Ducati had a terrible weekend at the Indianapolis MotoGP – Capirossi and Abraham both retired complaining that there was no front-end feeling in the bike, Hector Barbera crashed on the final lap, and both factory riders Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden slipped steadily backwards during the race. Only Randy De Puniet managed a respectable result [...]

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The factory Ducati team arrive in Indianapolis with a degree of uncertainty about what to expect from this weekend’s MotoGP. The recent test day at Brno showed that a few tweaks and settings may have been discovered to improve the handling of the Ducati, and Valentino Rossi spent the entire test searching for the keys [...]

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Valentino Rossi has a special relationship with the Brno circuit – it was the track where he scored his first pole position, his first race win, and his first world championship title – unfortunately it is highly unlikely to be the place for his first win on a Ducati. Both Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden [...]

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Nicky Hayden and Valentino Rossi finished eight and ninth, respectively, in the German Grand Prix, after a lengthy three-way battle that also included Alvaro Bautista. The entertainment and thrills provided by the battle on track, and the fact that Rossi raced from 16th on the grid to a 9th place finish, can’t hide what was [...]

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Valentino Rossi may have an eyeball on his helmet that scrutinised the Italian crowd today, but the home fans didn’t get much of a chance to stare back at their home-hero on the local bike, as rain wrote off at least half of today’s qualifying session leaving Rossi in 12th position for tomorrow’s race. Nicky [...]

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