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BSB News. Alex Polita swells the Ducati Panigale ranks with a return aboard the JHP Racing 1199 at Donington Park.
Alex Polita will be back on the MCE British Superbike Championship grid for the final four rounds of the 2012 season after securing a return with JHP Racing.
The former FIM Superstock 1000 champion began the season with the Jentin Doodson team aboard the brand-new Ducati 1199 Panigale, but was left without a ride when Jentin and Doodson split and the latter outfit returned to Honda machinery.
Almost three months later, Polita will once again be riding a Panigale 1199, but this time under the banner of JHP Racing, which was also involved with Jentin Doodson by providing technical support.
Polita first sampled the bike during a BSB test at Donington Park last month and will be back at the circuit for his first outing aboard the Italian machine, though he says the event will be treated as a 'test' ahead of a full 2013 campaign.
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The former British 250GP Champ gets his Ducati dialled in...
Moto Rapido Ducati's Scott Smart has completed a full shakedown test at Cadwell Park today and leaves the Lincolnshire circuit in a positive frame of mind following the difficulties at Brands Hatch two weeks ago.
Smart accompanied team boss Steve Moore to the Ducati factory last week in order to get the 1199 Panigale fuelling correct before this weekend's British Superbike opener at the Kent circuit and says he is feeling a lot more confident.
"It was good to get some laps under our belt and just get a lot of things sorted out before the weekend. The fuelling is now pretty-much there with the Motec ECU and we now know where we have to make some adjustments and improvements during the test day on Friday," said Smart, speaking to bikesportnews.com this evening....more
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Although the Ducati Panigale wont be seen in World superbike trim till 2013, it'll be raced in the British superbike series
The Ducati Panigale has been a massive media success and, even in these recessionary times, early sales are said to be strong. The fact that defending World superbike champion Carlos Checa will still be running the old 1199 in this year's WSB championship has left some people wondering what it will be like on track in superbike trim.
Well, the wait is over. Or almost. There will be four Ducati Panigales in the British superbike championship – three in the Supebike class and one in Supestock 1000. And Ducati is taking things seriously, with Ducati superbike racing guru, former Troy Bayliss crew chief and team manager Ernesto 'Ernie' Marinelli helping with the Moto Rapido bikes (seen with British Ducati tuning legend John Hackett of JHP fame).
Suggestions that Ernie was just doing some shopping in Oxford street and just popped into Brands were discounted. "We had 23 requests for race kit bikes and parts from various teams around the world," explained Marinelli, "and all of that data and feeback will come back to us to help us develop a better bike, so it's been a good start in those terms."...more
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Moto Rapido Ducati's Scott Smart has given the new Ducati Panigale its track debut at the official Brands Hatch British Superbike test today.
The former British 250GP Champion was giving the bike its shakedown today to iron out any problems with the new Motec electronics and to also get his seating position correct before the test moves to Snetterton tomorrow and Smart can put in some meaningful times. Doodson Jentin Ducati's Tom Tunstall has also taken to the track today...more
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New Panigale being run by JHP Racing stripped & in the garage. Still superstock rather than superbike spec. OMG. http://t.co/5us4paMB
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BSB News.Moto Rapido's new Ducati 1199 Panigale colour scheme will adopt a Ducati-red and Saudi Arabian-green inspired livery.
Moto Rapido has unveiled the bike it will campaign in the 2012 MCE British Superbike Championship with riders Scott Smart and Abdulaziz Binladin.
The British-based team, which last year ran a single Ducati for Smart in the EVO class, will become championship class contenders in 2012 having expanded to two entries of the brand-new 1199 Panigale.
Along with Jentin Doodson, Moto Rapido will be giving the much anticipated Panigale its Superbike racing debut in 2012, while it will also be receiving assistance from the Ducati factory in Italy.
The attractive new livery showcases a typical Ducati red, together with green to represent Moto Rapido's Saudi Arabian backing from the Saudi Falcons and rider Binladin....more
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BSB News.Moto Rapido and Jentin Doodson take delivery of the Ducati 1199 Panigales they will be racing in the 2012 MCE British Superbike Championship.
The countdown towards the start of the 2012 MCE British Superbike Championship can officially begin for Moto Rapido and Jentin Dooson after taking delivery of their brand-new Ducati 1199 Panigales.
The British-based operations will make a little bit of history when they line-up on the grid at Brands Hatch in April with the Italian machine, becoming the first teams in the world to race the much anticipated new twin-cylinder bike.
The bike, which has been lauded in the motorcycle press since its launch, goes on sale this year, but will not be raced on the World Superbike stage until 2013 at the earliest, thus enabling Moto Rapido and Jentin Doodson to give it its series debut in the UK instead...more
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Scott Smart joined by Abdul aziz bin Laden to campaign Ducati 1199 Panigales in the British Superbike championship...
A MEMBER of the bin Laden family is joining British Superbikes in 2012.
Saudi Arabian racer Abdul aziz bin Laden will join Scott Smart, racing a Ducati 1199 Panigale with the Moto Rapido team in the top flight.
Abdul aziz bin Laden is a two-time United Arab Emirates superbike champion. His family run the Saudi Binladen Group (SBG), a global oil conglomerate, grossing over £3 billion pounds anually.
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