Suter to build the Desmosedici MotoGP chassis?

Rumours of a major upheaval at Ducati have been omnipresent since the Italian manufacturer was purchased by Audi in the summer.

But today (Saturday) several Italian media outlets have reported that the team's technical chief, Filippo Preziosi, will be ousted after next week's Valencia test and that a major shift in philosophy will take place in Bologna.

Preziosi, they say, will be removed from his position as head of Ducati's MotoGP design team, but perhaps far more significant is that the factory's ideology could also change.

Since purchasing Ducati, Audi have taken stock of the team's problems in 2012 and identified key areas with which they will make wholesale changes. The most significant of these could see Suter build the chassis while Ducati concentrate on developing the engine.

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