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The Italian dream: Valentino Rossi rides Ducati

21 March, 2020
These pics show champion rider and one of Italy’s greatest sports stars, Valentino Rossi, on board Ducati as he tests the bike before moving from Yamaha to the Italian MotoGP team next year. The bike isn’t its usual red as…

Ducati Cigarette Racing speedboat

21 March, 2020
Ducati and Mercedes AMG announced a new partnership last year for the MotoGP season, with Ducati’s new drawing card of Valentino Rossi coming in handy for some new sponsorhsip. Now the Ducati-Mercedes AMG partnership is welcoming a new member to…

Ducati factory riders finish 2012 season on all time low

20 March, 2020
Ducati factory riders couldn’t end a difficult 2012 season in the worst possible way at Valencia, Valentino Rossi who will be leaving the Italian marque after two highly disappointing seasons - with only three podiums and no wins - to…

Photo of the day: Ducati 999RS Dragracing

20 March, 2020
Team Herman Jolink, riding the Ducati 999RS in Drachten (NL), finished 3rd during the Euro Series Super Twin Class, Top Gas Championship 2008.Best times: 402 meters in 8,479 seconds at 265 km/h0 to 100 km/h in only 1,242 seconds.I think…

EU approves Ducati acquisition by Audi

19 March, 2020
It was just a matter of legal pro-forma but the European Union has granted approval of Audi‘s acquisition of Ducati.The purchase of the Italian motorcycle manufacturer was announced on April 18th, but the deal was subject to examination by anti-trust…

Ducati Desmosedici GP10 Video

19 March, 2020
Here’s a video from Wrooom with a first look at the Ducati’s new 2010 ‘weapon’ as Nicky Hayden calls the Desmosedici GP10, with all it’s sponsor stickers in place. Claudio Domenicali, Ducati’s General Director has stated that the GP10 has…

Losail Circuit as Seen by Casey Stoner

18 March, 2020
While Casey Stoner admits that the Losail circuit isn’t his favourite circuit, he’s know as the King of Qatar having dominated and won the opening race in the last three seasons.“We have always enjoyed great results in Qatar although the…

Has Jorge Lorenzo accepted Ducati's Offer?

16 March, 2020
Has Jorge Lorenzo signed with Ducati? According to Spanish websites elPeriodico and motocuatro and Italy’s Radio 2 the Spanish rider has reached an agreement with Ducati to ride with the Italian team in 2010. Ducati and Philip Morris contacted Lorenzo…

Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden in their new Ducati leathers

16 March, 2020
This is what everyone was waiting to see, how Ducati would blend in Valentino Rossi’s trademark yellow in their traditional red leathers and here’s the result that was presented this morning at the Vrooom event.While Nicky Hayden looks great in…

Troy Bayliss Wants to Make a Superbike Comeback

15 March, 2020
WSBK racing fans are going to jump with joy when they find out that three time World Superbike Champion Troy Bayliss, less than a year into his retirement wants to return to racing.The 40 year old Australian talking to Motosprint,…

Santa Claus Ducati Gives Fernando Alonso a Desmosedici RR

15 March, 2020
Everyone knows that Ferrari and Ducati are tied together in more ways than one, you just have see the week long Wrooom event to understand how important these two iconic Italian companies are on a marketing level.Ducati has decided to…

World Superbike gets new rules for 2013

15 March, 2020
The Superbike Commission (for Infront Motorsports it will be the last time, with Dorna doing the deed from 2014) has released the new rules for the 2013 season - some we’ve already known for several months, while others were only…

Motegi MotoGP Preview

14 March, 2020
The MotoGP PR machine is starting to crank up for the Polini Grand Prix of Japan at the Motegi circuit. Here’s what some of the riders have to say:Rizla Suzuki - Loris Capirossi: “After what happened in Qatar, we now…

Livio Suppo talks Ducati, Bridgestone, Riders and Stoner

14 March, 2020
Livio Suppo was with Ducati for over eleven years and followed Ducati’s MotoGP project since its origins along with Claudio Domenicalli and the great Filippo Preziosi, and for seven years he was Ducati’s point man making not so easy decisions…

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,…

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,…