Brno in the Czech Republic is the next round of the MotoGP championship but most of the interest for the moment is not centering around the racing but instead, the planned announcement of Valentino Rossi’s future. Rossi has said he will tell the world where he will ride next year during the meeting. He is [...]
You have to marvel at the unfolding of the Ducati saga cette semaine. First, Cycle World appears to have a genuine scoop with the Ducati CEO outing Rossi as a hired gun for 2011, then Ducati issues a statement denying everything, which the magazine adds to its site without making any further edits to the [...]
The anticipation of the expected announcement that Valentino Rossi will race for Ducati next year in MotoGP is reaching levels last seen ahead of Apple’s announcement of the iPhone! However it seems we must wait just a little longer for the official word to come at Brno. This is despite the recent furor when the [...]
What a difference 24 hours makes. I went to bed last night with the surprise pre-announcement from Ducati CEO Gabrielle del Torchio that Rossi had signed for Ducati and woke to find Ducati firmly denying any such thing. In the meantime the news generated more froth than a cappuccino. Now Ducati USA has weighed in, [...]
Ducati has released a statement denying that agreement has been reached with Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden for their MotoGP team in 2011 just a day after the CEO reportedly told a journalist the deal is done. Of course the deal is done, but Ducati and Rossi just want to orchestrate the announcement to their [...]
Valentino Rossi joining Ducati in MotoGP has switched from a crazy rumor to rampant expectation of an almost anti-climactic nature as we await the Doctor himself to advise of his decision formally at Brno. Having said that, there has never been any formal comment from the man himself or Ducati that he has actually signed….until [...]
UPDATE The contest has closed with the announcement that Rossi is to race for Ducati next season. In less than 2 weeks, a much fitter Valentino Rossi than the one who finished on the podium at Laguna Seca will mount his Yamaha M1 for the Czech MotoGP at Brno. He has confirmed that around that [...]
Valentino Rossi is always in the news. Lately it has been his stunning comeback from a compound leg fracture and of course his impending move to Ducati. Now Sports Illustrated has published its list of highest earning International Athletes and Rossi finishes off the podium in 7th but blows F1 drivers away.
Jeffrey Jones is now the proud owner of the last brand new Ducati Desmosedici RR in the USA. The Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts in Los Angeles today raffled a Ducati Desmosedici Desmosedici RR at the Ducati Island as part of the Laguna Seca US MotoGP round. At just $40 a ticket, Ducatisti [...]
Honda bound Marlboro Ducati rider Casey Stoner who has been cementing his reputation as a whiner with his difficult season so far this year has jabbed at Valentino Rossi in the media after their close battle for the podium at last weekend’s German MotoGP. Stoner says injuries are common place in racing and Rossi’s return [...]
