The factory Ducati World Superbike squad have concluded 2 days of testing at Mugello ahead of this weekend’s German Round of the series at Nurburgring. The test was mostly used to shake the cobwebs out after the month long summer break.
With Nitro Noriyuki Haga running out of, well, nitro this season it seems increasingly clear that likeable as he is, he will not be factory Xerox Ducati mounted in 2010. Who to replace him with? Rumors coming out of the Brno World Superbike round were that the team were in talks with 2 time champion [...]
Following more lackluster performances of the Ducati 1198R in recent World Superbike competition, the FIM has called for a further weight reduction for the twins of 3kg to bring them into weight parity with the four cylinder competition led so far this year by Max Biaggi’s Aprilia RSV4.
Michael Rutter left Snetterton with two fourth places from three races but was robbed of a possible win when his gear lever snapped while he was leading Sunday’s first race. Rutter was in great form all weekend on the RidersMotorcycles.com Ducati. His strong fourth place finish on Saturday was just a taste of what was [...]
Michael Rutter chalked up his first British Superbike race win since 2008 when he took the RidersMotorcycles.com Ducati 1198R to a tremendous victory in the first race at Knockhill on Sunday. It also marked the first British Superbike race win for the RidersMotorcycles.com team. Rutter is still placed fifth in the championship but has closed [...]
Ducati has always provided the faithful with the closest approximation to race bikes on the road starting with the original 750SS. When the World Superbike series began, Ducati was right there with the 1988 851 Kit which led to a series of ever faster, desirable homologation specials. The current model is the 1198R which is [...]
UPDATE. The photo of the design study has been removed. Ducati is expected to introduce a substantially updated premier Superbike model for the 2011 model year given that the 4 year old 1098 / 1198 design is starting to struggle in the World Superbike arena. We don’t know what it will look like but this [...]
After a very successful test of the Ducati 1198R Factory Superbike at Mugello last week, Troy Bayliss himself has been quoted as itching to get back in the saddle and race for another championship to equal Carl Fogarty and surpass his total number of victories. Now it appears that Bayliss could be racing as early [...]
Troy Bayliss returns to the track today at Monza, on board the factory Xerox Ducati 1198R World Superbike as he adds his expertise and efforts to the struggling team that sees Noriyuki Haga languishing in 6th in the World Superbike Championship standings after last weekends Monza round.
Michael Rutter rode the RidersMotorcycles.com Ducati to a brilliant second place in the second race of the day at Oulton Park today and now sits sixth in the championship after three rounds. Rutter had qualified third, but retired from the first race with what he thought was an engine problem. But in the second race [...]
