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Ductalk: What's Up In The World Of Ducati
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Davide Giugliano credits two small errors for preventing him from sealing pole position in Jerez, but remains pleased with second..
Davide Giugliano was very pleased to qualify on the front row in second position the latest round of the World Superbike Championship in Jerez
With just minutes left on the clock Giugliano was set for his second pole position of the season after breaking the lap record with a 1minm 40.533secs lap, but a late flying effort from Loris Baz demoted him to second.
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If you get a chance to see Superpole and this lap when BeIn plays it again tonight it's a thrilling watch...
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Andrea Dovizioso turns in the third fastest time in FP2 aboard a soft-shod Ducati, but admits the rest of the weekend could prove tougher..
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According to GPOne.com, Cal Crutchlow still has damage in the knuckle of his ring finger which causes pain under strong braking and it’s doubtful that he will race in Jerez .
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UPDate: From Ducati
Cal Crutchlow (Ducati Team #35)
"My hand is getting better every day, but I still have some pain and it's definitely going to be difficult to ride this weekend. I'll try and see how it is from Friday and do the best job I can. Jerez is surely one of the toughest circuits to come back and ride at after my crash. It's a really great track, and the crowd are great as well, but really I'm just excited about joining up with the team again and getting back on the bike."
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A strong contingent of five top Superbike teams lined up in fair weather conditions on the first day of a planned three-day test at Jerez. Marco Melandri set the early test pace, but at the end the Ducati duo of Davide Giugliano and Chaz Davies led them home, each setting impressive times on race tyres. Giugliano was well under the lap record, with his 1’41.056 best lap fully 0.4 seconds better than even his team-mate Davies.
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Ducati is to take advantage of the looser Open MotoGP testing regulations for the first time by sending factory riders Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso to Jerez this week..
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Ducati has confirmed that the new Open class version of its Desmosedici MotoGP machine will debut later this month. Pramac, Ducati's satellite team, is retaining Andrea Iannone and Yonny Hernandez for the 2014 season, but swapping Hernandez to the revised privateer class.
A Ducati spokesman told Crash.net that the Open Desmosedici has not yet been on track, with Hernandez due to complete the first laps during a private test at Jerez from November 27-29.
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Test rider Michele Pirro will join Nicky Hayden and Andrea Dovizioso at Jerez in the first of three wild card outings this season.
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Ben Spies will not contest next week’s Gran Premio bwin de España at the Circuito de Jerez, it has been confirmed by his Ignite Pramac Racing team.
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I know, that's a dumb headline right? Of course it's a business, all sports are business. But MotoGP with it's colorful machines and traveling circus aspect has moments when it's possible to just enjoy the sporting aspect of the game itself. This video, which is a recap of the final Jerez official test is a remarkably candid peek behind the curtain of getting ready for business as it will be offered in 2013. Teams have been restructured and with that new personalities and demeanors must be determined. In some cases even re-invented. Clown, crown prince, steely champion, these are all hats on a virtual shelf that must be selected and put on and this season more than most there are many new hats available.
For me there is much to see in this small piece of beautiful video but it all pales to about three seconds of footage at 1:49 seconds. At that moment, the future of the sport in 2013, becomes to me, crystal clear.
Can't wait to get racing and watch it all unfold.
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Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso admits he didn't expect to be as close to the benchmark pace at Jerez as pre-season testing concluded on Monday
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MotoGP rookie Andrea Iannone brought his pre-season preparations to a promising end with sixth place, and top Ducati, in testing at Jerez on Monday.
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Ben managed to keep a constant pace aiming to collect useful data for the Championship.
Late in the afternoon a brief rain shower came down and all the MotoGP riders came back into the pits.
More from Ben on today HERE
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MotoGP News. Ducati duo Nicky Hayden and Andrea Dovizioso take it relatively easy on the first day of pre-season testing at Jerez.
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Andrea Iannone was all smiles after Wednesday’s test session in Malaysia, finishing 11th for Energy T.I. Pramac Racing Team and moving ever-closer to the Ducati Team bikes of Nicky Hayden and Andrea Dovizioso.
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"I made two laps behind Dani [Pedrosa] and it is always interesting to follow a faster rider to get the right feedback. The main problem is the turning" - Andrea Dovizioso.
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Ducati carried out a three-day private test at Jerez from Friday to Sunday with Pramac's Andrea Iannone and factory test rider Michele Pirro.
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WSBK News. Rainy weather hampers the first two days of World Superbike testing for Alstare Ducati at Jerez, with just one day remaining before it heads out to Australia for the opening round.
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The SBK Ducati Alstare team, which will participate in this year’s World Superbike Championship with riders Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini, readies itself to get started on the 2013 work programme that begins with a three-day test session this weekend at Jerez de la Frontera in Spain.
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Niccolò Canepa and Eddi la Marra, test Superstock 1000 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale at Jerez winter test
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Friday brought rain and an early end to the three day test but even that could not hide the progress potential that seems possible for Ducati in both Motogp and SBK trim.
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Ducati insists there were still positives to gleam from its final test of 2012 despite the return of bad weather and a 'freak' injury for Andrea Dovizioso.
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Nicky Hayden lowered his lap time by almost one-second during day two of testing at Jerez, putting the Ducati rider under the best WSBK time from Wednesday in the process.
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Over in the Ducati Alstare garage, development work continued on the new Ducati 1199 Panigale machine, and Carlos Checa managed to reduce the gap separating him from the top on day 1
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Andrea Dovizioso was able to complete just two laps on the first day of Ducati's private test at Valencia on Wednesday due to the recurrence of a neck injury.
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