
Ducati announced its MotoGP team will compete under the new "Open" class instead of the "Factory" class the other major manufacturers are adopting. Ducati declared its decision on the Feb. 28 deadline for teams to declare which of the two different class regulations they will use for the 2014...
As I thought about possible outcomes of this race Saturday night, I wondered if all the big changes—the creation of the "Open" class, which revitalized the Ducatis and focused attention on Aleix Espargaro's Forward Racing Yamaha, the coming of Honda's RCV1000R production racer, and the departure...
Sepang Test Two, Day Three: Final Times Yamaha Factory Racing's Valentino Rossi and Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa concluded the second Sepang MotoGP™ test with an identical 1'59.999 lap time, as preparations for the 2014 season continued in Malaysia. Meanwhile, after testing concluded the Ducati...
The second preseason MotoGP test at Malaysia's Sepang International Circuit has brought dramatic developments: 1. Ducati goes "Open!" As predicted some time ago, Ducati decided today to accept the "penalty" of using series-spec Magneti Marelli software with the spec ECU in return for the...
Bautista's best lap time of 2'00.848 was 1.3s slower than the marker set down by World Champion Marc Marquez in the previous Sepang test. Of course Marquez is absent from this Malaysian outing due to a leg injury sustained in training last week. The track surface at Sepang has been described...
The MotoGP™ World Champion Marquez wasted no time on the final test day at the Malaysian venue, laying down a superb 1'59.533 marker in the cooler temperatures of the morning. His pace-setting lap was marginally quicker than the previous best Sepang test time of 1'59.607, registered by Casey...
Bridgestone Motorsport Press Release: Ducati Team's Andrea Dovizioso lifted the spirits of Ducati fans around the globe after posting the quickest time at the final MotoGP pre-season test of 2015 at Qatar's Losail International Circuit. Dovizioso posted a time of 1:54.907 on the second day of...