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, [...]
MotoGP at Indy carried on from where it left off at the inaugural race last year by raining hard enough to keep the fastest MotoGP time slower than the fastest 125 during the first Free Practice session moments ago. Dani Pedrosa set the fastest time of 1’51.5 ahead of crowd favorite Nicky Hayden who blasted [...]
With the fracas surrounding the potential for Jorge Lorenzo to join the team put to bed yesterday, Ducati can now focus on its program for the remainder of the year. Many issues remain to be solved. Can Nicky Hayden finally get up to speed on the red bike and will he be signed for next [...]
Before Ducati announced that Casey Stoner was going to miss 3 MotoGP races due to a mystery illness, everything was fairly predictable at Ducati for 2010. Hayden hadn’t quite underperformed enough to lose his factory Marlboro Ducati seat and promising but crash prone satellite Pramac Ducati rookie, Mika Kallio, hadn’t quite done well enough to [...]
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 [...]
Ducati has announced that their star MotoGP racer and 2009 championship contender, Casey Stoner, will miss the next 3 round of the 2009 MotoGP Championship as he battles to get on top of a mystery illness that has been affecting his racing this season.
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 [...]
Nicky Hayden had his best finish of the year at this year’s 2009 US MotoGP at Laguna Seca taking 5th place a mere 22 seconds behind race winner Honda’s Dani Pedrosa. Hayden looked his characteristic self after the race with his beaming Kentucky boy smile in full effect. Has Nicky finally turned a corner that [...]
