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Ducati riders Laguna Seca injury proves worse than originally thought
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Troy Bayliss rolls back the years during Friday practice at the Chang International Circuit by repeating the same tweaks from seven years ago. Read more at Crash.net!
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Game on! #GOTROY
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The name of the three-time WSBK champion Troy Bayliss comes once more to the front page as we might just see him once more in the saddle of the Aruba Ducati 1199 Panigale superbike, substituting for injured rider Davide Giugliano. Bayliss, 45, took part in the kick-off 2015 WSBK round on his home circuit at Phillip Island, 20-22 February, and he qualified 13th on the grid, a very good performance considering his age and the fact he is… well, retired.
Really would love to see Troy on the bike again, wouldn't you?
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Aruba.it Ducati rider finishes 13th and 16th at in WSBK return at Phillip Island but progress stifled by tyre problems in both races.
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Race coverage starts on BEIN at 7pm EST Saturday night (so in 1.5 hours from now)
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Bayliss To Fill In For The Injured Davide GiuglianoIn a stunning turn of events that began with the unfortunate (expected) 90 day recovery period of Davide Giugliano who was injured at the Phillip Island SBK test on Monday, Troy Bayliss has been called on to fill in and start the season on the Aruba.it – Ducati Superbike Team He hasn’t ridden the Panigale since May of 2014 but it’s Phillip Island and it’s Troy so it’s crazy but it makes perfect sense and as a long time Ducati Ambassador the legions of Ducati fans that will be rooting for this is immeasurable. His desire to continue racing is well known so when it looked like there was a chance that the seat was open Troy offered and the team said yes.
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Aruba.it Racing-Ducati Superbike team member Luca Scassa believes they can win from the start of the season at Phillip Island next weekend.
Sure hope he is right. Looking forward to this Monday's test and next weekend's race!
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Today was unveiled the newly named "Aruba.it Racing - Ducati Superbike Team livery of both Chaz Davies and Davide Giugliano
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The unstable weather conditions undoubtedly affected progress at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal.
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Luca Scassa could ride a Ducati in the 2015 World Superbike Championship after being given a two-day test by the manufacturer.. Read more at Crash.net!
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Davide Giugliano goes quickest on a wet fourth day of World Superbike testing in Jerez, ahead of Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea..
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The first private test of the off season started today at Alcaniz’s MotorLand Aragon, involving three teams who are going to play an important role in next year’s edition of the Superbike and Supersport World Championships. The first of two days of track action began a little later than expected, given the wet conditions encountered early morning and the low temperatures at the Spanish track.
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Looking forward to seeing how this shake out in 2015. Thinking SBK will be a bit more level play ground...
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After missing FP2 because of a technical problem Davide Giugliano (Ducati Superbike Team) wasted no time in improving steadily throughout the session, before unleashing the fastest time of the weekend (1:57.876) to head into tomorrow’s World Superbike Superpole in the top spot. Behind the Italian, Jonathan Rea (Pata Honda World Superbike Team) finished second, maintaining his strong opening day at the Losail International circuit with Sylvain Guintoli (Aprilia Racing Team) third overall ahead of his compatriot Loris Baz (Kawasaki Racing Team) who elevated himself to fourth on combined times.
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Difficult conditions for the Ducati Superbike Team in today’s Superbike races at Magny-Cours; seventh for Davide Giugliano in race 1, ninth for Chaz Davies in race 2.
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Davide Giugliano apologizes to his Ducati WSBK team after crashing in both races at Magny-Cours whilst battling for the lead..
A crestfallen Davide Giugliano has apologised to his Ducati WSBK team after two more crashes in an error-strewn season cost another pair of strong results at Magny-Cours.
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Full Superpole qualifying results (2) for the 11th round of the 2014 eni World Superbike Championship (WSBK) at Magny-Cours, France.. Read more at Crash.net!
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Chaz Davies has high hopes that the Ducati 1199 Panigale will be well suited to the rigours of the Magny-Cours circuit..
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ONE of the country’s top motorcycle racers, Herefordshire’s Chad Davies, until recently could not legally ride on UK roads.
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Ducati 3C Racing will wild-card all three of its IDM Superbike Championship 1199 Panigales for Xavi Fores and Max Neukirchner in France..
Newly-crowned German IDM Superbike Champion Ducati 3C Racing has confirmed it will step up to the World Superbike Championship with a trio of bikes for the penultimate round of the 2014 season at Magny-Cours.
The team, which sealed both the manufacturers and riders' titles with Javier Fores, Max Neukirchner and Lorenzo Lanzi last weekend at Hockenheimring, has been tipped to make the full step to WSBK competition in 2014 and will use the French outing as an opportunity to evaluate its future.
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This is going to be fun to watch...
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Crash.net catches up with Ducati WSBK rider Chaz Davies to discuss his season so far, the future and his opinions on the Circuit of Wales.
Q&A Chaz Davies
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This is your first season on the Ducati, how do you view it so far?
Chaz Davies
It's gone about as expected. It's been up and down with podiums here and there. The podium at Imola came a bit out of the blue, I didn't expect to be quite that competitive there, and then in six races I had three DNFs in Portugal, Misano and at Laguna Seca I barely started. We had some DNFs there but I felt that the pace was there with a front row at Portimao and Laguna and then getting on the podium last weekend at Jerez. It's been about what was expected and a little bit up and down but it's a development year and we've gone from strength to strength in a few areas of the bike but as we've improved in some areas we've had to change the way that the bike works in others. We've made it a lot lighter, its lost 5kg compared to last year, and the engine is a lot more powerful so we're playing around and getting closer to the limit of the bike.
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Very intelligent interview, worth a read
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Yesterday’s first SBK race at Jerez saw the Ducati Superbike Team celebrate a return to the podium with Chaz Davies. The British rider crossed the line in third place in race one, fourth in race two. Two DNFs for Davide Giugliano, who crashed unhurt in the first encounter and was forced to an early retirement in race 2 due to a technical problem.
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Chaz Davies believes he can enjoy a strong WSBK race weekend at Jerez with the Ducati, even if he hasn't had the best of luck there previously.
Though he admits it isn't a circuit that has been kind to him in the past, Chaz Davies believes the flowing nature of the Jerez circuit will play to the strengths of his Ducati 1199 Panigale.
Returning to action after a lengthy summer break, Davies is hoping to get the final portion of his 2014 WSBK season off to a good start after a promising race weekend in Laguna Seca was scuppered by a race one crash that ruled him out of the second encounter too.
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