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Casey Stoner Done With Ducati Test Role
It has been reported in crash.net that Ducati factory tester Casey Stoner is “unlikely to continue” in the role for the factory for whom he won its first World Championship in 2007, before moving to Honda and another title in 2011. After his retirement at the end of 2012,
Marc Marquez’s Centenary
Marc Marquez is set to make his 100th MotoGP start at Brno, making the arithmetic easy for some percentage statistics.
Jack Miller crashes at Brno
Australian Alma Pramac Ducati rider Jack Miller narrowly missed his chance to get through from Q1 to Q2 after being top Ducati in FP4 when he crashed on his fastest lap. “I'm really disappointed. It's made hard work for us,” he said; adding that a good race was still on th
More Boxed Wings On The Ducati
On a day when Ducati debuted its latest box-winged fairing, aerodynamics remain a thorny topic for Ducati Corse chief Gigi Dall’Igna, the pioneer of winglets and the doctor of downforce.
Jorge’s New Honda
Honda will be ready to build Jorge Lorenzo a different bike from that used by current star rider Marc Marquez, but technical chief Takeo Yokoyama was not convinced that much change would be necessary. “We are aware that Lorenzo’s riding style is quite different, but until he
Kallio’s Reverse KTM
KTM remained as cagey as they could be about their reverse-spin crankshaft engine that Mika Kallio raced to a top-ten wild-card finish at Jerez at the start of this year’s European season.
Dovi on pole for the first time since Sepang 2016
No foregone conclusions at Brno. After Marc Marquez had finished working on his race pace, set fastest time in the fourth free practice, then displaced Jorge Lorenzo’s Ducati from the top of the time sheets in Q2, you might have thought the Repsol Honda rider was on target for
Jorge Martin suffers broken arm at Brno
Moto3 championship leader Jorge Martin’s season took a serious knock in the first free practice at Brno, the the Del Conca Honda rider suffering a broken arm that will rule him out of this race, and very likely at least one more. With the Austrian GP next weekend and Martin
Is hybrid power an option MotoGP?
Next year’s electric-powered MotoE series has sparked the interest of all manufacturers, but is motorcycling ready to follow F1 cars into hybrid power? Not according to Ducati’s Gigi Dall’Igna, “I don’t know if electric bikes are the only option for the future but fo
KTM 390 Adventure confirmed
Baby Kato release heralds a year of new launches
Grid Talk - The Rees family
Multiple NZ Superbike champion Tony Rees is running his sons in two ASBK classes
Yamaha moves into Europe
Yamaha is to follow its rivals introducing a Europe-based MotoGP test team next year, with former Monster Yamaha rider Jonas Folger pencilled in as test rider. [caption id="attachment_25495" align="alignnone" width="900"] Folger, San Marino MotoGP 2017[/caption] The other J