Ductalk

In today's pictures, a rider falls during a race in Italy, men compete in finger-wrestling championships in Germany, Chinese people protest over disputed islands, and more.

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On an event-filled day at the GP di San Marino e Riviera di Rimini, Valentino Rossi had his best race so far aboard the Desmosedici. In sunny and warm conditions, the Italian made it to the second step of the podium, having ridden at a pace that was second only to that of the winner, Jorge Lorenzo. The first start was cancelled, but Rossi enjoyed a great getaway when the red lights went out for the second time, and he exited the first turn in second place. From there, he held off attacks from first Stefan Bradl and then Alvaro Bautista before taking the chequered flag.

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A joke from Motocorse.com......

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"There's an old joke where I come from, about a boxer that's getting beat up pretty bad. At the end of the round he is up against the ropes and not even sure about what's going on. So he asks his trainer: 'How am I doing?' The trainer responds: 'If you knock him out, you will be tied.' Our latest helmet design was inspired by this joke."

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Next weekend, Valentino Rossi returns to venture into the world of four wheels. As he had done earlier in the season, the nine-time world champion in the world of two wheels will participate in a round of the Blancpain Endurance Series . And just like in Monza , even at Nurburgring the Pesaro native will be at the wheel of a Ferrari 458 GT3 managed by Kessel Racing , sharing the cockpit with the great friend Alessio "Uccio" Salucci . During the first appearance in the series, the two managed to qualify in the top ten, having to then settle for 18th place finish, the "Doctor" but you was the protagonist of a great comeback to overcome an accident triggered by the colleague. Moreover, after this first experience Valentino had already said quite clearly that he would not let slip any opportunity to return to the wheel of the 458 and then immediately accepted this new call.

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Valentino Rossi photostream taken at MotoGP of San Marino at Misano World Circuit on September 13th and 14, 2012 in Misano Adriatico, Italy.

The 2006 world champion is still suffering with his broken hand...

Ducati's Nicky Hayden will make a decision whether to race in tomorrow's Misano MotoGP round after morning warm-up as he discovered during qualifying today he doesn't have much strength in his broken hand.

The 2006 World Champion is still suffering the effects of the Indianapolis highside which broke some metacarpals and knocked him spark out. During the damp free practice sessions in Italy, Hayden felt OK but in the first dry session this afternoon, he struggled.

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Nicky's advice to Spies: "Just for him to adjust his style to the bike, and not try to make it into a Yamaha."

It's hard to talk about on track activity after a day like today at Misano, where essentially no riding was done because of the poor weather, so much of the attention was focused on seat changes for next season. It was recently confirmed that Ben Spies will join his compatriot Nicky Hayden at Ducati (albeit on the Pramac team), and both American were asked about their expectations for both the short and long term.
"It will be a big adventure and a nice change - Spies commented - I can't say too much about it, nor do I really want to talk about it; I want to stay focused on the current championship."

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Filippo Preziosi is keeping a tight hand on the helm of the Ducati technical team, which is currently navigating in difficult waters. While the German winds blowing down from Audi have helped to fill his sails, the criticism from Burgess, indiscretions from Furusawa and departure of Rossi have been sending waves over the bow for quite some time.
Continuous Development – Jeremy Burgess has made some critical statements in recent weeks, claiming that Ducati didn't produce enough updates for the bike. Preziosi responded:"We do continuous development work on the bike, and maybe Jeremy didn't realize that. Early in the season we concentrated on the aluminum swingarm, because that is what Rossi asked of us. We made two versions, but they didn't give us any advantage and we returned to the carbon fiber units, where were also lighter."

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Nicky Hayden debuted this special ‘Easy Rider’ design (it was the Kentucky Kid’s idea for the open face) on his Arai helmet for his 2012 two US GP rounds at Laguna Seca and Indianapolis (and saved his head from something worse than just a slight concussion) after his big qualifying crash.

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