Ducati vs. Ducati vs. BMW vs. Ducati – a 1979 Comparison. Posted 6/15/2015 During my short AMA Superbike career I raced Dale Newton’s Ducatis in 1977 and 1978 with some success. In 1979 Dale could ...
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Ducati vs. Ducati vs. BMW vs. Ducati – a 1979 Comparison. Posted 6/15/2015 During my short AMA Superbike career I raced Dale Newton’s Ducatis in 1977 and 1978 with some success. In 1979 Dale could ...
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Honda, Yamaha, Ducati and Aprilia complete latest Michelin tyre test at Mugello ahead of French manufacturer's introduction as sole MotoGP tyre supplier from 2016.
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Ducati rider Andrea Iannone says his dislocated left shoulder is still causing him pain after Friday practice for this weekend’s MotoGP race at Le Mans.
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Factory Ducati MotoGP star Andrea Iannone is undergoing checks on his shoulder after a fall during testing at Mugello..
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Lots of extra good shots this time. Hey, it's Imola, right?
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Prospects of close racing on Sunday after Ducati and Kawasaki head the opening session.
After the opening 45 minute FP1 that kick started the Acerbis Italian Round of the eni FIM Superbike World Championship it’s the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SBK Team duo of Chaz Davies and the returning Davide Giugliano that are sitting pretty at the top of the standings ahead of the Kawasaki Racing Team pairing of Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea.
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Kitchen combat as round 5 begins for a selection of leading riders.
Round 5 of the 2015 eni FIM Superbike World championship, the Acerbis Italian round, got under way with a culinary challenge that saw current championship leader Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team), Jordi Torres (Aprilia Racing Team – Red Devils), Sylvain Guintoli (PATA Honda World Superbike Team), Leon Camier (MV Agusta – Reparto Corse), Davide Giugliano (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati SBK Team) and Michel Fabrizio, substitute rider for Althea Racing Team Ducati’s Nico Terol go head to head preparing traditional hand-made pasta, led by popular host Chef Valentino Marcattilii and his crew. The venue, the restaurant of the “San Domenico” Museum in downtown Imola is internationally renowned, serving world class food since 1970. Following a short demonstration on how the pasta dish should be prepared by Marcattilii, the riders were judged on their efforts by a jury comprising many well-known paddock personalities.
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Good photo gallery on the link. Looks like these guys can actually cook. Nice!
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Dovizioso to start from row 3 with eighth quickest time.
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Michel Fabrizio will substitute for the injured Nicol Terol during round five of 2015 World Superbike at Imola May 8-10.
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A quick guide to get the most out of your first flat track race.
All about why this might be the most honest form of motorsport there is. These guys are gladiators.
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Troy Bayliss to Compete on a Ducati in All One-Mile AMA ProRacing Flat Track Events
It’s official, Troy Bayliss is coming to America to chase his dream of winning a flat track mile. In a factory supported five race deal with the legendary Lloyd Brothers Motorsports team, and financial backing provided by noted Ducati collector James E. Dillard III, Bayliss will compete alongside teammate Johnny Lewis.
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Join me, Ducati.net and Ductalk as we participate in this project (and cheer Troy on)!
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MotoGP News. "The reality is we didn’t finish the fuel... We had a different problem.".
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After losing the first race by the finest of margins, Chaz Davies romps to his first World Superbike win for Ducati ahead of Jonathan Rea and Leon Haslam while Tom Sykes spectacularly crashes out.
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Sunshine, VIP access and Paul Smart as a guide, Special Report By Greg Pullen
Thanks Greg!
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Valentino Rossi says a miserly fuel penalty for next weeks MotoGP race in Texas will have little impact on the ability of Ducati to challenge for podiums with their fast new GP15 bike.
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"Despite Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso riding quite aggressively at the end of the race as they fought for victory, Valentino was able to set his third-quickest lap on the final lap, while the last lap was Andrea’s quickest of the race."
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Another big winner from the weekend besides Rossi and the Ducati Team? Bridgestone.
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Andrea Dovizioso underlined Ducati's MotoGP resurgence by claiming pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix season opener ahead of Honda's Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez
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The winter months are long and empty for MotoGP fans but the pre-season testing is over and the first race in Qatar is upon us. From this weekend until November 8, fans will pack into 18 circuits a...
Not Ducati specific but pretty interesting if you attend races in person where you find yourself info starved and unable to post anything to the web.
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Ducati's 2015 MotoGP bike is "stronger and more competitive" than the machines with which Casey Stoner won 23 grands prix and a championship between 2007 and '10, reckons Andrea Dovizioso
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Troy Bayliss rolls back the years during Friday practice at the Chang International Circuit by repeating the same tweaks from seven years ago. Read more at Crash.net!
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The reigning MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez commented on the blistering pace of the Ducati GP15 in Qatar. The big talking point from the first two days of the final preseason test at the Losail International Circuit has been the exhilarating performance of the new Ducati GP15, which has topped the timesheet’s on both days. The Italian...
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Andrea Dovizioso fended off Marc Marquez to keep Ducati on top for a second day of MotoGP testing in Qatar. In a repeat of Saturday's session, Ducati teammates Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone and Honda man Marquez swapped the top spot between themselves through the evening, as again most riders waited...
So great seeing (my preferred version of) the correct order of the grid coming back...
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Andrea Iannone led a Ducati one-two on the first day of the final 2015 pre-season MotoGP test in Qatar
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Some pretty interesting historical Ducati content here. If you haven't read Paul's book, "Racing With The Gods" it's really worth a read...