Adding to the disappointment of crashing out of 6th place on the last lap of the Dutch TT MotoGP race last weekend, Pramac Ducati rider Mika Kallio will sit out the US GP at Laguna Seca this 4th of July weekend due to a injury to his left ring finger sustained in the crash.
Rossi Takes Victory, 100th Win and MotoGP Championship Lead Valentino Rossi followed up his stunning last lap victory in Barcelona with a boring but convincing victory over his younger team mate, Jorge Lorenzo, in Round 7 of the MotoGP Championship at Assen to win his 100th GP and re-assert himself at the head of the [...]
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 [...]
A lot of excitement spread around the motorcycling world when it was announced that Troy Bayliss would test the Ducati MotoGP racer at Mugello last month. That excitement seemed understandable when the likeable Australian and newly retired 3 time World Superbike Champion lapped the desmosedici a tick faster than regular tester Vittoriano Guareschi in a [...]
Stoner Judges Tricky Conditions for a Home VictoryCasey Stoner prevailed in another race complicated by rain that led to all the riders switching from wet to dry rubber during the race. Stoner and the Ducati made the most of it to win from Yamaha teammates, Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi after Loris Capirossi couldn’t keep [...]
Although the 800cc MotoGP machines heralded in a new era of more 250 like handling and an approach to racing which left fans lamenting the fire breathing 250 bhp 990 weapons, it hasn’t taken long for the smaller machines to surpass even the outright speed of their bigger brothers with Dani Pedrosa registering almost 350 [...]
Rookie Pramac Ducati racer Mika Kallio has lashed out at struggling Nicky Hayden on the factory Ducati after clashing with the American during last weekends French MotoGP round at Le Mans. Kallio crashed whilst attempting to overtake Hayden on the 11th lap.
Although the factory Ducati Marlborough Team of Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden will claim most of the limelight, 5 GP9 machines will take the grid on Sunday for the opening round of the 2009 MotoGP Championship under lights at the Losail circuit in the desert of Qatar. ducatinewstoday previews the season for the ducatisti.
