Team Althea Ducati rider, Carlos Checa, showed that a privateer team can still win in the World Superbike Championship as he took victory in the 2nd race following the factory domination in the first race of the opening round of the series at Phillip Island, Australia.
Unlucky Team Xerox Ducati rider, Noriyuki Haga, had a dent put in his chances before opening his 2010 World Superbike campaign for Xerox Ducati in Phillip Island, Australia when BMW rider Ruben Xaus took him and his Ducati 1198R out at the very fast Turn 1 during morning warm-up.
Team Xerox Ducati kicked off their 2010 World Superbike Championship title chase at the 2nd fastest circuit of the series, Phillip Island in Australia. Both Michel Fabrizio and Noriyuki Haga stood on the podium but it was first time pole sitter Leon Haslam who took his maiden victory on the Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000.
Marlboro Ducati’s Nicky Hayden shrugged off recent arm surgery to set the 3rd fastest time at the second Sepang 2010 MotoGP pre-season test that completed today. Hayden who failed to perform to the standard he expected of himself in 2009 seems to be clicking with the revised ‘big bang’ style Ducati Desmosedici GP10.
This year, no fewer than eight teams will race Ducati at the season opener of the AMA Pro road racing series at Daytona International Speedway. Three on board the Ducati 1198R in the flagship Superbike class, and another six entered in the grueling Daytona 200 aboard the middleweight Ducati 848. Ducatisti worldwide will have all [...]
Former motorcycle and truck racer turned MotoGP commentator, Steve Parrish says that Casey Stoner can beat the greatest motorcycle racer of all time, Valentino Rossi, in the 2010 season. Last year was tough for Stoner, sitting out 3 races due to a mystery illness, but he came back strong and in winning form when he [...]
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 something you don’t see very often – a Ducati Sportclasic powered flat tracker.
Ducati make some of the most evocative motorcycles in the world. With the introduction of the 1198 Superbike, Hypermotard, and Streetfighter, Ducati has perhaps its strongest product lineup in its entire history. As we wait for the new Multistrada 1200 to hit dealerships around the world I thought it would be interesting to look at [...]
Ducati Dominance was the order of the day for the final pre-season testing of the 2010 World Superbike series at Phillip Island, Australia. Factory rider Michel Fabrizio was fastest overall, ahead of 3 other Ducati riders. Noriyuki Haga was 6th fastest making it 5 Ducatis in the top 6.
A very rare 1992 Ducati 888SP4 has come up for sale in the USA. The SP range of Ducati Superbikes were the closest you could get to a Superbike on the road at the time featuring specifications close to the factory racers.
