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Carlos Checa: "I was under pressure"

8 April, 2020
Carlos Checa usually doesn’t make mistakes, especially since he’s been riding a Ducati for Althea Racing, but when he does - as it happened in race 1 at Phillip Island - it was a real doozy. An unexpected and spectacular…

Marco Simoncelli on the Aprilia RSV4 at Mugello

8 April, 2020
Marco Simoncelli on his first day of testing at the Mugello with the Aprilia RSV4 lapped at 1′54,21, an excellent time considering that this is second outing on the superbike and that Xerox Ducati’s Michel Fabrizio who was present at…

Audi now officially confirmed as new owner of Ducati

8 April, 2020
As expected, Audi is now officially the new owner of the Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A (pending approval from the European Union’s Competition Commission) and you can read, rather wade through statements from Audi and Investindustrial after the jump.The purchasing price…

Casey Stoner Official Statement

8 April, 2020
After Livio Suppo confirmed that his rider Casey Stoner will not be contesting the next three MotoGP races due to continuing health problems, Casey Stoner has released the following statement to the official MotoGP website:“After five extremely difficult races due…

Hector Barbera arrested for DUI

8 April, 2020
Pramac Ducati’s new rider Hector Barbera was reportedly arrested early Saturday morning for driving under the influence of alcohol. Barbera, according to the Spanish press was stopped by the Valencia police while driving a friend’s Opel Astra at high speed…

Ducati Multistrada 1200 best motorcycle at EICMA

8 April, 2020
The Ducati Multistrada 1200 has been judged by the public as the best motorcycle of the show at the 2009 EICMA. Every year the Motociclismo magazine conducts a survey, and while you can see the heavy Italian market bias, it’s…

SBK Portugal: preview Xerox and RG Team

8 April, 2020
All World Superbike teams are traveling to Portugal for this weekend’s last SBK round at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve. We will watch this race with mixed feelings as Troy Bayliss, the winning rider of the British Superbike title in…

Ducati Monster: World Record in Belgium

8 April, 2020
The MOB, or the Belgian Monster Owners Club attempted a new World Record and is proud to be published in the Guinness Book as “Largest Parade of Motorcycles of the Same Brand and Type Record”. It all happened last Sunday,…

WSBK Imola Test: Cal Crutchlow fastest on Day 2

8 April, 2020
Cal Crutchlow finished on top in the second of the two day World Superbike test session at Imola, posting a best lap of 1.47.478 in the afternoon session, that also shattered last year’s race record on the Italian circuit. Michel…

Hector Barbera undergoes food intolerance testing

8 April, 2020
Nutrition and diet plays a big part of how a rider performs today. MotoGP riders have to be light (both James Toseland and Ben Spies decided to lose 5kg when they entered the MotoGP class) that helps save something on…

Live at EICMA: Ducati Diavel and the Ducati stand

8 April, 2020
I can’t decide if the Ducati Diavel looks as chunky in the flesh as in its studio pics or less so, but here are live pics from EICMA from the Ducati stand. We’ll have to wait until the best bike…

Eicma 2008 preview: Ducati Streetfighter and Streetfighter S

7 April, 2020
Hell for leather has revealed the two new “pearls” that Ducati will present at the Eicma show for 2008, open to the public from Thursday.The 2009 Streetfighter and Streetfighter S are both equipped with a twin cylinder desmodromico V90 at…

WSBK: Liberty Racing Team officially launched

7 April, 2020
Last Thursday at the Hard Rock Cafè in Prague, Liberty Racing, the new Czech based team that will contest next season in the World Superbike Championship, gave it’s official launch party. Fielding Jakub Smrz and Sylvain Guintoli and run by…

2010 World Ducati Week

7 April, 2020
World Ducati Week is taking place in September 2010, which is a long time to wait if you’re a dyed-in-the-wool Ducati fan, but the week is set to be huge event for the company. World Ducati Week is being held…

Troy Bayliss is another Ducati teaser (w/video)

7 April, 2020
Three-time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss is highly involved in the development of Ducati’s new Superbike, with names like Xtreme, 1199, SuperQuadro or Panigale which are just some of the names that are being bandied about.Bayliss is the star of…

Rossi and Hayden with that devil of a Ducati cruiser

7 April, 2020
Wrooom isn’t only presenting the Ferrari and Ducati 2011 racing teams, it’s also a promotional vehicle for the manufacturers latest products. So here’s Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden posing with the still controversial Diavel, Ducati’s newest addition to their line-up.…

Ducati Streetfighter 848 2012: Live Test

7 April, 2020
At the Modena circuit, we’ve carried out a test on the new 2012 Ducati Streetfighter 848. According to Ducati - which is really confident in this model - the new Streetfighter 848 is synonymous with sheer fun, thanks to the…

Michael Jordan on a Ducati D16

7 April, 2020
An old video with Michael Jordan doing some laps on a Ducati Motogp bike escorted by several Motogp stars and check out Jordan’s face when he gets out of the BMW driven by Valentino Rossi.When asked later which was scarier,…

Ducati Diavel Carbon by Vilner pics and info

7 April, 2020
Vilner is the name of a Bulgarian tuner that is actually particularly popular in the car-tuning world because of the always excellent customization of the interiors, but in recent times the prestigious Sofia-based atelier has begun to focus its attention…

MotoGP Donington Qualifying – Valentino Rossi takes Pole

7 April, 2020
Valentino Rossi took his fourth pole postion in today’s last ever MotoGP qualifying session at Donington Park setting a best lap of 1.28.116 set in the final three minutes and couldn’t be bettered by Dani Pedrosa who took second, just…

MotoGP Misano Photos

7 April, 2020
Check out our gallery of pics from the Misano GP that was won by ‘The Donkey’ Valentino Rossi. The Italian rider now has 30 point advantage in the championship with four rounds to go. MotoGP Misano 2009
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