Valentino Rossi will start from the second row of the grid tomorrow for only the second time this season when the final race of the MotoGP of 2011 gets underway in Valencia, Spain. Rossi was 6th fastest on his Ducati Desmosedici GP11.1 whilst Nicky Hayden was right behind in 7th position and will head up [...]
The first day of the GP de la Comunitat Valenciana started off well for the Ducati Team, with Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden riding comfortably in the wet conditions that marked both free-practice sessions. The teammates posted the third- and fourth-best times of the day, respectively, their fastest laps coming in the morning session.
Ducati has joined the MotoGP paddock in honoring the memory of Marco Simoncelli as the team prepares for the final race of 2011.
Ducati factory riders Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden are set to ride a version of the Ducati Desmosedici GP12 featuring a Japanese style, aluminum beam chassis during the post race test that will follow the final MotoGP round of the year in Valencia, Spain this weekend.
The Ducati Team is headed for Valencia, where the 2011 MotoGP championship will conclude on Sunday. The weekend’s usual track activities will be touched by the memory of Marco Simoncelli, whose absence will surely weigh heavily on the minds of the paddock regulars and fans. On the other hand, Marco was also emblematic of the [...]
MotoGP testing limits will be abolished for 2012 removing at least one of the barriers that has made development of the Ducati Desmosedici painfully slow for Valentino Rossi and his star crew chief, Jeremy Burgess.
After numerous changes all year long, has Ducati actually made any progress from the machine that Valentino Rossi first rode way back in testing before the 2011 season even began? The return of the MotoGP field to Sepang, Malaysia recently allowed for the first before and after comparison.
Within moments of the tragic death of Marco Simoncelli it seemed the Internet was awash with rumors that Valentino Rossi would retire from racing. Ultimately the clamor became so loud the 9 time champion was forced to deny them which he did while speaking briefly to Italian journalists.
Carlo Pernat, the guy who first signed Valentino Rossi to a factory 125 contract with Aprilia in 1995 says that 2011 MotoGP champ, Casey Stoner, is owed an apology and that he is 90% sure Rossi will not taste victory with Ducati.
It was a sad day today. I didn’t watch the MotoGP first thing in the morning because I watched the Rugby World Cup final instead. I had been sworn off my plethora of electronic devices lest I hear the result of either contest. Elated at a New Zealand win I saw a text from my [...]
