Honda, Yamaha, Ducati and Aprilia complete latest Michelin tyre test at Mugello ahead of French manufacturer's introduction as sole MotoGP tyre supplier from 2016.
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Honda, Yamaha, Ducati and Aprilia complete latest Michelin tyre test at Mugello ahead of French manufacturer's introduction as sole MotoGP tyre supplier from 2016.
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Ducati rider Andrea Iannone says his dislocated left shoulder is still causing him pain after Friday practice for this weekend’s MotoGP race at Le Mans.
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Dovizioso to start from row 3 with eighth quickest time.
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MotoGP News. "The reality is we didn’t finish the fuel... We had a different problem.".
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Honda and Casey Stoner discussed the two-time MotoGP champion replacing the injured Dani Pedrosa, but the downside of a short-term comeback outweighed the positives
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Valentino Rossi says a miserly fuel penalty for next weeks MotoGP race in Texas will have little impact on the ability of Ducati to challenge for podiums with their fast new GP15 bike.
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"Despite Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso riding quite aggressively at the end of the race as they fought for victory, Valentino was able to set his third-quickest lap on the final lap, while the last lap was Andrea’s quickest of the race."
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Another big winner from the weekend besides Rossi and the Ducati Team? Bridgestone.
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Andrea Dovizioso underlined Ducati's MotoGP resurgence by claiming pole position for the Qatar Grand Prix season opener ahead of Honda's Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez
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Ducati's 2015 MotoGP bike is "stronger and more competitive" than the machines with which Casey Stoner won 23 grands prix and a championship between 2007 and '10, reckons Andrea Dovizioso
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The reigning MotoGP World Champion Marc Marquez commented on the blistering pace of the Ducati GP15 in Qatar. The big talking point from the first two days of the final preseason test at the Losail International Circuit has been the exhilarating performance of the new Ducati GP15, which has topped the timesheet’s on both days. The Italian...
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Andrea Dovizioso fended off Marc Marquez to keep Ducati on top for a second day of MotoGP testing in Qatar. In a repeat of Saturday's session, Ducati teammates Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone and Honda man Marquez swapped the top spot between themselves through the evening, as again most riders waited...
So great seeing (my preferred version of) the correct order of the grid coming back...
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Andrea Iannone led a Ducati one-two on the first day of the final 2015 pre-season MotoGP test in Qatar
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“I think this rule is very unfair. Because now the [Ducati] is very fast” – Valentino Rossi
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It's all smiles and press releases until the other racers start complaining...
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2015 Ducati Team and new Desmosedici GP15 presented today at Ducati Auditorium in Bologna
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Danilo Petrucci has always been one of the most underrated riders in MotoGP. The Italian came into the class from Superstock, where he finished runner up in the Superstock 1000 class. He joined the IODA Racing team, where he started off on the team's own Aprilia-based machine, before switching to the Suter BMW. Last year, he rode the Aprilia ART machine for the team, before finally getting a shot at a proper MotoGP machine this year with Pramac.
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The riders may not be saying much, but the tires sure are. Read Kevin Cameron's Sepang test analysis and view the photos and results at CycleWorld.com.
Great analysis as always. This article might settle down a few ongoing discussions on Ducati.net...
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Final lap times for the opening day of 2015 MotoGP testing at Sepang..
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MotoGP News. 2015 will be Yonny Hernandez’s second full MotoGP season with the Pramac Ducati team..
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Happy to see this guy get some official love...
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Andrea Iannone says he is relishing the challenge of trying to seize the number one spot at Ducati from fellow Italian Andrea Dovizioso in 2015.
Iannone will join his compatriot in Ducati’s official factory squad next season after Cal Crutchlow switched to LCR Honda.
Briton Crutchlow initially pledged to honour the second year of his Desmosedici deal before landing a golden chance to replacing Stefan Bradl on a factory RC213V.
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