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 [...]
We were doubly impressed when Casey Stoner won at his home MotoGP on the Ducati Desmosedici GP9 last year at Phillip Island, Australia. Not only was the victory an emphatic one after his absence from competition due to what later was realized to be lactose intolerance, he did it in style with a special white [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Honda bound Marlboro Ducati rider Casey Stoner who has been cementing his reputation as a whiner with his difficult season so far this year has jabbed at Valentino Rossi in the media after their close battle for the podium at last weekend’s German MotoGP. Stoner says injuries are common place in racing and Rossi’s return [...]
Marlboro Ducati rider Nicky Hayden managed to get himself in a minor MotoGP scandal when Gazzetta dello Sport claimed he said “it was a bit shameful” for Casey Stoner to leave Ducati after it had done so much for his career.
The German MotoGP at Sachensring was won in a stunning performance by Dani Pedrosa ahead of Jorge Lorenzo who hasn’t finished lower than 2nd all season. But the attention of fans worldwide was on the return of Valentino Rossi to MotoGP just 6 weeks after fracturing his right leg.
As has been the subject of rumor for some time, Ducati today announced that 2007 MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner will leave Ducati at the end of the season. In a separate release Honda announces that he will be on a factory Honda in 2011, part of what HRC hopes will be a 3 rider [...]
As a counterpoint to the Rossi to Ducati rumors, have been consistent and insistent rumors about Marlboro Ducati rider and 2007 MotoGP champion, Casey Stoner, following his former team manager Livio Suppo to Honda. The rumors began at Jerez with HRC reportedly speaking with Casey’s father Colin, but the latest says Stoner has signed, for [...]
There is no denying that the start of the 2010 MotoGP Championship has had its ups and downs. It started in Losail with Casey Stoner crashing out of the lead, Lorenzo winning 2 races on the trot for the first time and Valentino Rossi crashing in Mugello and ruling himself out of contention for this [...]
