The qualifying session under the lights at Losail, Qatar threw up some interesting and unexpected results for the entire field not the least for the factory Ducati team. The much awaited opening race of the season may just reveal up a few more surprises although one of them won’t be any outstanding results for the [...]
The opening round of the 2012 MotoGP season continued today, with the second and third free practice sessions taking place at Qatar’s Losail International Circuit. Although the area was buffeted by fairly strong winds for much of the day, the surface grip improved compared to last night’s dusty conditions, forcing the riders and their teams [...]
The 2012 MotoGP World Championship kicked off this evening at Qatar’s Losail International Circuit, where the first free-practice session of the new season took place under the lights. On a dirty track surface, Ducati Team riders Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi spent the single 45 minute session working on finding a race setup, as well as [...]
The 2012 MotoGP World Championship kicks off today at Losail International Circuit with many changes to the series. For MotoGP it marks the returns to 1,000 spec machines and the promise of more exciting racing. There’s more since the series will include CRT bikes for the first time and a new Moto3 class to replace [...]
After unveiling the new livery for the Ducati Desmosedici GP12 last week, the bike was seen on track in this scheme for the first time for the final pre-season MotoGP test at Jerez. While we wait for the opening race of the season on April 8th at Losail, Qatar enjoy this photo gallery of Valentino Rossi [...]
On the last day of the last pre-season MotoGP test at Jerez, Valentino Rossi finally made enough progress to both surpass his team mate and move to within 1 second of the front. At 0.953 seconds behind Casey Stoner there is still much to do but the prospects to at least compete for the podium seem much [...]
A weather effected 2nd day in Jerez meant that Ducati’s Nicky Hayden posted the fastest time late in the day when the track was nearly fully dry during the final pre-season official MotoGP test. The second of three days at the Jerez MotoGP test was significantly affected by changing weather conditions, with a light but steady rain [...]
The final winter MotoGP test started this morning with the first of three days of work at the Spanish circuit in Jerez de la Frontera. The weather was sunny with springtime temperatures until about two hours from the end, but it was also windy enough to affect all the riders. Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden [...]
As part of the launch of the new livery for the 2012 Ducati Desmosedici GP12, Ducati have posted a short video for those who don’t want to watch the full 45 minute replay of the launch event.
Earlier today Ducati unveiled its factory effort for the 2012 MotoGP championship online via Facebook.
