The 5th round of the 2011 MotoGP World Championship saw Valentino Rossi take his Ducati Desmosedici to 5th place at the Grand Prix de Catalunya in Spain. More impressive than the placing was the fact that the Italian finished the race just 7 seconds behind winner Casey Stoner and 3 seconds off the podium. Nicky [...]
Ducati is supporting a fantastic motorcycle safety initiative created by the county of Sussex in the UK. Entitled ‘Stay A Hero, Stay Safe’ the campaign is aimed at reducing the number of motorcyclists casualties on Sussex’s roads each year. Check out the positive and uplifting video after the jump.
With the first photos of the radical new 2012 Ducati ‘Superquadrata’ Superbike appearing last week following a successful Mugello track outing, most of the details we had been expecting have been confirmed. It is still a shock. Trellis frame – Gone. L-twin- Gone. Belt cam drive – Gone. And the diminutive twin may not be [...]
A switch to a new engine with a revised crankshaft weight led to an immediate improvement for Valentino Rossi as he took his Ducati Desmosedici GP11 to 5th place at the Grand Prix de Catalunya in Spain. More impressive than the placing was the fact that the Italian finished the race just 7 seconds behind [...]
After just two rounds of the 2011 AMA Pro Racing Championship, officials have acted to penalize the Ducati 848EVO in the Daytona Sportbike and Supersport classes by changing the minimum weight limits.
Spanish bloggers are reporting that Aspar racing will field two satellite Ducati MotoGP machines next season coincident with the change to 1,000cc racers. The team contract expires at the end of the season so Jorge Martinez is in talks with Ducati about future plans.
Ducati privateer and New York racer PJ Jacobsen scored a career best second place finish at this past weekend’s BigM AMA Pro Superbike event, which was held at Miller Motorsports Park, in Toole Utah. Racing in front of a global audience, Jacobson started the weekend out strong and asserted himself as an early frontrunner.
Ducati UK is to auction the Ducati 1198 Valentino Rossi rode recently at Silverstone during the official launch of the new Silverstone Wing, with a donation from the sale being made to motorcycling’s favourite charity, Riders for Health.
The Rapid Solicitors-Bathams Ducati team celebrated their first podium finish of the season at the fourth round of the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Thruxton last weekend as Michael Rutter secured second place at the team’s home round.
Radical Ducati in Spain make some of the most desirable Ducati specials in the world. Recently our friends at Rocket Garage snapped a few photos of the Radical Garage. While we at it we discovered a pretty tasty looking Radical Ducati 749 too.
