MotoGP Estoril Images – Part 2
Check out part 2 of our gallery of images from the bwin.com Grande Premio de Portugal.MotoGP Estoril Images - Part 2
Motogp – Jorge Lorenzo takes Le Mans
Jorge Lorenzo took today’s victory in a impressive way in a race declared full wet, but the track already starting to dry. Pole setter Dani Pedrosa took the lead, but Lorenzo was on his game today because by the end…
MotoGP Estoril – Lorenzo Leads, Stoner in his Comeback, Fourth
Jorge Lorenzo riding his Yamaha with the Fiat Punto Evo livery, headed the top of the timesheets in the first free practice at Estoril with a 1.37.185 after heading most of the session. Second went to Dani Pedrosa who was…
Sepang 1st Day – Final test times and Video footage
Italian Suzuki rider Loris Capirossi set the final fastest lap to top the timesheets at the end of the first day of testing at Sepang, and while he was at it he also broke Stoner’s exsisting lap record with a…
WSBK Monza Race 1 – The Agony and The Ecstasy
A terrifying accident at the first corner of World Superbike Championship at Monza brought Race 1 to an almost immediate halt with five riders seriously involved.The first chicane of the Monza circuit is notorious for accidents and hated by all…
Nicky Hayden tests Indy's new asphalt (w/video)
The tarmac at Indianapolis was a bane for MotoGP riders who had complaints about the different types of ashpalt, the bumps and cracks that they encountered, making set-up very difficult, but the Speedway addressed the issue by repaving the infield…
Pirro and Battaini testing Ducati GP bikes at Jerez
While the Ducati MotoGP factory team will be racing in Austin this weekend, their test team in currently at Jerez de la Frontera for another three-day test along with World Superbike riders Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini and Aprilia test…
Stoner on 2008 championship: disappointed but Rossi deserving
Valentino has won the MotoGP championship, but not without an exciting race with more protagonists than just the Italian. Stoner, Pedrosa and Lorenzo certainly gave the public some entertainment, at the end of an emotional season.Stoner was having a tough…
Sepang weather not kind to Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden
The weather at Sepang has decided to through a wrench into Ducati’s testing plans. With the Desmosedici GP12 being developed almost from scratch in just over a little more than six months, both Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi need to…
Five Ducati bikes in MotoGP 2009?
Sete Gibernau wants to return to MotoGP and he hopes to return to Ducati, possibly in the Ducati satellite team?Ducati has just confirmed it can supply five bikes in MotoGP. With the impending introduction of a one-make tyre rule, Ducati…
Casey Stoner: A Tough Cookie
After last year’s exciting 2008 Laguna Seca race and on the eve of this season’s rematch, we thought that this is an interview that Casey Stoner gave to Alessandro Pasini from Corriere della Sera on June 12th, would give a…
MotoGP Silverstone: Jorge Lorenzo Rules British GP
In yesterday’s qualifying debrief with motomatters.com Jorge Lorenzo said “it will be difficult for them to catch me,” and it was exactly that way in the MotoGP race at Silverstone. The Fiat Yamaha rider not only dominated, but rode away…
Audi A1 Ducati – images and info
At the Ducati factory in Borgo Panigale has appeared one of the first clear signs of the recent acquisition of the legendary Italian motorcycle manufacturer by German carmaker Audi (and therefore, by extension, the Volkswagen Group). What we are talking…
First Ducati Multistrada Rolls off the Production Line
Following the Ducati tradition, the newest and hottest member of the Italian marque’s family, the four-in-one Multistrada 1200 received it’s official christening with the mandatory bottle of bubbly, when the first MTS in white, rolled off the floor in Borgo…
Ducati GP12 test at Mugello a washout
Ducati’s final day of private testing at Mugello was another washout, with the weather conditions at the track once again hindering any hope of getting some work done as Nicky Hayden and official test rider Franco Battaini spent more time…
Red flag at Donington: the reaction from the Sterilgarda Team
We all saw the end of the Donington Superbike race last weekend and the crash from the Spanish rider Ruben Xaus during the red flag situation. After the misunderstanding between Ruben and team-mate Max Biaggi when Biaggi was taking his…
Motorcycle Christmas wishlist: Ducati Multistrada and 1198 pricing
Local pricing for the Ducati Multistrada 1200 has been released, and it starts on the Italian market at 14,900 euros. The Multistrada ABS version starts at 15,900 euros, while the S and T versions are 18,900 euros.Ducati has released the…
Francis Batta blasts Gobmeier and then makes peace
We’ve kept repeating that Monza isn’t a track for twin cylinders because of its high speeds, but that isn’t exactly true, because a certain Troy Bayliss on a Ducati won there several times in the past, because the Italian manufacturer…
MotoGP: Day two at Valencia
Day two of testing at Valencia occurred under bad weather conditions with intermittent showers and a constantly damp state on the track.The Yamaha team decided not to ride, new Ducati rider Nicky Hayden rode the fastest lap time with a…
Regis Laconi returns to France
According to French website Motorevue, Regis Laconi ‘s health is steadily getting better. His friend and lawyer Paul-Louis Collignon was on hand when Laconi landed in a Paris for a rest stop before being flown the next day to Marseilles,…
Best 2008 Move
What did you think about Valentino Rossi’s overtaking move on Casey Stoner at the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix?Voting online in the Third Annual SPEED Performance Awards, nearly 120,000 motorsports fan thought that Rossi’s pass at the Corkscrew was the…
More spy shots of Ducati's new Mega Monster
MCN and motociclismo.it have captured more spy shots of Ducati’s new Mega Monster near the Italian factory in Bologna.The first shots that revealed that the bike was already in the works were taken by a reader of Motoblog, but these…
Superbikes Parade Lap at San Marino (w/videos)
One of the event to promote this weekend’s World Superbike round at Misano was a ride around the historic and tiny town center of San Marino, the oldest republic in the world.All seven manufacturers were present: Ducati, Suzuki, Aprilia, Kawasaki,…
Valentino Rossi testing a Jerez, is no news good news?
Ducati has decided to keep a very low profile on this seventh test of the GP12 (GP12.2) with Valentino Rossi at the Jerez de la Frontera. Infact, their profile is so low that they didn’t even put out the usual…
Fabio Alberti becomes Effenbert Liberty Team Manager
Effenbert Liberty Racing Team debuted last year in World Superbikes taking three podiums with Sylvain Guintoli who finished sixth overall, while team mate Jakub Smrz was less luckier, even though he too was on the podium three times, but having…