After two impressive substitute rides on the Pramac Ducati MotoGP machine, former 125 and 250 rider Aleix Espargaro will ride fulltime for the satellite Ducati squad in 2010. With that seat tied up there will be no Italians racing for Ducati for the first time in the company’s MotoGP history.
Rossi Puts his Team-mate in his Place Valentino Rossi reasserted himself at the top of the leader board by convincingly beating his younger team-mate, Jorge Lorenzo, by 2.4 seconds during the San Marino MotoGP at Misano after besting him in every practice and qualifying session. Lorenzo finished second to trail Rossi by 30 points in [...]
Hayden Puts the Ducati on the Box For Ducati fans the first podium for Nicky Hayden was the major news from the running of the 12th round of the MotoGP World Championship at Indianapolis. The American took advantage of a rare occasion where both pole sitter Dani Pedrosa and Championship leader Valentino Rossi fell early [...]
After taking 2nd fastest in the rain during yesterday’s first practice session, Ducati’s Nicky Hayden dropped back in the field to log the 7th fastest time this morning during the second session and ahead of this afternoon’s qualifying. Dani Pedrosa had no such problems switching from wet to dry conditions and remains at the top, [...]
Rossi Doubles his Points Lead with Victory as Lorenzo Crashes Out Valentino Rossi took another victory today during round 11 of the 2009 MotoGP Championship at Brno, Czech Republic, doubling his lead in the series as a result of his team mate’s crash and Casey Stoner’s absence. The two Yamaha men were in a class [...]
The news that Casey Stoner is out for 3 races provides a zero base for all the other Ducati riders. Nicky Hayden, struggling to come to grips with the Ducati GP9 must show he is the new leader of the Ducati charge whilst Mika Kallio gets a 3 race audition to prove why he, not [...]
Nicky Hayden had an impressive crash during qualifying for last weekend’s MotoGP held at Sachensring, Germany. He lost the rear of his Marlboro Ducati entering a turn in wet conditions and was flicked over the highside. That wasn’t the remarkable part, but the bit that happened next was…
Rossi’s German Victory Puts him level with Agostini for Podium Finishes Valentino Rossi took victory by just 1/10th of a second from his team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, in the 9th round of the 2009 MotoGP Championship held today at the Sachsenring, Germany. Dani Pedrosa was third from a fading Stoner who had led the race for [...]
Experts and armchair pundits alike have been perplexed by Casey Stoner’s apparent lone mastery of the Ducati GP9 MotoGP machine. Whilst Stoner is joint leader in the points standings following Sunday’s GP at Barcelona, his team-mate 2006 World Champion Nicky Hayden languishes in 15th place. Ducati has visibly taken action with a new crew chief [...]
Rossi to Lorenzo: I am the Master, You are but the Learner!! In the most exciting MotoGP race for quite some time, Valentino Rossi passed his teammate and fellow Fiat Yamaha rider to take the lead on the final turn of the race for his 99th win during the 6th round of the 2009 MotoGP [...]
