The Australian Grand Prix, which was marked by a number of incidents related to the unpredictable weather, saw Valentino Rossi fall on the fourteenth lap. He was in fifth place at the time, having started from the fourth row. Australian Casey Stoner took victory in his home race and on his birthday to be crowned [...]
Carlos Checa and the Althea Racing team, World Superbike Champions 2011, closed the season in the best possible way today with a spectacular win in Race 1, Carlos’ 15th victory of this more than impressive year. The winning team will stay together as, despite rumors to the contrary, the Spaniard will stay with Althea and [...]
In windy, cool conditions today at Phillip Island, Nicky Hayden rode to his best qualifying position of the year, and the American will start from the sixth spot on the grid in tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix, which is also his 150th GP in the premier class. Hayden and his team made progress with the GP11.1 [...]
The final round of the 2011 World Superbike Championship got underway today at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao. Team Althea Racing and rider Carlos Checa are already World Champions but come here to Portugal to finish the season in the best possible way. Davide Giugliano, Superstock 1000 champion with Althea, participates as a [...]
The Ducati Team started its setup work for the Phillip Island circuit today, ending with Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi ninth and thirteenth, respectively. After a good start in the morning session, the American wasn’t able to improve in the afternoon, while the Italian lowered his time by just one tenth.
By now you must have heard about the new powerplant dubbed the Superquadro, destined to power the 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale that will be shown to the public for the first time next month in Milan at the EICMA show. Following our Q&A session with Ducati on the new engine, the company has now made [...]
NCR Ducstock, the national Ducati party organized by Ducati.net was one of the highlights of the Barber Vintage Festival last weekend. Celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Ducati TT2/TT1 and 750F1, the event featured a world class display of ultra rare Ducati’s from all over North America and beyond. Ducati News Today was there and [...]
Just hours after receiving the first details of the new Superquadro engine that will debut in the Ducati 1199 Panigale next month in Milan, Ducati News Today was invited to discuss the new powerplant with a number of Ducati executives including Claudio Domenicali, the General Manager of Ducati. Here’s what else we learned.
The Althea Ducati squad, still on an emotional high after such a successful 2011, hope to close the season in similar style and all three riders, Carlos Checa, Davide Giugliano and Lorenzo Baroni, will be aiming for the top at the closing round of the respective championships, taking place at Autodromo Internacional do Algarve in [...]
The Ducati Team is headed to the first of two overseas races that in the space of two weeks will take the Italian team first to Australia and then to Malaysia. The Phillip Island Grand Prix is one of the most popular rounds among the MotoGP riders because the circuit that twists along the Bass [...]
