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.
Texan Ben Spies capped off his spectacular rookie World Superbike season by taking the 2009 World Superbike championship during the final round today at Portimao, Portugal after finishing first and 5th in the two races. Noriyuki Haga who was struggling with setup all weekend crashed out early in the first race before finishing second in [...]
Spies Fastest, Haga Struggling with SetupBen Spies took his 11th pole position of the season, surpassing Doug Polen’s previous record and more importantly placing him in the prime starting position for the two races on Sunday he will likely need to win to become the 2009 World Superbike Champion in his rookie year. Noriyuki Haga [...]
Noriyuki Haga started as he needs to today in the first free practice session in the final round of the 2009 World Superbike Championship at Portimao, Portugal. Haga was 2nd fastest in the opening session less than 1/10th behind fast qualifier Jacob Smrz also on a Ducati.
For the majority of this 2009 World Superbike season, Xerox Ducati’s Noriyuki Haga has led the Championship despite the best efforts of rookie sensation and MotoGP bound, Ben Spies. The American has won half of the races so far but finds himself with a 10 point deficit to Haga with the final showdown in Portimao, [...]
