AAP Casey Stoner’s team boss says securing the Australian to a new deal is more important than trying to lure superstar Valentino Rossi across to Ducati. Current MotoGP champion Rossi warned Yamaha late last year he was prepared to jump ship to the Italian manufacturer if Spain’s Jorge Lorenzo is retained in 2011. But [...]

Ducati: Retaining Stoner is priority Ducati boss Claudio Domenicali believes his team should prioritise retaining Casey Stoner over chasing a deal with Valentino Rossi. Rossi has been linked with a switch to Ducati for 2011, especially after he intimated that Yamaha could not continue giving him and Jorge Lorenzo equal status and should nominate [...]

The 2010 MotoGP season is yet to start, but Ducati president Gabriele del Torchio and general manager Claudio Domenicali are already facing questions regarding the factorys 2011 rider line-up. All of the MotoGP big four – Valentino Rossi (Yamaha), Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha), Casey Stoner (Ducati) and Dani Pedrosa (Honda) – are out of contract [...]

The all new Ducati Desmosedici GP10’s has been reworked for the 2010 season. The engine has been reworked during the off season to prepare for the new rule change. The rule change makes it mandatory that each bike will only use 6 engines for the entire championship or 1 engine per 3 races. Each engine [...]

The General Manager of Ducati Motor, Claudio Domenicali joined Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden on the spectacular Patascoss slope to unveil the new Ducati Desmosedici GP10, Ducati Marlboro Team’s latest weapon in the chase for the MotoGP title, against the dramatic backdrop of the Dolomites – recently added by Unesco to their World Natural Heritage [...]

Casey Stoner is ready for the 2010 season to get underway. The Ducati Desmosedici GP10 has undergone a huge makeover compared to the GP9. The bike is now filled with a new “Big Bang” engine which is a concept Yamaha has made hugely popular last season. Ducati tested the new configuration at the final test [...]

As long as he stays away from milk, cheese, and other dairy products, Casey Stoner likes his chances for this year’s MotoGP World Championship. The 2007 MotoGP title-winner said his doctors had isolated his mid-season illness as lactose-intolerance and that since adjusting his diet, he’s become increasingly stronger as he sails through his first [...]

Ducati’s Nicky Hayden has admitted he could be “in the doghouse” for ruining the launch of his team’s new bike by posting pictures of it on his website.The 2006 world champion visited the team’s factory for a glimpse of the 2010 MotoGP bike but did not realise the design was meant to be a [...]

Stoner happy about 1000cc engines Former MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner is expecting the switch to 1000cc engines to suit his style better and make him a stronger rider. The championship, currently using 800cc engines, will use one-liter power units from the 2012 season, after just five years with the capacity used right now. [...]

Stoner fired up over new Ducati Casey Stoner is very confident about his chances of fighting for the MotoGP title in 2010, as he reckons the new Ducati is much stronger than last year’s bike. Although the Australian finished in fourth place in last year’s championship after missing three races due to an illness, [...]