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Ducati revenues up 16% in 2012

16 April, 2020
During Audi’s Annual Press Conference that was held in Ingolstadt, Germany yesterday, the German manufacturer presented an opportunity to showcase the latest details of the Ducati acquisition to the world’s press, including the outstanding results achieved by the company during…

Four CRT teams will start using the control ECU in 2013

16 April, 2020
In his recent interview with the official MotoGP website Michael Laverty reported that PBMUK will be using the Magneti Marelli control ECU on his PBM-01 (Yonny Hernandez will be using ART electronics) and that other teams would also be implementing…

Moto2 Jerez: Andrea Iannone dominates in eventful race

16 April, 2020
Andrea Iannone won today’s Moto2 race in masterful way and taking the lead in the standings from Stefan Bradl. The Italian who was only 11th on the starting grid rode a perfect race on the treacherous Jerez track, that was…

Moto2 Silverstone: Jules Cluzel Wins in Three Way Battle

16 April, 2020
In an exciting Moto2 race Jules Cluzel (Forward Racing) took his first ever GP victory after a last-lap battle with Thomas Luthi and Julian Simon where the French rider crossed under the chequered flag before Luthi by just 0.057s.Pole man…

2014 Ducati Monster 1198: spy shots

16 April, 2020
The website of Italian magazine Motociclismo has unleashed a bunch of spy shots picturing the prototype of the new liquid-cooled Ducati Monster 1198, whose final version should see the light of the day in 2014 and then enter the markets…

Roberto Rolfo to ride with Pedercini WSBK team

16 April, 2020
After spending half of 2009 riding a Moto2 in the Spanish CEV with Siemens Gigaset Laglisse team and taking part in the inaugural Moto2 championship with S.T.R, Italtrans team, Roberto Rolfo is returning to the big bikes and the World…

Colin Edwards 'feels great' after collarbone surgery

16 April, 2020
To quote Colin Edwards in his own words he is ‘one hard motherf...er ‘ with a very high threshold for pain, something he’s already proved it last year at Silverstone. The NGM Forward rider underwent collarbone surgery yesterday in Barcelona…

Win on Sunday, Sell on Monday Theory doesn't work for Yamaha

16 April, 2020
Yamaha took three world titles on Sunday, Ben Spies in WSBK, Valentino Rossi in MotoGP and Cal Crutchlow in Supersport and that’s not counting James Stewart’s World Supercross title or Leon Camier’s title in BSB, but Yamaha is still deeply…

Jorge Lorenzo teams up with Hot Wheels

16 April, 2020
Jorge Lorenzo has picked up still another personal sponsor, this time the reigning MotoGP champion has toy maker Mattel backing him, specifically Hot Wheels. Not only will Lorenzo be wearing the famous Hot Wheels logo on his leathers and taking…

Rain hinders Casey Stoner's second Honda test at Motegi

16 April, 2020
Just like a month ago, rain once again hampered Casey Stoner's second test for Honda. The former two-time world champion returned to Motegi for another two-day (Wednesday and Thursday) development test.In his last test, that was also hindered by rain…

Ducati Desmosound ringtones now available

16 April, 2020
Hardcore Ducati fans are in for a treat, because if you’ve got one of their motorcycles, their clothing, their perfume, their Satellite U500 Ducati Toshiba laptop, or any other Ducati branded items, you can now get ringtones for your cell…

Traffic Lights for the Color Blind

16 April, 2020
This isn’t exactly motorcycle news, it’s goes more into the road safety category, but it’s interesting because three designers have come up with this brilliant idea, called UniSignal to help color blind riders and drivers (about 8% of the male…

Ducati: sales record continues in 2008

16 April, 2020
Again good news for the Ducati factory. After the news about the Monster 696 (the most sold bike in Italy in June) Ducati North Europe is announcing a new sales record. They sold 103 models in August, witch is a…

Fabrizio Lai to replace injured Alexander Lundh at Monza

16 April, 2020
Team Pedercini’s Alexander Lundh is still recovering from his fractured left collarbone that he sustained during qualifying at Assen that forced the session to be red flagged.With the Swedish rider out of action, Lucio Pedercini has called on their CIV…

Valentino Rossi says Ducati GP12 slower than the 800's

16 April, 2020
When Valentino Rossi tested for the third time the new GP12 in the middle of June at the Mugello, he sounded pretty positive saying, “I was already happy with the engine the first time I tried it, and now we’re…

Valentino Rossi Bicycle Collection

16 April, 2020
The fact that the 8 times World Champion, Valentino Rossi is a virtual gold mine when it comes to endorsements is a well known, besides all his VR46 tagged merchandise that includes T-shirt, caps, cell phone covers and lately even…

Valentino Rossi's Ferrari 458 VR46 livery

16 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi will be making his first public appearance following his controversial comments in Qatar during the Blancpain Endurance Series this weekend at Monza where he’ll be racing a Kessel Racing specially prepared Ferrari 458 sponsored by his own company…

Alstare Suzuki pulls out of World Superbikes

16 April, 2020
The last time we heard from Alstare Suzuki team owner Francis Batta regarding his 2012 plans was just last month when he was confirmed that he would be staying in World Superbikes with Suzuki and was even looking into expanding…

Phillip Island circuit gets complete facelift (w/video)

16 April, 2020
The iconic Australian circuit of Phillip Island has just received a major resurfacing job after 14 years of steady use.The cost of operation on the 4.445km track was $3 million AUD and now retired two-time World Champion Casey Stoner -…

Marco Melandri gets suspended sentence for tax evasion

16 April, 2020
Tax evasion in Italy is pandemic and estimated to be over 150 billion euros (the fiscal burden has now reached on average 55 percent of tax payers income) and to fight the debt crisis, the technocratic government run by Mario…

Claudio Castiglioni passes away

16 April, 2020
Claudio Castiglioni 63, the President of MV Augusta Motor S.p.A passed away early this morning in a clinic in his beloved Varese. The far seeing and charismatic Italian manager owner of Cagiva with his brother Giancarlo, helped create along some…

Roberto Locatelli Retires from Racing

16 April, 2020
Roberto Locatelli, also known as the “Loca” has announced that he has decided to retire after 20 years of racing and 16 seasons in the Grand Prix series.Locatelli who is 35, one year younger that Loris Capirossi, competed in 244…

Yamaha says Good-bye Brivio, Hello Meregalli

16 April, 2020
It isn’t exactly new news, but now at least it’s official. Valentino Rossi’s team manager Davide Brivio is leaving Yamaha after nineteen years with the company and will be substituted by Massimo “Maio” Meregalli, as everyone was expecting he would.Meregalli…