Reigning and 3 time World Superbike Troy Bayliss took a critical step towards his car racing debut when he tested 3 time Australian V8 Supercar champion Craig Lowndes, Vodafone Ford at Queensland Raceway in Australia.
Talented Brit Jonathan Rea, took his first ever World Superbike win in Race 2 of the 8th round of the 2009 World Superbike Championship held at Misano in the Republic of San Marino today. Rea took the lead early in the race from a surprisingly fast starting Noriyuki Haga given his first race performance and [...]
Yamaha’s Ben Spies timed things to perfection to win the first race of the 8th Round of the 2009 World Superbike Championship held out Misano in the Republic of San Marino after the new flag to flag format was tested for the first time. Spies switched bikes at just the right time from wets to [...]
Smrz Snuffs Out Spies StreakIt was a Ducati that stopped Ben Spies qualifying record at 7 in a row but not the one belonging to Michel Fabrizio. Perennial strong qualifier but poor finisher Jacob Smrz put his Ducati on pole whilst Jonathan Rea denied Spies of even the second spot on the grid.
Surprising no-one, Ben Spies was the fastest by the end of the first free practice session at Misano yesterday. What was a surprise was that in the 2 qualifying sessions held since it was Michel Fabrizio on the factory Xerox Ducati who has set the pace. Can he break Spies record qualifying run?
Ducati North America is has announced the first annual “Ducs Fly South” track day, which will be held July 13th at New Jersey Motorsports Park. The event will be a great opportunity to experience the thrill of the racetrack together with Ducati and the Penguin School; the nation’s oldest motorcycle roadracing school. The Penguin School [...]
Ducati has decided to share the development of the Desmosedici RR road bike which is a replica of the last 990cc MotoGP racer, the GP6 which finished first and second at the final round of the 2006 series at Valencia. Video Number 5 is now available.
Just in time for Father’s Day, a new range of Italian motorcycle themed wines are now available from CorsaVino the inspiration of Arun Sharma the GM of ones of Ducati’s premiere dealerships – Moto Corsa.
Whilst stumbling around the iPhone App Store the other day I decided to search for “Ducati”. To my surprise the Ducati Collection app came up. It didn’t look too promising what with its compelling and engaging intro “Are you interested in the type of motorcycle Ducati? You will feel as if you had a collection [...]
Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday. Every week I will post up something beautiful from the world of Ducati that you just might like to have grace your desktop. This week we have the 2009 factory Xerox Ducati 1098R F09 World Superbike racers as ridden by Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio.
