In a sign of just how far the Ducati team has lost it’s way, lead rider Valentino Rossi spent most of his time racing his team mate, Nicky Hayden, at the German MotoGP yesterday at the Sachsenring. Once again improving from his poor qualifying position, Rossi finished 9th a tick behind Nicky proving to the [...]
A decade ago today, the father of all modern Ducatis, Fabio Taglioni passed away. A genius engineer, Dr T is the creator of all the modern signature elements that define Ducati. From desmodromic valves to the L-twin, trellis frame and belt cam drive Ing. Fabio Taglioni created them all.
Valentino Rossi continued to struggle during qualifying today for tomorrow’s German MotoGP at the Sachsenring managing to post a time almost one second per lap slower than his teammate and qualifying second to last ahead only of Loris Capirossi stand in Sylvain Guintoli.
Nicky Hayden started the weekend well at the German Grand Prix, posting the sixth-best time in the first day of free practice. The American was quick from the start and then improved his rhythm with every outing. Valentino Rossi crashed in the first session cutting his track time and was stopped in the second session [...]
Ducati and Tudor have announced the start of a prestigious new partnership. Ducati, the iconic Italian motorcycle manufacturer famous for style and state-of-the-art technology, have entered into an all-encompassing partnership with Tudor, the maker of prestige Swiss sports watches who take on the title of “Timing Partner” as Ducati’s official watch.
When MotorcycleUSA conducted their 2011 Performance Cruiser Smackdown they included the Ducati Diavel as a wildcard, not really including it in the test that pitted bikes like the Harley Davidson Night Rod, Triumph Thunderbird Storm, Star Raider, Suzuki Boulevard and Victory Hammer. How’d it do?
The Dutch TT at Assen saw the debut of an evo Ducati MotoGP machine which the company referred to as the GP11.1. Only Valentino Rossi rode the bike in the race, with team mate Hayden still using the older GP11, at least in part, due to his use of a greater number of engines so [...]
The MotoGP World Championship prepares to hold its ninth round this weekend at the Sachsenring, which represents the midway point of the 18 race series. The 3.761 kilometer German track is the second-shortest of the season after Laguna Seca, and it is distinguished by a preponderance of left-hand corners, in addition to a narrow, technical [...]
Entries for the 2011 Ducati Monster Challenge close this Friday, July 15th. The customization competition is an opportunity for North American Ducatisti to share their personalized Monster creations and compete for the chance to win a Dream Ducati experience for two to Bologna, Italy.
Fans of Valentino Rossi have had to get used to something very unusual this year, the 9 time champion starting way down the grid. Even though he has finished fairly consistently on his factory Ducati MotoGP racer much higher than his qualifying rank, a looming engine shortage means that Rossi may be forced to start [...]
