Ducati and Shell Extend Partnership through 2013
13 Jan 2011, 16:19 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Italian brand is in the spotlight this week, announcing new partnerships, revealing new racing machines and presenting riders. The latest news that has Ducati to center stage is that the company...
Ducati Corse Get Acer Sponsorship for 2011
13 Jan 2011, 09:58 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After Diesel announced its support for the Ducati MotoGP team, it is now Acer’s turn to be announced as an official sponsor of Ducati Corse. The agreement between the two companies sees an ini...
Ducati Desmosedici GP11 Racebike Unveiled
12 Jan 2011, 15:33 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As it has accustomed us, Ducati took the wraps off its much anticipated racebike for the following season at the Wrooom 2011 event in Italy today. The Desmosedici GP11, to be ridden by Valentino Ros...
Vermeulen Tests the Kawasaki ZX-10R Racer at Sepang
12 Jan 2011, 07:57 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / All three Kawasaki riders - Chris Vermeulen, Tom Sykes and Joan Lascorz - have had a first at Sepang these days. If Vermeulen had his first taste of the 2011 Ninja ZX-10R, Sykes and Lascorz have had...
Italian Tricolore for Ducati MotoGP Bikes
12 Jan 2011, 07:41 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / During this year’s Wrooom Press Ski Meeting, held at Madonna di Campiglio in Italy, Ducati has not only presented its official MotoGP team for the 2011 season, but has also revealed that the I...
Rossi Joins Hayden, Makes Public Debut as Ducati Rider at Wrooom
11 Jan 2011, 19:57 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The 2011 Ducati rider line-up made an impressive appearance at Ducati’s Wrooom Press Ski Meeting, held at Madonna di Campiglio in Italy today. Specifically, Valentino Rossi made his official d...
Ducati Partners with Diesel for 2011 MotoGP
11 Jan 2011, 19:06 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Although recent rumors indicated that Fiat could become title sponsor of the Italians, due to Valentino Rossi’s recent arrival to the squad, it appears that Ducati have found another partner f...
Melandri Is Training Again
5 Jan 2011, 15:18 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Yamaha Factory World Superbike Team’s new rider for the 2011 season, Marco Melandri, has already returned to training following the surgery he underwent to his shoulder in December. Melandri i...
Talmacsi to Test Pedercini Kawasaki at Sepang
5 Jan 2011, 14:46 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Gabor Talmacsi's chances of retaining his ride in the FIM's Moto2 championship have suffered a huge blow when the Hungarian rider found out that his projected team for the 2011 season, Jac...
Fiat and Yamaha Part Ways
4 Jan 2011, 08:59 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After winning all three MotoGP titles in 2010, and had retained the returning champion Jorge Lorenzo for the 2011 season, the Fiat Yamaha team came to an end. This means that Fiat is no longer Yamah...
Ducati Bike Will Not Be a Copy of Yamaha's
3 Jan 2011, 18:56 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Following Valentino Rossi and his chief engineer Jerry Burgess' move to Ducati, many feared the Italians will borrow some of Yamaha’s bike development updates. However, in a recent inter...
MotoGP Continues Partnership with Tissot
30 Dec 2010, 08:52 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Earlier this month, the Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) officially confirmed that it signed a multi-year deal with Swiss watch manufacturer TAG Heuer to become the Official Chronogra...
Biaggi Sees Lorenzo Vs. Stoner Battle for 2011 Title
28 Dec 2010, 15:54 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Nobody seems to take Valentino Rossi seriously for the 2011 MotoGP campaign these days, as the Italian's move to Ducati led many to believe that he won't be a contender for the next year&#...
Biaggi Is the Man to Beat in 2011 - Checa
28 Dec 2010, 14:14 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Once a new season kicks off in the World Superbike next season, it's only natural for everyone to fear the reigning world champion. And it's indeed Max Biaggi everyone is pointing fingers ...
Lorenzo Sees Stoner Main Rival in the MotoGP
28 Dec 2010, 07:43 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Now that he doesn't have Valentino Rossi breathing down his neck in the Yamaha garage anymore, reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo can look towards next season with a little less pressure on...
PTR Romania Signs Robert Muresan for 2011 WSS
27 Dec 2010, 14:31 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Although Romania is yet to become a feeder country for world motorcycle racing series out there, Performance Technical Racing has taken up the challenge to set their base in the country, hoping to a...
Ratthapark Wilairot Leaves Hospital, Begins Recovery
27 Dec 2010, 13:58 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After a bunch of tragic news coming from the Wilairot family recently, finally a positive piece of information surfaces regarding Moto2 rider Ratthapark. According to a report from crash.net, it see...
Melandri Fears to Miss Out on Superbike Debut
23 Dec 2010, 11:59 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Marco Melandri fans will be kept guessing for the upcoming couple of months, as it appears the Italian's debut in the World Superbike Championship is now in doubt. Apparently, the problems with...
Jorge Lorenzo Documentary Premieres
22 Dec 2010, 16:20 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The Spanish capital was the scene for the special premiere of the ‘Jorge’ documentary last week, an 80-minute film that documents Jorje Lorenzo’s ride from promising young talent t...
Ducati Boss Concerned About Rossi's Recovery
22 Dec 2010, 15:43 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Currently in his rehabilitation process following an intervention he had to his shoulder last month, Valentino Rossi seems to be making Ducati's sporting boss Filippo Preziosi think that he mi...