MotoGP World Champion, Valentino Rossi, has acknowledged the overtaking prowess of his teammate, Jorge Lorenzo, in recent comments to MotoSprint. Rossi likes to dice and so he likes racing Lorenzo. When asked about Ducati title hope, Casey Stoner, Rossi say he must not underestimate his raw speed.
Not that the Rossi to Ducati fire needed any more fuel but comments Valentino Rossi made to the BBC immediately prior to the final race of the 2009 MotoGP season about his future and his relationship with Yamaha and his fast team-mate have re-ignited the debate about the champions future plans.
Stoner Takes the Win for the Hat Trick Casey Stoner took the win for the 3rd time in succession at Australia’s, Phillip Island circuit during the 15th round of the MotoGP Championship. Stoner led almost flag to flag after overtaking fast starter Dani Pedrosa on the first lap. Valentino Rossi took 2nd after championship rival [...]
Championship series leader Valentino Rossi set the early pace in the first practice session of the Australian MotoGP round at Phillip Island. Marlboro Ducati’s Casey Stoner narrowly failed to overhaul the Italian finishing the session just 1/10th slower on the very last lap.
Stoner is Back, Fast and Lasts Casey Stoner blasted back into the MotoGP series after missing 3 rounds to a mystery illness in fine form qualifying on the front row and taking 2nd place in the race. Stoner looked fast all weekend and quickly settled into 2nd behind winner Jorge Lorenzo. Dani Pedrosa took 3rd [...]
Rossi Puts his Team-mate in his Place Valentino Rossi reasserted himself at the top of the leader board by convincingly beating his younger team-mate, Jorge Lorenzo, by 2.4 seconds during the San Marino MotoGP at Misano after besting him in every practice and qualifying session. Lorenzo finished second to trail Rossi by 30 points in [...]
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 intense speculations that Jorge Lorenzo was poised to announce a switch to Ducati for 2010, Yamaha today announced that the Spaniard has signed a 1 year contract extension for 2010 that will see him remain Valentino Rossi’s team-mate.
Jorge Lorenzo’s manager has said that the Spanish MotoGP star is close to a decision about staying at Yamaha or moving to Ducati with the announcement expected at the Indy MotoGP next weekend.
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 [...]
