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Not Forgotten - Rodger Freeth
This Kiwi champion was the ultimate outlier in the world of motorcycle racing
VW tries to sell Ducati
Many regarded Mercedes AMG’s decision to buy into MV Agusta as a direct response to rival car firm Volkswagen’s outright purchase of Ducati in 2012. Now VW is trying to sell up. VW’s Audi subsidiary bought Ducati when Ferdinand Piech – known to be a long-time Ducati fan
MotoGP, Rossi returning at Aragon?
More details have emerged of Rossi’s leg-breaking crash that ruled him out of at least two GPs, and possibly more. In details of a TV interview leaked to the GPOne website, the multi-champion explained how a simple tumble on an enduro ride went wrong, leaving him with displaced
New Indian owner for Ducati?
There was more Ducati news of a different kind and in a different part of town in the same day – with the company set to change hands again, and a possible new Indian owner.
Ducati’s first standard production four-cylinder motorcycle
Dubbed “Desmosedici Stradale”
Free Practice Friday at Misano with Petrucci fastest on Friday
It was an Italian on an Italian bike who went fastest on Friday - with the top three within less than a tenth
Valentino Rossi: "I'm fine, I'm not too bad"
Nine-time World Champion says he has already begun light physiotherapy and aims to bet back on track as soon as possible
Lorenzo aiming to "confirm the upswing" at Misano
The most successful rider in the premier class at Misano arrives back on the Adriatic
Dovizioso: "Coming to Misano as leader is fantastic"
After taking Italy’s 100th win in the MotoGP era, ‘DesmoDovi’ has a chance to make history again at Misano
Jarno in bronze
A statue of 1972 world 250cc champion Jarno Saarinen was recently unveiled in the Finn’s hometown of Turku. The statue, which now stands in Barker Park on the mouth of the River Aura, was donated by the Moto Club Jarno Saarinen of Petrignano di Assisi, Italy. Saarinen was domin
MV buys out Mercedes share
MV Agusta has bought back the 25 per cent share in the company that has been owned by Mercedes AMG since 2014. There has been a fractious relationship between Mercedes and MV Agusta president Giovanni Castiglioni, who has made no bones about his desire to buy back the car compan
SP Tools Tool kit
TIRED OF STRUGGLING with an incomplete tool kit while working in the Gassit garage, we sent a wish list to SP Tools and crossed our fingers. And when the great news came back that they were happy to help we threw all our wonky shifting spanners and bent screwdrivers in the bin.