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Gregorio Lavilla to Replace Brendan Roberts at Kyalami

14 March, 2020
WSBK Team Guandalini Racing has announced that Spanish rider Gregorio Lavilla will replace injured Brendan Roberts for the sixth round of WSBK Championship at Kyalami circuit in South Africa the 17th of May.Roberts broke his left femur during Race 1…

WSBK Round 7 Miller – Rider Quotes after Superpole

14 March, 2020
With Ben Spies taking his 7th Superpole at Millersports Park at Tooele, Utah here’s what a few riders had to say about yesterday’s Superpole session:Ben Spies – 1st“It was a good session for us, the last few minutes there were…

MotoGP Assen FP1 – Randy DePuniet Surprise

14 March, 2020
Randy DePuniet was the surprise in today’s free practice at Assen when he hit the top of the timesheets clocking in at 1.37.842.The Frenchman’s LCR Honda donned a pair of soft tires in the final minutes of the practice and…

Ducati Hypermotard 796 new pics

14 March, 2020
Here’s the new 2010 Ducati Hypermotard 796 in a full gallery of official pics. Similar in looks to the 1100, the Hyper 796 has a series of new updates and modifications. It’s a completely lightweight model, weighing just 167 kg,…

Nicky Hayden's turn on the Ducati GP12

14 March, 2020
There was no video and a lot less photos for Nicky Hayden’s test debut on the Ducati Desmosedici GP12 yesterday at Jerez, but the American was able to get in a full 61 laps on the new bike, despite weather…

AMG announces end of partnership with Ducati

14 March, 2020
As expected Audi’s acquisition of Ducati has had an immediate consequence, AMG, the performance division of Mercedes in a brief note has announced that they have ended their former partnership agreement with Ducati.“Since the end of 2010 a successful marketing…

Your pics: a Ducatist regrets…?

14 March, 2020
This is a funny motorcycle pic sent to us by Michele, who came across this unusual edition to a Ducati 1098. Could it be a sign of regret or a chance to hunt down Japanese motorcycles…?Send your funny, bizarre or…

Filippo Preziosi resigns from Ducati after 19 years

14 March, 2020
Filippo Preziosi became the sacrificial lamb following Valentino Rossi’s disastrous two-year stint in Ducati and the engineer behind the Ducati Desmosedici, was removed from his position of General Manager of the Corse department last November and replaced by Bernhard Gobmeier,…

MotoGP FP1 – Lorenzo takes the lead at Mugello

14 March, 2020
In this afternoon’s free practice at Mugello, it was Jorge Lorenzo who lead the pack, beating out fellow team mate Valentino Rossi who is looking for his 8th consecutive win at Mugello and Ducati rider Casey Stoner with a hot…

WSBK Brno Video Highlights

14 March, 2020
As usual we’ve got the video highlights from the ninth round of the World Superbike Championship at Brno where the wins were split one a piece between Jonathan Rea and Max Biaggi.If by chance you missed the races, you can…

Loris Capirossi and Randy de Puniet still carrying injuries

14 March, 2020
The Brno GP will be another tough weekend for Pramac Ducati team. Their garage will still look like a clinic for the walking wounded, because both Loris Capirossi and Randy de Puniet are still carrying previous injuries that will no…

Valentino Rossi without Jeremy Burgess at Mugello GP

14 March, 2020
Valentino Rossi will have to face this weekend’s Mugello GP be without his legendary crew chief Jeremy Burgess, as the Australian has flown home to be with his wife Claudine who has been diagnosed with a serious illness, and is…

WSBK – Fabrizio dominates Friday at Monza

14 March, 2020
It was Ducati’s Xerox rider Michel Fabrizio who dominated the first day of FP1 and QP1 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza for the fith round of WSBK championship.Rider Quotes:Michel Fabrizio - Ducati Xerox 1st 1:45:447“Fastest in both the free…

Tom Sykes will replace Haga next year in World Superbike

14 March, 2020
The British rider Tom Sykes will replace Noriyuki Haga and will ride for Yamaha next year. This gives further fuel to the rumour that Haga will replace Troy Bayliss in the Ducati Xerox team next year in World Superbike.Tom is…

Photo of the Day: Fong and Cardenas – Who Won?

14 March, 2020
While we were more or less falling asleep with the MotoGP race at Brno, the AMA Pro Racing Daytona Sportbike series had this thrilling end to their race 1 at the Virginia International Raceway on Saturday.Bobby Fong #30 on his…

WSBK Donington – Final Rider Quotes

14 March, 2020
Today’s ninth round of the WSBK Championship at Donington Park saw Ben Spies take both races and is now just 14 points behind World Superbike Championship leader Noriyuki Haga.Ben Spies, (1st, 1st)“It was a picture perfect weekend. It was a…

Ben Spies to ride for Ducati's Junior Team?

13 March, 2020
Ben Spies continuing future in MotoGP racing seems to be shining a little brighter these days, if we believe at least some of the rumors.Every since his shocking announcement announcing he was quitting Yamaha at the end of the season,…

Hero Motocorp interested in Ducati?

13 March, 2020
When Andrea Bonani chairman of Investindustrial, the private equity group who owns Ducati, said he was interested in finding a partner (read sell the company) we felt the tremours and subsequent moaning up and down the Italian boot, with Ducatisti…