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Ducati Alstare reveals team logo

30 March, 2020
In ten days time World Superbike’s testing ban will be finally over and the teams will be able to return to track and continue to prepare for the new championship season.The Team Ducati Alstare, with Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini…

Moto2 Estoril test: More bad weather, almost no riders on track

30 March, 2020
The second day of Moto2 testing at Estoril was another washout, with only nine riders deciding to risk doing some laps in very poor weather conditions, while all the others prudently decided it wasn’t worth turning a wheel.Aleix Espargaro, Axel…

WSBK Phillip Island – Gallery of Pics

30 March, 2020
After the race highlights of round 1 of the World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island, you can now check out our gallery of pics from the race weekend.

MotoGP testing over for Nicky Hayden

30 March, 2020
Talk about bad luck for Nicky Hayden.This morning we thought that he had limited his testing time due to problems to his wrist, but apparently his lap times were done by Ducati test rider Franco Battaini who went out to…

Cattive Compagnie team: NCR Corse Millona for sale

30 March, 2020
We’ve received some nice pictures from the Italian “Cattive Compagnie Team”. What makes the bike from this team so special? The NCR Millona was used in the Italian Supertwin Championship in 2005 and 2006 and in the Ducati Desmo Challenge.…

500×500 online booking: sold out in 5h 45'

30 March, 2020
We just got a call from Fiat: they were very happy about the 500×500 online booking initiative. All 500 units of the fiat “500 wants you edition” were sold out in 5 hours and 45 minutes. One every 40 seconds!If…

Casey Stoner dominates FP3 at Valencia

30 March, 2020
Since our post on the FP3 results disappeared, we’ve decided to post it again.It was sunny and dry, but cold this morning during the final MotoGP free practice at Valencia and this made most of the riders happy after yesterday’s…

Video: MotoGP crashes

30 March, 2020
As the MotoGP rounds up for this season, we give you this amusing video of some of the best slides and crashes from the MotoGP. As long as a rider isn’t seriously hurt, these provide some entertainment (it’s Monday after…

Honda's Kousuke Akiyoshi to replace Aoyama in MotoGP

30 March, 2020
Interwetten Honda’s Daniel Epp has moved fast to find a replacement rider for the injured Hiroshi Aoyama for this Saturday’s round in Assen and has confirmed they will be fielding Honda test rider Kousuke Akiyoshi for both the Dutch TT…

MotoGP Qatar: Casey Stoner streaks to his 27th pole position

30 March, 2020
The first MotoGP 2011 qualifying session in Qatar saw Casey Stoner absolutely blow away the competition even beating his own amazing 2007 debut on the Ducati, when the specially made qualifying tires were still being used.Stoner’s blistering lap of 1’54″137…

MotoGP: Champions Nursery by Michelin

30 March, 2020
This is a great promotion video from Michelin with “mini-riders” MotoGP from the French company: Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Dovizioso, Colin Edwards, James Toseland and Nicky Hayden.

Video: Making Valentino Rossi's 2012 Mugello helmet

30 March, 2020
After yesterday’s Monster Energy first video of Valentino Rossi explaining the various helmets he has worn during the Italian GPs, here’s espisode two of the series, ‘The Making Of’ with Rossi and Aldo Drudi coming up with some ideas for…

TT3D: Closer to the Edge now available on Blu-ray and DVD

30 March, 2020
2011 has finally seen a bumper crop of motorcycling racing documentaries, from Fastest to I, Superbiker, Charge and TT3D: Closer to the Edge, all different, but all have to be seen by any hard core racing fan who can’t get…

Mercedes-AMG to sponsor Ducati MotoGP?

30 March, 2020
Mercedes AMG and Ducati. This could be the next sponsor combination in 2011. Reeling about the thought? You shouldn’t if you consider that a car company like FIAT has already sponsored Yamaha in MotoGP.The two iconic marques have already collaborated…

Nicky Hayden's Arm after Surgery and Stitches

30 March, 2020
Being a professional rider and a former World Champion isn’t always winning, podiums, and fantastic racing and adoring fans as Ducati’s Nicky Hayden well knows. Sometimes it’s hurting, injuries, surgery, stitches and getting back in shape again as fast as…

Ducati 848 Evo first video

30 March, 2020
Here’s the first video of the new Ducati 848 Evo which will be presented at the Laguna Seca MotoGP this weekend. We can only imagine we’ll get more pics after its debut. While the 848 Evo is not a new…

Rossi vs Alonso

30 March, 2020
Okay it’s only kart race and MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi and Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso are doing it for “Friends of Iker vs. Friends of Rafa” the second annual event that tennis star Rafael Nadal and Real Madrid goalie…

Confirmed: Max Biaggi will ride the Aprilia RS4

30 March, 2020
It has finally been confirmed that Max Biaggi will ride the Aprilia RS4 Superbike next year. Max is the top rider in World Superbike for the Italian manufacturer Aprilia. The rider from Rome won the past three of his four…

Attack Performance to to wildcard in all three MotoGP US rounds

30 March, 2020
Just like GPTech, Attack Performance Racing has also decided to re-enter their CRT machine and wildcard in the three US rounds of the 2013 MotoGP World Championship at Austin, Laguna Seca and Indianapolis.APR’s Kawasaki ZX-10R based CRT (with CNC frame)…