ducati style. Happy Birthday Andrea!Send your funny, bizarre or surprising pics to us and we’ll post them, with your…

Scott Redding talks about Ducati GP12 test at Mugello

6 April, 2020
Scott Redding got the opportunity to do a two-day full fledged test of the Ducati GP12 at Mugello. The 19-year old British rider has always been on Vitto Guareschi’s radar, as he believes that Redding’s rather aggressive riding style and…

WSBK- Race 1 Results, Quotes and Videos

6 April, 2020
Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox) took his 1098R to the win in his first race for the factory Ducati squad in the opening round of the Hannspree FIM Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island, Australia. The Japanese rider got the better…

Hector Barbera unhappy with his Ducati

6 April, 2020
.Valentino Rossi isn’t the only unhappy Ducati rider on the grid. Hector Barbera is also deeply unhappy with the Bologna bike above all regarding the fact that he has an ‘old’ bike. The Pramac rider in a interview with Spanish…

Pic of the day: Ducati Monster 696 Bayliss Tribute

6 April, 2020
This tribute to SBK world champion Troy Bayliss shows a Monster 696 Bayliss Tribute created by the Ducati Florence dealership, in collaboration with Masini Design. Check out the nice paint job on the Ducati naked below.Send your funny, bizarre or…

Pic of the day: high speed ballet

6 April, 2020
In this other photo from Michael’s adventures at the WSBK in Salt Lake City, we can see the Ducati 1198R in what Michael affectionately dubs “high speed ballet”. Quite.Send your funny, bizarre or surprising pics to us and we’ll post…

WSBK Phillip Island Day 1: Carlos Checa fastest

6 April, 2020
The first day of official testing at Phillip Island, saw three Ducati’s on the top of the charts, with Carlos Checa, the fastest overall. The Spaniard who won race 2 at the Australian circuit last year put down a hot…

MotoGP Qatar Test – Day 3 Results and Quotes

6 April, 2020
Even if track and weather conditions were far from perfect on the final night of testing at the Losail circuit in Qatar, it was again Ducati rider Casey Stoner who topped the charts with a stunning 1′55.744 lap and ended…

WSBK Magny-Cours: Lorenzo Lanzi takes over QP1

6 April, 2020
This afternoon’s QP1 at Magny-Cours saw privateer Lorenzo Lanzi on the DFX Corse Ducati take the top spot on the time charts. Lanzi fresh from last week’s podium in race 2 at Imola put in a best lap of 1′38.856…

Brendan Roberts moving to SBK in 2009?

6 April, 2020
Next update for riders changing in World Superbike is here. Not only Superbike riders are looking for opportunities but also Superstock riders are looking for their future. Today, we bring news from Brendan Roberts, Superstock 1000 rider in the Ducati…

WSBK Magny Cours – Images

6 April, 2020
Check out our gallery of pics from this weekend’s World Superbike round at Magny-Cours. Title contenders, Ben Spies and Noriyuki Haga won one race each and the 2009 Champion will be crowned at the Portimao track, October 25th.Will it be…

Carlos Checa says WSBK rules and politics handicap Ducati

6 April, 2020
In 2011 Carlos Checa won the World Superbike championship with an extraordinary fifteen wins and six podium finishes, however the 2012 season went backwards for the Althea rider who struggled with an extra six kilos on his 1098R.Checa and other…

Festa Ducati at the Nurnburgring, Germany

5 April, 2020
The Ducati community will join the biggest meeting of the year at the famous Nurburgring in Germany. The “Festa Ducati” will take place from July 5th to 6th at the great GP circuit.Stunt Shows, presentation of the new Monster 696…

Teething problems for the 2011 Kawasaki ZX-10R

5 April, 2020
“Let the good times roll” Kawasaki’s motto apparently won’t apply, at least for the moment to their 2011 ZX-10R Superbike as the Japanese manufacturer has put the model on ‘technical hold’ (in my books that’s a recall, no matter how…

Troy Bayliss Will NOT Be Making a Comeback

5 April, 2020
It wasn’t a pleasant day at the World Ducati Week at Misano for Troy Bayliss fans.The three times World Superbike champion, less than a month after saying he had retired to early and was missing racing and wanted to make…

Randy de Puniet talks about the 1st day of testing (w/video)

5 April, 2020
Or Randy de Puniet has suddenly become web savvy or maybe after five years in MotoGP and his horrible accident at this year’s Sachsenring GP, with the impressive comeback from his broken leg that grabbed alot of attention, has finally…

Ducati Multistrada Teaser Video

5 April, 2020
With a dedicated mini site and a teaser video Ducati has confirmed what we were calling Stradaperta is officially named Multistrada 1200 and after a lot of speculation and spy shots we’ll finally see it at the EICMA show in…

Valentino Rossi talks about shoulder, Ducati and rivals

5 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi finally was able to speak during this morning’s Ducati press conference, to a packed house at the Palacongressi auditorium at Madonna del Campiglio, the attention was focused around Rossi’s shoulder injury, that hindered his 2010 season and the…

Rider Quotes from the Laguna Seca MotoGP Race

5 April, 2020
Here’s what the MotoGP riders had to say after round nine of the 2010 world championship at Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix that saw Jorge Lorenzo plant his Lorenzo’s Land flag at Laguna Seca extending his title lead. Lorenzo now…

MotoGP Sachsenring – Rider Quotes

5 April, 2020
MotoGP rider quotes from today’s free practice at the Sachsenring circuit.Casey Stoner -1st 1′22.779“It would have been better to have a full wet session because even from the first two laps the track was starting to dry and you don’t…

Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden talk about FP1

5 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi may have only taken fifth place in last night’s free practice in Qatar and was off pace by 0.767s but it was his best outing so far on the Ducati GP11, and a big booster shot in in…