MotoGP rival Casey Stoner has spoken out on the decision facing Yamaha – whether or not to let Valentino Rossi test the Ducati Desmosedici following the final round of the championship in Valencia later this year. With the limited testing allowed now, it will be critical to how fast Rossi can get the Ducati developed [...]
If it wasn’t exciting enough that Valentino Rossi will be racing in red next year on board the Ducati Desmosedici GP11, there is something even more tantalizing. World Superbikes. There are few fans who wouldn’t like to see Rossi on board a Superbike finally pitting the best MotoGP roadracer against the cut and thrust of [...]
Ducati’s Filippo Preziosi is determined to get Valentino Rossi on a Ducati as soon as possible which means the Valencia test which takes place immediately after the final MotoGP of 2010. The problem is that Rossi will remain a contracted Yamaha rider until the end of the year. Somewhat playfully Preziosi has said he’s prepared [...]
At Indianapolis this weekend there were further signs that Jeremy Burgess and the entire Rossi crew will join Valentino at Ducati next year. Yamaha has pressured the crew chief for an answer and so the announcement is likely to come at next weekend’s San Marino MotoGP at Misano.
Valentino Rossi has debunked claims that he is moving to Ducati next year simply for the money. Speaking on his motivations for the move he noted the challenge of starting a new chapter in his career and the retirement of Yamaha MotoGP head Masao Furusawa as major factors.
Former 500cc Grand Prix Champion, Wayne Gardner, hasn’t pulled any punches in espousing his view of the current MotoGP racers in a post on his personal blog entitled ‘Half time report’. He saves perhaps his harshest words for fan favorite, 2006 World Champ and Marlboro Ducati rider Nicky Hayden.
2012 will see the MotoGP series revert back to 1,000cc race machines after a disappointing 800cc era which has seen less exciting racing and less exhilarating riding on the one line, wheels in line and electronically locked down technological marvels. However Ducati may be planning to innovate with a smaller engine than the maximum allowed [...]
With the big news finally out that Rossi is Red, talk will now turn to how competitive Valentino Rossi will be on the Ducati Desmosedici, a bike that only Casey Stoner has tamed in the 800cc era. A comparison to the situation with the Honda to Yamaha switch in 2004 indicates there is little to [...]
1987 500cc GP World Champion, Wayne Gardner, has weighed in on the debate as to whether star crew chief and fellow Aussie, Jeremy Burgess, will in fact end up at Ducati with Valentino Rossi.
Valentino Rossi is confident that he will kiss his Yamaha M1 goodbye for the last time at the final round of the MotoGP 2010 Championship at Valencia and be able to jump straight on the Ducati for the official test the next day. Ducati have submitted the request to Yamaha but Rossi will remain under [...]
