Ruben Xaus didn’t race at the season opener of the 2010 World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island recently but he sure had an impact – literally. Xaus didn’t participate in either race after 3 practice crashes and this one, taking out Team Xerox factory Ducati 1198R rider, Noriyuki Haga in the morning warmup. Haga shrugged [...]
Team Althea Ducati rider, Carlos Checa, showed that a privateer team can still win in the World Superbike Championship as he took victory in the 2nd race following the factory domination in the first race of the opening round of the series at Phillip Island, Australia.
Unlucky Team Xerox Ducati rider, Noriyuki Haga, had a dent put in his chances before opening his 2010 World Superbike campaign for Xerox Ducati in Phillip Island, Australia when BMW rider Ruben Xaus took him and his Ducati 1198R out at the very fast Turn 1 during morning warm-up.
Team Xerox Ducati kicked off their 2010 World Superbike Championship title chase at the 2nd fastest circuit of the series, Phillip Island in Australia. Both Michel Fabrizio and Noriyuki Haga stood on the podium but it was first time pole sitter Leon Haslam who took his maiden victory on the Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000.
New Althea Ducati hire, Carlos Checa posted the fastest time during the first day of official testing for the 2010 World Superbike Championship season at Phillip Island, Australia, site of next week’s opening round. Checa is taking well to the V-twin and in fact Ducati took 3 of the top 4 fastest times.
Newly recruited Althea Ducati hire, Carlos Checa showed he still has what it takes to lead the World Superbike pack in 2010 when he posted a faster time than factory rider Noriyuki Haga during testing at Valencia last week.
Welcome to Wallpaper Wednesday. Every week I will post up something beautiful from the world of Ducati that you just might like to have grace your desktop. This week we have some great photos of the Xerox Ducati World Superbike squad in action.
Never one to miss a PR trick, Ducati made sure that their World Superbike stars, Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio were on hand last week to check out the new 2010 Ducati model range at the EICMA show in Milan. Haga seemed impressed with the new 1198R Corse SE whilst Fabrizio was enamored with another [...]
Noriyuki Haga struggled all weekend at Portimao to get his Xerox Ducati setup and never quite got it right. Add too hard tires in the first race. Then add needing to push hard to keep a rapidly disappearing Ben Spies in sight after he bolted from pole position and Haga started 10th. Some said Nitro [...]
Xerox Ducati Team Manager, Davide Tardozzi, has defended a lack of team orders in the World Superbike squad that saw Michel Fabrizio take valuable points away from his teammate Noriyuki Haga in the title chase.
