Monday, August 15, 2011

Posisi Keenam yang Penuh Arti Bagi Rossi


Brno - Jika dilihat secara hasil, Valentino Rossi memang hanya finis di posisi keenam di MotoGP Republik Ceko. Namun VR46 mengatakan bahwa hasil yang dia raih di Brno tersebut penuh arti.

Rossi menjadi pembalap keenam yang melintasi garis finis dalam balapan yang berlangsung Minggu (14/8/2011) malam WIB. Ini adalah kali keempat pembalap Ducati itu finis keenam di balapan musim ini, setelah sebelumnya di Inggris, Italia, dan Amerika Serikat.

Rossi mengakui bahwa dia melakukan kesalahan sehingga hanya mampu bisa finis di tempat keenam. "Kami memulai balapan dengan tujuan bertarung dengan kelompok pembalap di depan kami, namun sayang kami melakukan kesalahan kecil di prosedur start untuk memanaskan ban dan di dua putaran pertama, tanpa grip yang cukup, sulit bagi saya," kata dia.

Namun pembalap Italia itu menilai hasil di Brno kali ini memiliki arti lebih. "Memang ini tempat keenam, tapi ini posisi keenam yang jauh lebih penting dibanding hasil-hasil lain yang kami raih," ujarnya di situs resmi MotoGP.

"Start yang saya lakukan memang tak sebagus ketika balapan di Laguna contohnya. Jika saya bisa melakukan seperti di Laguna, maka itu bakal sangat membantu. Sebab sejak putaran ketiga hingga finis saya memiliki kecepatan yang sama dengan dua Yamaha dan bahkan tidak terlalu jauh dengan Simoncelli."

"Selisih waktu yang saya miliki dengan pembalap-pembalap di depan semakin sempit, meski saya sedikit menurun menjelang akhir balapan dan sejak itu saya tidak bisa berbuat apa-apa lagi. Namun, saya sebenarnya bisa sepuluh detik di belakang Stoner (yang jadi juara-red) dan bisa lebih sedikit lagi di belakang mereka yang finis di podium. Kini kami harus fokus untuk langkah-langkah selanjutnya," tutupnya.

Rossi Mungkin Tak ke Motegi


Brno - Meski MotoGP Jepang dipastikan tetap bergulir, sejumlah pembalap masih pikir-pikir untuk tampil di sana. Setelah sebelumnya Casey Stoner, kali ini giliran Valentino Rossi yang menyatakan keraguannya.

Penyelenggara MotoGP menyatakan bahwa MotoGP Jepang musim ini tetap digelar, terlepas Maret silam terjadi bencana gempa bumi dan tsunami yang dahsyat, yang menyebabkan kebocoran reaktor nuklir.

Pihak penyelenggara mengatakan bahwa dari hasil penelitian yang sudah dilakukan, kondisi di sekitar Motegi dinyatakan aman dari radiasi nuklir.

Namun begitu Valentino Rossi mengindikasikan tak akan tampil di Motegi. "Saya tidak berpikir bahwa saya akan ke Jepang," lugas The Doctor dikutip dari BBC.

"Saya semula berharap penyelenggara kejuaraan akan membuat keputusan yang tepat. Namun itu tidak terjadi dan sekarang kita menghadapi problem serius," kata dia.

Sebelumnya Casey Stoner menolak digelarnya MotoGP Jepang. Pembalap Honda itu ternyata punya alasan khusus karena dia khawatir terkena radiasi padahal akan segera menjadi ayah.

Sementara itu rider Inggris Cal Crutchlow dan Tech 3 Yamaha mengonfirmasi tampil di Jepang.

Ada pun MotoGP di 'Negeri Sakura' musim ini digelar pada 2 Oktober mendatang.

Friday, April 1, 2011

Free Practice I MotoGP Spanyol Stoner Ungguli Pedrosa & Rossi Jerez - Casey Stoner tampil sebagai pembalap tercepat dalam free practice I MotoGP Spany


Jerez - Casey Stoner tampil sebagai pembalap tercepat dalam free practice I MotoGP Spanyol. Stoner sukses mengungguli Dani Pedrosa dan Valentino Rossi.

Pada sesi yang berlangsung di Sirkuit Jerez, Jumat (1/4/2011) sore WIB, Stoner unggul tipis atas Pedrosa. Keduanya sempat bertarung, berlomba-lomba mencetak catatan waktu tercepat sampai akhir sesi.

Tepat beberapa menit sebelum sesi berakhir, Stoner menorehkan catatan waktu 1:39,551 detik, membuatnya unggul 0,028 detik atas Pedrosa. Catatan waktu itulah yang membuat rider Honda itu mencatatkan diri sebagai pembalap tercepat.

Pedrosa harus puas menjadi pembalap tecepat kedua dengan catatan waktu 1:39,579 detik. Setidaknya Honda bisa tersenyum melihat catatan yang dibuat oleh kedua pembalapnya ini.

Rossi, yang performanya bersama Ducati belum bisa dibilang impresif, tampil cepat dalam sesi latihan bebas ini. The Doctor selalu menempatkan diri dalam jajaran pembalap tercepat dan akhirnya menjadi pembalap tercepat ketiga dengan catatan waktu 1:40,077 detik.

Jorge Lorenzo menorehkan catatan waktu 1:40,420 detik dan akhirnya menempat urutan lima dalam sesi latihan bebas ini. Sedangkan Andrea Dovizioso menempati urutan enam dengan catatan waktu 1:40,429 detik.

Dovizioso juga mengalami crash pada free practice ini ketika melewati tikungan 11 pada lap terakhirnya. Beruntung baginya, ia tak cedera.

Hasil Free Practice I MotoGP Spanyol

1. Casey STONER 1'39.551
2. Dani PEDROSA 1'39.579
3. Valentino ROSSI 1'40.077
4. Marco SIMONCELLI 1'40.176
5. Jorge LORENZO 1'40.420
6. Andrea DOVIZIOSO 1'40.429
7. Ben SPIES 1'40.887
8. Colin EDWARDS 1'41.063
9. Randy DE PUNIET 1'41.064
10. Nicky HAYDEN 1'41.233
11. Karel ABRAHAM 1'41.398
12. Hector BARBERA 1'41.601
13. Hiroshi AOYAMA 1'41.816
14. Cal CRUTCHLOW 1'41.949
15. Toni ELIAS SPA 1'42.157
16. Loris CAPIROSSI 1'42.313
17. John HOPKINS 1'42.538

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Rossi dan Hayden melihat ke depan untuk Jerez


Selasa, 29 Maret, 2011
Tim Ducati sangat ingin mendorong di Round 2, ras Eropa pertama Kejuaraan Dunia MotoGP 2011, yang berlangsung akhir pekan ini.
Rossi dan Hayden melihat ke depan untuk Jerez

Valentino Rossi dan Nicky Hayden lebih dari siap untuk memaksa masalah di akhir pekan ini Gran Premio de España bwin, sebagai duo Tim Ducati mempersiapkan diri untuk kickstart masing-masing di Jerez.

Rossi adalah pembalap paling sukses sepanjang masa di trek setelah memenangkan balapan utama enam kelas di sana, sedangkan Hayden memiliki pengalaman podium dari memenangkan gelar musim 2006, dan setelah putaran pembukaan di Qatar kedua pengendara yang bertujuan untuk memperbaiki posisi mereka ketujuh (Rossi) dan sembilan (Hayden) masing-masing.

"Qatar, dengan banyaknya entri sudut keras dan daerah-daerah di mana kita rem ke kanan, sulit untuk bahu saya. Kita akan melihat apakah Jerez adalah sedikit lebih mudah dari titik pandang, meskipun saya pikir saya masih harus grit gigi saya untuk sementara, "kata Rossi. "Sejak Qatar, aku terus bekerja di gym untuk mencoba dan meningkatkan kekuatan saya dan terutama daya tahan saya, tapi setelah Spanyol saya akan memiliki hampir sebulan untuk memulihkan lebih lengkap, mengikuti penundaan Grand Prix Jepang."

Ia melanjutkan: "Dari sudut pandang teknis, Jerez tampaknya tidak terlalu menguntungkan bagi Ducati, tapi aku selalu suka banyak dan kita pasti harus mencoba dan melakukan lebih baik dari yang kita miliki sampai sekarang. Untuk saat ini, kami akan terus bekerja di set-up, menggunakan segala sesuatu yang kita pelajari di Qatar, di mana kami menemukan beberapa solusi yang baik untuk lomba. "

"Round 1 di Qatar jelas tidak pergi bagaimana kami harapkan, cukup banyak sejak awal akhir pekan, jadi kita hanya perlu mencoba dan belajar dari itu dan pergi ke Jerez, dan mudah-mudahan keluar jauh lebih kuat pada hari Jumat. Semoga kita bisa bangun lebih dekat dengan akhir tajam dan memiliki sedikit bersenang-senang. Jerez bisa menjadi akhir pekan sangat menyenangkan jika Anda dalam campuran. Kami tidak benar-benar memiliki rencana keajaiban permainan . Kami hanya akan masuk ke sana dan mencoba mendapatkan hasil yang baik. "

Friday, March 25, 2011

balap perdana moto gp di losail qatar


MotoGP Losail Qatar 2011.Di ajang dunia balap motoGP di tahun 2011 sudah dimulai lagi dengan balapan perdananya yang diadakan di sirkuit Losail Qatar.Kalai ini hasil MotoGP Qatar 2011 menunjukan hasil yang positif khususnya bagi casey stoner yang mampu menjadi juara 1.Bagi anda semua yang belum menyaksikan pertandingannya bisa anda lihat video MotoGP Losail Qatar 2011 disini.

Namun bukan hasil yang memuaskan bagi valentino rossi yang saat ini menggunakan motor terbarunya dari ducati.Karena di pertandingan perdana MotoGP Losail Qatar 2011 ini rossi hanya mampu menduduki posisi ke tujuh dan pastinya bagi rossi dia akan terus berjuang untuk menjadi yang terbaik.

Untuk mengetahui lebih jelasnya dari hasil MotoGP Losail Qatar 2011 ini bisa anda lihat tabel cuplikan di bawah ini :

1. Casey Stoner Honda 42:38,569
2. Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha + 3,440
3. Dani Pedrosa Honda + 5,051
4. Andrea Dovizioso Honda + 5,942
5. Marco Simoncelli Gresini Honda + 7,358
6. Ben Spies Yamaha + 10,468
7. Valentino Rossi Ducati + 16,431
8. Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha + 26,293
9. Nicky Hayden Ducati + 27,416
10. Hiroshi Aoyama Gresini Honda + 28,920
11. Cal Crutchlow Tech 3 Yamaha + 34,539
12. Hector Barbera Aspar Ducati + 34,829
13. Karel Abraham Cardion Ducati + 37,957

Jorge Lorenzo yang tahun lalu menjadi juara motoGP dia masih mampu menduduki pada posisi ke dua walapun nomer 1 tetap mutlak milik casey stoner.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Rossi wins 2011 Laureus Award

Monday, 7 February 2011

The nine-time World Champion collected the ‘Comeback of the Year’ Award at the ceremony, which took place in Abu Dhabi on Monday.

Valentino Rossi’s incredible recovery from injury in 2010 was recognised by the Laureus Academy on Monday, as the Italian MotoGP rider was honoured with the 2011 Laureus World Sports Award ‘Comeback of the Year’ prize.

The Academy, which is made up of 46 of the greatest sportspeople of all time, voted Rossi’s remarkable return to action just 41 days after an exposed fracture of his right tibia as the most deserving of the award. The Italian suffered the injury in a practice session crash at Mugello on June 5th, and was back on track for the opening practice session of the German Grand Prix on July 16th.

Rossi held off competition from US golfer Paula Creamer, American sprinter Tyson Gay, Belgian tennis star Justine Henin, and athletes Carolina Kluft and Merlene Ottey to take the prize.

Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal was named Sportsman of the Year and American skier Lindsey Vonn the Sportswoman of the Year at the ceremony in Abu Dhabi, which also bestowed awards in Team, Breakthrough, Sportsperson with a Disability, and Action Sportsperson of the Year categories, as well as Lifetime Achievement, Spirit of Sport and Sport for Good Awards.

It was also announced at the ceremony that five-time 500cc World Champion Mick Doohan had been elected to the Laureus World Sports Academy, joining another MotoGP Legend Giacomo Agostini.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Hayden and Rossi make final day advances

Thursday, 3 February 2011

The Ducati Team riders both set top-ten laps on the third day of the Sepang Test as they rounded off their first full on-track evaluations of the GP11.

Rossi ready to push on after first Sepang Test

Valentino Rossi pronounced himself very satisfied with the progress made on the GP11’s setup, allowing him to drop his best lap time by over seven-tenths of a second compared to yesterday. Despite being limited by his still-healing shoulder, the Italian was also happy with his physical progress and with the work done by his team.

Nicky Hayden also improved each day, and he looks forward to seeing the fruits of his labour at the next Test, which will once again take place at Sepang between February 22nd-24th.

Nicky Hayden, 8th, 2’01.534 (60 laps):

“It’s great to be back here, and to be back on the bike. We had three important days with a lot of work to do. Of course I don’t like to still be so far away from the leaders, but we’ve reduced the gap every day. Today it looked like it could rain at any time, so we did a lot of laps in the morning and found some stuff we like. We chased the chatter a lot, which cost us time trying to figure out what’s going on. Last year, that was something we only had a problem with at this one track. We don’t want it anywhere, but it could be a problem that’s not related to the GP11 in general and is specific just to this circuit. We also tested some tyres for Bridgestone and gave them some information that can help down the road. We realise there’s still a lot of work to do, and that starts with the rider. When we come back, we'll keep reducing the gap to the front guys.”

Valentino Rossi, 10th, 2’01.842 (52 laps):

“I’m very happy because before coming here, I expected to do 20, 30 laps per day, and as it turns out, I did around 40 each of the first two days and over 50 today. Of course I was really finished by the end, in part because the rest of my body has to work differently; my left arm has to do extra work, so it’s very tired. But I’m really happy with my shoulder because it’s improving day-by-day, and even after the stress of having ridden a MotoGP bike at the limit, I don’t have any problems: now it’s just a question of strength. My mobility has improved a lot, and I no longer think my physical limitations cost me a second; let’s say I lose five or six tenths, especially on braking and in corner entry. Anyway, we worked well today too, and we were able to collect a lot of data and solve the chattering problem we were experiencing. Obviously, there’s still a lot to do, but compared to the start of the Test, we’ve definitely gotten closer to the base set-up we’re looking for. There’s no need to change the Desmosedici’s character; we need to take advantage of its best characteristics – its stability and its engine – and improve the other areas, especially the in-corner behaviour, to make it turn better. In any case, the overall evaluation of the Test is definitely good; today we’re a second off the top riders, and also in the afternoon, riding with race tyres, the distance stayed around seven or eight tenths. I still have to do more kilometres in order to understand other aspects of the GP11 but, although I have to change my riding style a little, I now feel much more at home with the Ducati.”

Ducati Team press release

Rossi exercising patience with shoulder

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

The Italian completed a productive second day at Sepang, where he was able to test different fairings on the Desmosedici to aid his recovering shoulder.

Valentino Rossi’s position on the timesheet at the Sepang Test may be uncharacteristic for the Italian, but as the last two days have passed the Ducati rider has gained increasing encouragement from what he has been able to do on the Desmosedici.

Twelfth fastest on day one with a best time of 2’03.365 Rossi improved by almost eight-tenths of a second on Wednesday to end 13th but with a lap of 2’02.597, and he explained how his shoulder was affecting his progress.

“Being able to ride again today is important because the shoulder isn’t getting worse under the continued strain. Everything is fine while riding under 2’03”, then when I try to take another second off the strength diminishes and the pain increases,” he said. “It needs more time, without doubt. The situation will improve, but it will be a wait until May. Only then will we be able to work extensively on the bike, because everything we do now could be thrown into doubt when we record more competitive times, when my physical condition is perfect.”

Discussing the areas focused on during day two in Malaysia, Rossi continued: “Today we tried a lot of things, especially with the aerodynamics. We focused on comparing fairings and riding with and without wings, and I’m more inclined towards the latter option. The fact is that I’m not in the best physical condition and with the wings I find more resistance in corner entry, which is not good for my shoulder. One of the things we need to improve is going through the turns, because I can’t turn the bike as I would like to. Tomorrow we’re going to continue working with the same enthusiasm as we had today, and at the end of the Test we’ll leave with a lot of information.”

Another important aspect worked on by Rossi and his crew was tyres, which he indicated had a big impact on the handling of the GP11.

“We also did a Test with the tyres, and that’s something that the Ducati depends a lot on as its behaviour changes a lot depending on whether the tyres are hard or soft,” he stated. “The results haven’t been bad, but we haven’t solved the problems with vibration in the front yet. When it starts to vibrate the bike is really difficult to handle.”

Having seen Wednesday’s fastest rider Dani Pedrosa post a best lap some 1.827s quicker than his own, Rossi assessed the competition with whom he has been sharing the track over the past two days.

“Everybody seems to be very much in shape, both the bikes and the riders. It’s normal to go harder in Testing than during a GP weekend. When you have three days in which to ride you can ride fast all day because it makes the bike perform better, and above all because there’s more rubber on the track,” he said, before adding a comment about his aims for the third and final day on Thursday.

“For this reason I think that tomorrow I can go even faster. Our objective is to improve our times, but mainly to improve my feeling with the bike and find how to ride with less difficulty,” he concluded.

First MotoGP Test of 2011 ends with Simoncelli on top

Thursday, 3 February 2011

The San Carlo Honda Gresini rider finished Thursday at the Sepang Test with the fastest time of the entire three days. Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo were second and third fastest respectively, with Valentino Rossi tenth.

Sepang Test 2011 - Day 3

The first on-track MotoGP action of the year concluded at Sepang on Thursday, and in an exciting opening chapter of the pre-season period it was Marco Simoncelli who topped the third and final day’s timesheet in Malaysia. The San Carlo Honda Gresini rider posted a 2’00.757 on his second of 42 laps, an effort that registered the best time of the entire Test and which was just 0.239s off Valentino Rossi’s 2009 circuit best lap.

The Ducati rider has also been one of the main focuses of attention throughout these three days, and he ended Thursday tenth in the timings with a lap of 2’01.842 – 1.085s off his fellow compatriot’s scorching marker.

Casey Stoner has been in fine form throughout this Test and the new Repsol Honda recruit was one of four riders to join Simoncelli under the 2’01” mark on the final day. The Australian’s effort of 2’00.811 was noted on his 38th of 42 laps, thus continuing his pattern of setting his best time late in the day and showing no lingering effects of a fall at Turn 5 earlier on.

World Champion Jorge Lorenzo was just 0.088s off Simoncelli as he placed his factory M1 as the highest Yamaha of the day. The Spaniard, who performed a tyre test in the afternoon, was precisely 0.1s faster than Andrea Dovizioso, whose Repsol Honda machine was the third RC212V inside the top four by the close of play.

Ben Spies’ integration into the Yamaha Factory Racing Team set-up maintained its smooth rate of progress. The American, using this Test to bond with his crew, finished Thursday with a time of 2’01.002 having ridden 60 laps, his best effort coming on the sixth of those. A brace of Hondas then followed, with Dani Pedrosa (+0.484s on Simoncelli) rounding off what has been an encouraging Test for the Repsol Honda rider who came into the Test hoping for no major problems with his collarbone. His best time from Wednesday also stood as the second fastest of the Test overall. Hiroshi Aoyama (+0.596s) appears to be making a slick transition to the San Carlo Honda Gresini set-up, and completed the highest number of laps of any rider with 63.

The highest placing Ducati on Thursday was that of Nicky Hayden. The factory team rider tried out different race settings on the GP11, and he and fellow American Colin Edwards (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) were the last two to come within a second of Simoncelli’s top time.

Rossi then led a group of five Ducatis, the Italian running a new set-up on the final day and managing to deal with the chatter issue that had been affecting his GP11. Héctor Barberá (Aspar Team), Loris Capirossi and Randy de Puniet of Pramac Racing, and Karel Abraham (Cardion AB Motoracing) occupied positions 11 to 14.

British rookie Cal Crutchlow put in 44 laps on the last day, setting a time of 2’02.717 on his Monster Yamaha Tech 3 machine, with Toni Elías (LCR Honda) completing the MotoGP riders on track. Álvaro Bautista was absent from the final day due to illness, leaving Suzuki Test rider Nobu Aoki to carry out the Japanese factory’s scheduled workload.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Calendar & Circuits

2011 Season

COMMERCIALBANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR
20 March Losail Circuit | Qatar
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QAT COMMERCIALBANK GRAND PRIX OF QATAR - Losail Circuit

GRAN PREMIO bwin DE ESPAÑA
3 April Jerez | Spain
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SPA GRAN PREMIO bwin DE ESPAÑA - Jerez

GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN
24 April Motegi | Japan
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JPN GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN - Motegi

bwin GRANDE PREMIO DE PORTUGAL
1 May Estoril | Portugal
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POR bwin GRANDE PREMIO DE PORTUGAL - Estoril

MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE
15 May Le Mans | France
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FRA MONSTER ENERGY GRAND PRIX DE FRANCE - Le Mans

GRAN PREMI APEROL DE CATALUNYA
5 June Circuit de Catalunya | Catalunya
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CAT GRAN PREMI APEROL DE CATALUNYA - Circuit de Catalunya

AIRASIA BRITISH GRAND PRIX
12 June Silverstone | Great Britain
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GBR AIRASIA BRITISH GRAND PRIX - Silverstone

TT ASSEN
25 June Assen | Netherlands
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NED TT ASSEN - Assen

GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA TIM
3 July Mugello | Italy
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ITA GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA TIM - Mugello

eni MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX DEUTSCHLAND
17 July Sachsenring | Germany
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GER eni MOTORRAD GRAND PRIX DEUTSCHLAND - Sachsenring

RED BULL U.S. GRAND PRIX
24 July Mazda Raceway | United States
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USA RED BULL U.S. GRAND PRIX - Mazda Raceway

CARDION AB GRAND PRIX CESKE REPUBLIKY
14 August Automotodrom Brno | Czech Republic
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CZE CARDION AB GRAND PRIX CESKE REPUBLIKY - Automotodrom Brno

RED BULL INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX
28 August Indianapolis | Indianapolis
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INP RED BULL INDIANAPOLIS GRAND PRIX - Indianapolis

GP APEROL DI SAN MARINO E DELLA RIVIERA DI RIMINI
4 September Misano | San Marino
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RSM GP APEROL DI SAN MARINO E DELLA RIVIERA DI RIMINI - Misano

GRAN PREMIO DE ARAGÓN
18 September Motorland Aragon | Aragon
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ARA GRAN PREMIO DE ARAGÓN - Motorland Aragon

IVECO AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX
16 October Phillip Island | Australia
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AUS IVECO AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX - Phillip Island

SHELL ADVANCE MALAYSIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX
23 October Sepang Circuit | Malaysia
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MAL SHELL ADVANCE MALAYSIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX - Sepang Circuit

GRAN PREMIO GENERALI DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA
6 November Comunitat Valenciana | Valencia
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VAL GRAN PREMIO GENERALI DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA - Comunitat Valenciana

Filippo Preziosi on the Desmosedici GP11

Friday, 28 January 2011

The creative mind behind the Ducati prototype discusses the bike in the attached video, which contains his full press conference from the Wrooom event.

Now available to watch in full is Ducati General Director Filippo Preziosi’s press conference from the Wrooom 2011 event, as he discusses the Desmosedici GP11 which Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden will campaign this year.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Rossi’s press conference from Ducati’s Wrooom 2011 presentation in full

Friday, 21 January 2011

Valentino Rossi gave his first press conference as a Ducati rider during Wrooom 2011, held last week at Madonna di Campiglio.


Rossi full press conference at Wrooom

Wearing Ducati colours for the first time and amid the expectations of the international press and the fans, Valentino Rossi gave a press conference at Wrooom 2011 in which he offered his opinions and expectations for 2011, the campaign which sees his debut at the controls of the Ducati Desmosedici GP11. In the attached video you can see the complete interview with the Italian.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Rossi’s Desmosedici GP11 unveiled

Wednesday, 12 January 2011

The Ducati prototype which Valentino Rossi will ride during the 2011 MotoGP season was officially presented on Wednesday, with the Italian’s own individual touch added.

Rossi and Hayden unveil the 2011 Ducati Desmosedici

Valentino Rossi’s inauguration as an official Ducati rider took a further step at Madonna di Campiglio on Wednesday, when along with team-mate Nicky Hayden he was on hand to unveil the Desmosedici GP11 that both with ride in the 2011 MotoGP World Championship.

Complete in the individualised fairings that each rider will display this season, Ross

i’s machine – personalised by Aldo Drudi – had hints of the Italian’s famous yellow, as the prototype was revealed for the first time.

The man behind the design of the GP11, Filippo Preziosi, was present at a press conference to describe the major characteristics of the machine as he detailed the features that include new aerodynamics, changes to engine torque, the stiffness of the chassis and revised electronics. “The aerodynamics are completely different, and the features are those we tested at Valencia (in November) upon which we will base the evolution of the bike,” said Preziosi, who also spoke to motogp.com

after the press conference to explain the main changes to the prototype.

Also in attendance was Ducati General Manager Claudio Domenicali, who said: “2011 will be a year of great change. It will be the start of the third phase of our presence in MotoGP, a historic moment. To have Valentino in the team is a new aspect. Everybody knows what Valentino is capable of in terms of giving feedback for improving the bike and furthering the capacity of our project.”

You can see more photos of the new Desmosedici GP11 in the Latest Photos section of the motogp.com site, and highlights of the launch press conference in the attached video.