Wednesday Jun 09 2010

Nicky Hayden was welcomed by more than a thousand “Ducatisti” in Torino in the biggest Italian Ducati Store, one of the first being opened,  in 1997, the Ducati Torino in Corso Vercelli.

The American rider  the next Saturday 12th June will be one of the stars of the World Ducati Week in Misano with Casey Stoner, Michel Fabrizio and Noriyuki Haga.

Saturday Nov 14 2009
Riders at EICMA

Milan (Italy), Saturday 14th November: the 2009 World Superbike Championship may be over but this does not mean that the work for Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio has finished! This week the Ducati Xerox riders have been kept busy with appearances at the 67th edition of the EICMA International Motorcycle Exhibition in Milano.
On Thursday Michel traveled up from Rome and headed straight to the Ducati stand, taking the opportunity to get a good look at the new Multistrada 1200 as well as the never before seen “Special Edition” Superbikes with original livery in celebration of the new Ducati Corse logo. Michel was impressed by both bikes, and then checked out the new Hypermotard 1100 evo SP, declaring it his favourite bike on the stand.
He also paid a visit to the exhibition areas of sponsors Regina and Suomy, where he met with fans and signed countless autographs, before stepping up on stage to be interviewed live by two Italian radio stations, Radio Deejay and Virgin Radio, broadcasting live from the Ducati stand for the show’s duration.


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The NCR-Ducati travelled across to Alberta for the second round of the
Parts Canada Thunder Championship. Early testing showed that the NCR-Ducati 848 was able to handle the numerous
bumps and holes of the Race City Motorsport Park.
Saturday morning
practice showed
that Andrew Nelson
managed the
best time of the
morning with a
1:19.972 wi t h
Valter Bar tolini
close behind with
a b e s t o f
1:20.170. Darren
James on of the
first of the 1125R
Buells in third with
a 1:22.170 and Davve Estok with a 1:22.193. Under a beautiful sunny sky, Andrew managed to win pole position with
Valter in the second slot. The race saw a great start by Valter and local ace Chad Pasowisty shooting towards the front
while Andrew stumbled momentarily and found himself 5th in the first turn. The previous lap record was quickly broken
by the new Thunder Class while Valter Bartolini was leading with an incredible 1:19.362 but it was Andrew Nelson
with a 1:19.093 that was on a quick pursuit to pass Chad and to then hunt down the leading Valter Bartolini. Andrew
quickly set an incredible pace because he didn’t want Valter to pull away while Andrew battled to get by Chad. Andrew
set the days best time but had plenty in reserve
to do better if needed.
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Canadian, Andrew Nelson shook off his winter rust with two days of testing at Jennings, Florida. A lot of work was done with the fine tuning the suspension and mechanical set-up of the new Ducati 848 motorcycle. The Bologna based NCR Factory technical crew chief Fabrizio Fontana was flown in for the week of testing. Fabrizio was very happy with the progress that Andrew made in the development of the overall set-up of the motorcycle. Early testing showed that the lap times were dropping quickly by focusing on the balance of the motorcycle. The engine was left stock for preliminary testing since it already is approaching the horsepower limit of the Parts Canada Canadian Thunder Class. Lap times were approaching the 1:20 mark and then quickly dropped with consistent laps in the 1:18’s with a best of 1:18.220. With testing at Jennings complete, the team packed up and quickly set off for Barber Motorsport Park in Birmingham, Alabama.

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Wednesday Mar 12 2008
Jerez de la Frontera - Spain

A few days after the opening MotoGP event of 2008 in Qatar, Casey Stoner and Marco Melandri attended the international media launch of the new Bridgestone Battlax BT-016 tyre, which uses tyre technology derived from MotoGP to produce a tyre that gives high-level grip performance in braking, cornering and acceleration.

Stoner, fresh from his race win at the Qatar GP and Melandri completed a handful of laps of the Circuit de Jerez in southern Spain using a Ducati 848 equipped with the new BT-016 hypersport tyres, together with former GP rider Jeremy McWilliams, who has been working for Bridgestone to set up the bikes at the track.


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Monday Jan 7 2008

Ducati and Enel announce their new agreement bringing the top Italian energy group to the MotoGP championship for the first time ever

7th January 2008 - On the day before the official Ducati MotoGP Team launch, the Borgo Panigale manufacturers and Enel have officially entered into a new, top-level partnership agreement. The biggest electric company in Italy, and second listed utility company in Europe by installed capacity, has decided to link its trade mark and corporate image with Ducati, the 2007 MotoGP World Champions famous for their own winning 'power'.


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NCR racing invites you to the most exciting appointment of Eicma.
At our stand you can admire MILLONA, the first racing motorcycle built by NCR, with its truly unique and record-breaking weight-power ratio (125 Kg to 135 Hp!), but above all, you can discover the latest jewels created in our factory using artisan techniques.?The result of high technology which uses ultra light alloys derived directly from the advanced sectors of F1 and the world of aeronautics, featuring aggressive and elegant design, the two new arrivals presented at Eicma represent a revolution in the world of NCR motorbikes, offering enthusiasts a unique and thrilling ride.?We aren’t going to reveal anything else! Come and discover the rest in pavilion 18, stand C65. We’ll be waiting for you, so be sure to come!

FOR MORE INFORMATIONS:
www.ncrfactory.com

Sunday Jul 1 2007
WDW2007

Misano Adriatico (Italy), Sunday 1 July: The Ducati 1098 F08, Ducati's future World Superbike challenger, made its public debut at the Misano World Circuit in Italy yesterday with a number of demonstration laps in front of over 50,000 spectators at WDW World Ducati Week 2007.

Two-times World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss was given the honour of demonstrating the 1098 F08 machine, which is still in its factory development stage, sporting black carbon-fibre bodywork and aluminium fuel-tank.

The 1098 F08 has been undergoing development work at Mugello in the hands of the Ducati Xerox Junior Team's young Superstock riders Niccol Canepa and Domenico Colucci, but for the Misano spectators this was the bike's public debut.
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Numerous activities in the circuit for the Ducati Corse MotoGP, Superbike and Superstock factory riders during the 2007 edition of Ducati's world meeting.

Bologna, June 19, 2007: Preparations are gearing up feverishly for the fifth edition of the international meeting organized by the Italian manufacturer which will be held from June 28 to July 1 at the revamped "Misano World Circuit". As is tradition, all the Ducati Corse factory riders will be involved in the big red Ducati party on Italy's Adriatic Riviera.

Friday and Saturday will be dedicated entirely to the riders of the Ducati Xerox Team that takes part in the World Superbike Championship. Two-times world champion Troy Bayliss and his team-mate Lorenzo Lanzi will be present in the circuit for a series of initiatives that will see them involved both on the track with their Ducati 999F07 machines and off-track with the numerous public present in the paddock.

The first opportunity to meet them will be during the popular "Ducati University", a sort of virtual' lap of the Misano circuit, illustrated by the two riders, who raced there a couple of weeks previously in the San Marino Round of the World Superbike Championship, but it will above all be a fabulous opportunity for the WDW public to meet and greet their heroes. Other appointments at the Ducati University are scheduled with the father' of the Desmosedici MotoGP and Ducati Corse Director General Filippo Preziosi, Ruben Xaus, always a Ducati crowd-pleaser, the official test rider for Ducati Corse Vittoriano Guareschi and the young Ducati Xerox Junior Team riders in the world Superstock championships, Niccol Canepa and Domenico Colucci.
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Saturday May 26 2007
Mirafiori Motor Village - Torino, Italy

A BRIGHT RED ALFA BRERA FOR CASEY STONER

Saturday May 26, on the occasion of the first birthday of the Mirafiori Motor Village (Torino, Italy), Casey Stoner celebrated a new partnership with Alfa Romeo, receiving an Alfa Brera 3.2 with the sophisticated automatic gearbox with the Q-Tronic system from the CEO of Alfa Romeo Automobiles Mr Antonio Baravalle.

The current MotoGP World Championship Leader, after meeting a crowd of fans and happily signing hundreds of autographs, left the MMV driving his new Alfa Romeo back to Montecarlo where tomorrow he will attend the F1 Monaco Gran Prix as VIP guest of the F1 paddock.

"I'm very happy with this new partnership with Alfa Romeo that, as Ducati, is a prestigious Italian brand I have been fascinated with since I was a child", said the young Australian rider. "I'm looking forward to drive my new Brera and I'm now even more happy that the next race will be the Italian GP at Mugello, because it's one of my favourite circuit and I'll be able to get there with my new Brera directly from my house in Montecarlo!"