MotoGP News. Cal Crutchlow has admitted that he will not be racing for Ducati next season.
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This is tonights best bet for Ducati owners. It's not far from Ducati Indy and the Drury Ducati basecamp hotel. It's supported by the Indy Desmo Ducati Owners Club.
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Senior Road Tester Michael Neeves has spent what little summer we've had in the UK enjoying his longterm Ducati 848 Streetfighter and here he gives his thoughts on life with the Italian V-twin. Delete the scoop?
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It’s the number one question everybody asks when you get here, “Have you been on the mountain yet?” Today the answer was yes… The day started with a group ride from the hotel, a police escorted scoot across town that would have been the highlight of most peoples day if we weren’t headed to Pikes Peak. We gathered up at the gate and headed for a stop by the reservoir. Oddly, it’s from there, not the summit that you get the first grasp of how large this mountain is. The team is here and they show me where the finish is, pointing at a flat spot on the mountain crest far, far away and high overhead. It doesn’t even look like the same mountain, rather another one nearby. Greg Tracy and Carlin Dunne are planning to lead us to the summit and there’s a bar-b-que lunch after. For the rest click HERE Delete the scoop?
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Motorbikes - Rossi’s tactical retreat - As a world-class cynic who fled his hometown for the duration of the London Olympics, I have to admit that even I enjoyed the Games. Team GB’s performance proved that if you invest the correct amount of time, money and brains, anything is possible. Even in Britain. Hopefully the country will learn something from the past two weeks, so that the Olympics will be remembered as something more than the icing on a rather mouldy cake. Apart from watching Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis and Bradley Wiggins, I most enjoyed seeing Usain Bolt do his thing, which was rather like watching Valentino Rossi at the height of his powers. Bolt is one of those very rare athletes who manages to combine total dedication to his task with an ability to look like he’s treating the whole thing as a bit of a laugh. The way he joked with officials and fans before and after his races reminded me very much of Rossi. For the rest click HERE Delete the scoop?
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We have to feel sorry for our Japanese readers today, as a crime against motorcycling has occurred in the Japanese motorcycle market. The bike of 2012, and arguably one of the more beautiful designs to come out of Bologna (don’t worry 916 fans, we still like the Tamburini classic more), it turns out that the Ducati 1199 Panigale was a touch too loud for the Japanese market, and modifications had to be made before it is released to the island nation next month. Some extra baffle, maybe some tuning to the ECU, and no big deal right? Well…no, not quite. For the rest click HERE Delete the scoop?
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Casey Stoner has criticised Valentino Rossi’s swift return to Yamaha after the Italian legend recently confirmed he will quit Ducati after a disastrous two-year stint... Stoner has criticised Valentino Rossi’s swift return to Yamaha after the Italian legend recently confirmed he will quit Ducati after a disastrous two-year stint with the Bologna factory. The 33-year-old has been a shock failure to perform on board a factory Desmosedici and will return to Yamaha next season to partner bitter Spanish rival Jorge Lorenzo. When Rossi arrived at Ducati in a blaze of publicity at the end of 2010, his move was heralded as the start of a golden era for the Bologna factory. Ducati was desperate for the nine-times world champion to add to his record tally of 79 premier class victories having gone without a world title since Stoner’s domination of the 2007 campaign. For the rest click HERE Delete the scoop?
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Smaller corporations can react quicker than larger ones and niche Italian brand Ducati is in the rider's seat to take advantage of the new Learner-Approved Motorcycle Scheme (Lams) which kicks off on October 1.
Under the Lams regime, learner motorcyclists will be able to ride bikes larger than the present limit of 250cc as long as they are less than 660cc and have a power-to-weight ratio of less than 150kW per tonne.
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Héctor Barberá is set to attempt to ride at Indianapolis this coming weekend despite the Pramac Racing Team announcing last week that Toni Elías was to substitute for the injured rider.
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There's no question that losing Valentino Rossi after two fruitless seasons can be seen as nothing but a PR failure for Ducati. It won't help the team economically, either, as Rossi far and away remains the biggest commercial lure in worldwide motorcycle racing.
But losing Rossi could end up being a positive in the development of the GP13 for the 2013 MotoGP season.
Rossi arrived at Ducati in 2011 as the clear No. 1 despite having two years' less seniority at Borgo Panigale than teammate Nicky Hayden. Ducati technical bosses initially hung on Rossi's every word as he tried to adjust to the polar differences between the traditional frames he rode for the first 11 seasons of his premier-class career at Honda and Yamaha and the carbon-fiber frame used by Ducati since the GP9 was unveiled in 2009.
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Andrew Wheeler | AutoMotoPhoto | Limited Edition Rossi being offered at Indy Riders For Health Auction
Here is a photo (taken outdoors) of the new limited edition VR46/58 that is limited to only 25 prints. A number have sold already. to order click here http://wee.im/nDIn2y
Note: One special size version of this will be auctioned at the RfH auction at Indy next week..
it's a one off version of the tribute helmet that VR46 wore shot at Valencia last November, even though he has a helmet with 58 on it currently, the helmet he wore last year at Valencia I'm pretty sure he never wore again....the giclee I am donating to the RfH auction is a 30x20,
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Carlin Dunne Earns Back-to-Back Victories and Course Records on a Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Pikes Peak, CO (August 12, 2012)
Carlin Dunne dominated the 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, setting the new course record for motorcycles today from pole position for the second year in a row on a Ducati Multistrada 1200 S. This win marks Ducati’s third-straight victory at the historic race to the clouds.
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SPEEDWAY, IN, AUG 16 - Ducati Marlboro's Valentino Rossi was always going to be the center of attention at the pre-race news conference for the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix. But a widely circulated "interview" with world champion Casey Stoner (Repsol Honda) nearly stole the spotlight.
In an interview most widely seen on the website of England's Motorcycle News, Stoner was harsh in his criticism of both Rossi and crew chief Jeremy Burgess, and their inability to make the Ducati a proven race winner. Stoner didn't deny having made the comments, but he quickly pointed out that they weren't made en masse, as presented.
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There is some re-structing going on, apparently...
Liberty Ducati have this morning confirmed they will not be taking part in the upcoming Russian World Superbike round near Moscow, saying the team will be 'projecting its investment' further down the calendar.
In a statement, the squad have said they intend to concentrate on the Nurburgring race in early September and will also begin to overhaul the whole organisation in preparation for the 2013 season.
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All the numbers ahead of the Indianapolis GP from MotoGP statistician Dr Martin Raines...
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Troubled World Superbike team Liberty Racing are rumoured not to be running their three riders at the next race at Moscow Raceway. Italian outlet Omnicourse reports that the three Liberty riders, along with Team Grillini, are missing from the entry list and will not be racing....
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2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Ducati Wallpaper For the past three years, the Ducati Multistrada 1200 has dominated the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Pikes Peak, Colo.
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He could still find himself on a works-spec Desmosedici...
With the imminent announcement that Andrea Dovizioso has snaffled the remaining factory Ducati MotoGP seat from under the nose of Monster Yamaha team-mate Cal Crutchlow, the Britain looks to have a brace of options in the blue riband class.
First off, he can remain in the satellite Tech3 squad and partner fellow Brit and rookie Bradley Smith or the Coventry man may have the option to join a new initiative called the Junior Team, currently being evaluated by Ducati boss Alessandro Cicognani.
It would work along the same lines as Tech3 but have two factory-spec bikes in one team instead of Pramac running one and AB Cardion running another. It would also run under the watchful eye of the factory and carry out testing and development work.
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Valentino Rossi has made the bold decision to put his legacy on the line by going head-to-head with Jorge Lorenzo once again in 2013.
Some may look at Valentino Rossi's decision to leave Ducati after two winless seasons and rejoin Yamaha, where he previously won four MotoGP World Championships, as throwing up the white flag, walking away from an uncompleted challenge, and scampering back to well-proven equipment.
I don't see it quite like that. In fact, from my perspective, staying at Ducati would have been the easy way out for the man regarded by many as the greatest motorcycle racer of all time.
While Rossi's reputation has taken a bit of a denting due to his struggles on the red bike, he's gotten off easy compared to Ducati, which has suffered enormously due to the debacle. The Italian firm has taken the lion's share of the blame for the lack of results thus far produced by the high-profile signing and, short of a stable mate who suddenly started winning races and challenging for the title, that sort of thinking would have persisted had Rossi returned only to continue racing around the just ahead of the CRTs for another season or two.
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Ducati bosses have said Nicky Hayden is worthy of another chance in the Bologna manufacturer’s factory MotoGP squad in 2013.
Hayden signed a new one-year deal during his home round at Laguna Seca in California last month that will keep him on a factory Desmosedici for a fifth successive premier class campaign.
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An announcement on who will replace Valentino Rossi at Ducati appears imminent. As we mentioned last week, Andrea Dovizioso agreed to take the factory Ducati seat vacated by Rossi's departure for Yamaha. His signature, it appears, was subject to certain conditions, though. According to reports in the Italian media, Dovizioso demanded guarantees of support and development from Audi before putting pen to paper.
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There’s a quote that goes ”I like living on the edge. It’s less crowded and the view is better” Nowhere is that more fitting than the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. While riding up to the summit I decide that the difference between this event and the Isle of Man TT is that this race requires a level of commitment that the IOM does not. There is no run off, no room for error and even if you give yourself a wide margin , the mountain might take even that, by adding rain or snow or oil from a blown motor. If it goes wrong, and it did seven times on Sunday, the view changes dramatically. But get it right, you become King (or Queen) of the Mountain and you are literally, on top of the world...
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“They said there could be another [Ducati MotoGP] test although I don't get involved too much in the contracts side of things” – Scott Redding.
Scott Redding insists he won't become distracted by MotoGP speculation and is maintaining his focus on the second half of this year's Moto2 World Championship.
During the summer break, Redding completed a successful two day MotoGP debut with Ducati in Italy and he is hoping for a deal with his Marc VDS team to ride a Desmosedici in MotoGP next year.
“When I'm away racing I just want to focus on this year and so I don't worry about what might happen next year. I'm aware of the gossip that goes on but don't pay much attention to it until something actually happen,” said Redding, who is fifth in the Moto2 standings with three podiums this year heading into this weekend's Indianapolis round.
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Ducati Diavel Recall Ducati has recalled 27 Diavel motorcycles due to side-stand issues; the affected motorcycles were manufactured from May 25, 2012, through June 28, 2012.
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