This is the first action photo of Jorge Lorenzo showing off new sponsor Alpinestars and his new stylized number one, made by combining the World Champion’s initials. You get the feeling Lorenzo thinks he’s quite clever for coming up with … Continued
Last week we brought you photos of Valentino Rossi riding a Ducati 1198 SP, along with a self-evaluation of his fitness — his shoulder still hurts. Now there’s video from the test, it’s below.
Alright, Valentino Rossi’s new red/yellow leathers and bike look kinda cool. But the Ducati team’s new apparel? Show up at a race wearing these shirts or this hat and people are going to be asking you to supersize their order. … Continued
“Today I did a total of 25 laps on the [Ducati 1198 SP], which is sort of a ‘historic’ motorcycle for Ducati: beautiful and fast,” Valentino Rossi stated from Misano this afternoon. “I liked it!”
Valentino Rossi came fifth in an ice go kart race against Formula One drivers Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa, Marc Gene, Giancarlo Fisichella and his own teammate, Nicky Hayden. The group also took the ice in toy-like Fiat 500s. More photos … Continued
These are the first official images of the Ducati GP11, the bike that Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden will ride in MotoGP this year. As you can see, there’s not a big departure here from the GP10, at least visually. … Continued
Nicky Hayden, the other guy in this photograph of Valentino Rossi, knows he needs some serious results in 2011 or he risks being completely overshadowed.