The Ducati Test Team finished a three-day test today at Spain’s Circuito de Jerez. As usual, the activities were led by Filippo Preziosi, who followed the work schedule carried out by official test rider Franco Battaini.
Ducati may be playing its cards close to its chest ahead of the first 2012 pre-season MotoGP test at Sepang where we will get a look at the details and the performance of the new Ducati Desmosedici GP12 on January 31st, but satellite Ducati racer Karel Abraham seems to be under no gag order. His team [...]
MotoGP points leader Casey Stoner fresh from dishing the dirt on his former employer had another ‘press friendly’ moment during this week’s Mugello test session. After an on track clash with Ducati mounted MotoGP rookie Karel Abraham which left marks on both machines, the pair took it to the pits with a heated exchange.
The bane of Casey Stoner’s career to date has been the wayward front end of the Ducati Desmosedici. At Jerez, it struck again even though he is now a factory Honda rider. Valentino Rossi blew an overtaking attempt to take Stoner out in what was a race that seemed scripted in Hollywood for the Spanish [...]
Valentino Rossi battled a still recalcitrant Ducati and his slowly recovering shoulder to take 7th place in his Ducati MotoGP debut at Losail, Qatar on Sunday. In what was a disappointing day for Ducati fans both Pramac Ducatis went out early whilst Nicky Hayden finished 9th.
The newest Ducati Desmosedici MotoGP to take to the grid for the 2011 season debuted last week with the unveiling of the Cardion ab team’s V4 weapon which it hopes will bring racing glory for the team owner’s son Karel Abraham.
Valentino Rossi’s chief engineer, Jeremy Burgess has cautioned the naysayers who were disappointed in the results of the Italian’s first outing on the Ducati MotoGP racer at the recent Valencia post season test. Rossi ended the test 15th fastest and second slowest Ducati ahead of only rookie Karel Abraham.
You could be forgiven for never having heard of Karel Abraham. Ducati News Today had never heard of him either. He has never stepped on a World Championship podium despite five and a half seasons on 125, 250 and now Moto2 machinery. However the former alpine skier will join the big time next year when [...]
