News: Ducati Marlboro Team General Director of Ducati Domenicali Mugello race
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Guareschi and Domenicali Are Both Expecting Improvements in Ducati
Ducati Marlboro team got a fourth place again; the fourth successive time they’ve done this year. At Mugello it was Casey Stoner who got that position due to he tried a changed front suspension on his Desmosedici GP10, while his partner Nicky Hayden crashed out on lap five with a front-end problem.
The team might have been hoping more from their home race and it has been a hard start to the campaign for Stoner, who experienced two non-finishes himself before that race. Nevertheless, the management duo of Vittoriano Guareschi as well as Claudio Domenicali are both pretty confident and expecting an improvement. more »
Sete Gibernau Positive end to latest Ducati test at Mugello
Another 3-day test session at Mugello has concluded in a positive fashion for Sete Gibernau, with his clocking around 800km on track.
Sete Gibernau, Former Ducati World Championship rider has spent another 3 days successfully testing with the Italian brand in hot sunshine, at their main testing venue of Mugello, in the stunning Tuscan countryside.
Gibernau spent time on both the Desmosedici GP8 and GP9 bikes as he continued to familiarise himself with 800cc riding, following a break of more than a year and a half away from MotoGP machinery.
He undertook numerous 4 and 5 lap runs, demonstrating a high level of physical fitness, in view of the difficult climatic conditions, with air temperatures of over 30°C and track temperatures exceeding 50°C. Despite this, the Spanish rider kept up an excellent pace, lapping consistently in the low 1´51 region.
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Canepa analysed Indy testing`s first day
After topping the timesheet on the first day of the historic MotoGP Indianapolis test on Tuesday, Niccolo Canepa, Ducati´s rider, analysed his day´s work at the famous American venue.
Having set the fastest time on the first ever day of testing at the new Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) MotoGP track on Tuesday, with a best effort of 1´44.176 on the 81st of 83 laps undertaken, Italian test rider Niccolo Canepa provided his perspective on the proceedings.
Canepa explain :
We did a lot of laps this morning, but in the evening the grip was better, and we found a good set-up and good tyres to do a good lap time. I´m also happy because I was faster today than Ben Spies, the American. Tomorrow we have a lot of work to do, although I think that the lap times will be better.
I don´t know what I did better than the other guys, but I have learned the secret better! I´m younger, so I think I´m ready to be more crazy than the others.
News Riders & Teams: Casey Stoner Catalunya Ducati Marlboro Team
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Casey Stoner sets a new pole record at Catalunya
World Champion Casey Stoner sets a new pole record at Catalunya, for his 1st top spot since the 2007 visit to Misano.
With his first pole position since the Misano race 2007, Casey Stoner broke his top spot drought in qualifying for the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya. He did so with a new record time of 1´41.186, preventing a home pole for Repsol Honda´s Dani Pedrosa.
Last year´s racewinner, Stoner had a spectacular last lap of the Barcelona circuit where he cut his teeth in the Spanish championship, putting behind him any grip problems experienced early on Friday. He had been fastest in the previous two practice sessions.
For Dani Pedrosa, another front row won’t come as too much of a disappointment, with his other immediate title contenders either down the order or out of action. The big worry for him will be a breakaway from the man immediately to his left on the grid, and whether the standard Honda RC212V engine still being used by the factory team has the power to stick with the Ducati Desmosedici GP8 over the long home straight. A bike problem early on left him without time to test his race tyres, and using his 2nd machine.
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