Famous Ducati race faces seen around the Misano World Circuit during World Ducati Week 2014
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Ductalk: What's Up In The World Of Ducati
Ducati News Roundup Curated by Vicki Smith for Ducati.net |
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Famous Ducati race faces seen around the Misano World Circuit during World Ducati Week 2014
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It's hard to remember darker days for Ducati's racing team than those of last weekend. Ducati MotoGP struggled all weekend at Assen with essentially not a glimmer of hope throughout the Dutch TT. It was hoped that the WSBK's return to Imola--historically a strong track for the Ducati--would be the first really successful weekend for the Alstare Ducati team and the Superbike-spec Panigale. Instead, both Ayrton Badovini and former series champion Carlos Checa struggled in some ways more at Imola than they have at other racetracks.
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With the first full test for the World Superbike class behind us, and the first test of the MotoGP grid about to get underway at Sepang at the end of this week, it is time to take a look at motorcycle racing’s pre-season, and evaluate where we stand so far. Just what is the state of play for both MotoGP and World Superbike in 2013?
Lots of good stuff here, particulary in the section devoted to Ducati down in the lower half of the article. As always David Emmett delivers an interesting read...
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CRT bikes may have failed to compete in MotoGP but bone stock production bikes have never been closer to GP performance.
Production bikes close the gap to MotoGP lap times? We’re living in a golden age...
A couple of weeks ago, Dorna gave us a rare opportunity to compare World Superbikes and MotoGP bikes on the same track on the same day, when it scheduled tests for both classes on overlapping days.
For a while, it seemed as if the Superbikes would have the last laugh, as Eugene Laverty threw down a 1:40.1 lap that was faster than any of the MotoGP riders could muster. Late in the test, the natural order was restored when Nicky Hayden went ever so slightly faster on his Ducati.
Or was it?....
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Bridgepoint brings MotoGP and World Superbike under one roof. What’s next?
Bridgepoint announced earlier this week that Dorna Sports and Infront Sports & Media, rights-holders for the FIM Road Racing World Championship and eni FIM World Superbike Championship, respectively, will henceforth “bring both their motorcycle interests under a single umbrella organization.
“As a consequence, MotoGP and World SBK will be integrated within the Dorna Sports group but managed as separate events with a view to enhancing the two distinct championships.”
What a difference a day makes! Only last spring, SBK Director Paolo Ciabatti had explained to me that Dorna and Infront belong to separate funds, subscribed by separate investors but operated overall by Bridgepoint, a multi-billion-Euro holding group. With each series being responsible for maximizing profit to its separate group of investors, each would manage as it deemed best. There was no question of unifying the management of the two groups or of subordinating one to the other in any sense.
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Bridgepoint, the venture capital organization has today announced that it has brought MotoGP and World Superbike, the two motorcycle racing series it owns, under a single umbrella organization. The reorganization will see Dorna Sports become the parent organization for both series, though Infront will operate as an independent entity and continue to organize World Superbike under its own banner. Infront has also been named as "marketing advisor and global advisor" for both MotoGP and WSBK.
The implications of this announcement are huge, but not immediately clear. The logic behind the move is impeccable: the two series are spending too much of their time competing against each other instead of working together to promote the sport of motorcycle racing. By combining their marketing efforts, the hope is that both series will be made stronger.
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