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Claudio Castiglioni, CAGIVA founder and the man who saved Ducati from annihilation in the mid 1980′s and was instrumental in reinventing the company with models such as the 851 has died aged 63.

The 11th round of the 2011 MotoGP World Championship saw Valentino Rossi finish 6th but much closer to the podium than he has looked in recent races. Nicky Hayden was behind him in 7th, admittedly 11 seconds further back, but this was a strong result given how he started the weekend. Electricity and Gas producer [...]

From August 16th through October 31, 2011 Ducati USA is offering 4.25% financing on both the multi-award winning Ducati Multistrada 1200 and iconic 1198 Superbike, and up to $1,500.00 additional in-store credit towards Ducati Apparel and Ducati Performance Accessories for the 1198 Superbike.

Following the success of the Ducati 1955 Gran Sport, the very first design effort by one Ing. Fabio Taglioni, Ducati decided to enter the 125 Grand Prix World Championship with a double overhead cam version of the bevel single. This motorcycle is that first prototype GP racer, the Bialbero.

In the post-race test at the Brno MotoGP the two Ducati Team riders rode the 800 in its GP11.1 iteration, apart from Nicky Hayden making a single, initial run with the GP11. From this point forward both riders will race only the GP11.1.

After finishing 7th at the Czech Republic MotoGP yesterday on his Ducati GP11, Nicky Hayden began testing the evolution model, the GP11.1 which team mate Valentino Rossi has been racing for some time, in earnest during today’s official test.

It was almost a throw away line in the Ducati Corse Release ahead of the Brno round of the 2011 MotoGP World Championship. ‘A test will take place on the Monday after the Grand Prix, and the Ducati Team will dedicate that day to working on the 800.’ Honda and Yamaha will test their 1,000cc [...]

The Ducati Team took important steps forward at the Czech Republic Grand Prix, where Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden finished sixth and seventh, respectively. The riders’ finishing positions were the same as in the previous round at Laguna Seca, but both reduced their gaps to the front considerably, the Italian by well over half.

Marlboro Ducati’s Valentino Rossi achieved his best ever qualifying position on a Ducati today, taking the 6th fastest time for a second row start for tomorrow’s Czech MotoGP at Brno on his Ducati Desmosedici GP11.1. Team-mate Nicky Hayden also pulled one out of the bag setting the 9th fastest time after languishing near the bottom [...]

In the first day of free practice for the Czech Republic Grand Prix, Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden started working on the setups for the GP11.1 and the GP11, respectively. At the end of the second session, the Italian rider had posted a promising seventh-best time, steadily improving his feeling with the bike. Tomorrow he’ll [...]