You’ve probably seen this photo of Rossi sliding his Ducati GP12 during pre-season testing. And, if you’re an armchair expert, you’ve likely suggested that the photographer, the famed Gigi Soldano, manipulated it in Photoshop. You can tell because the pixels … Continued
Leaked on Twitter and Facebook earlier today by a handful of close followers of the Ducati MotoGP circus, these are the first-ever photos of The Doctor’s GP12. Apparently snapped during pre-season testing at Sepang, what do they show us? Well, … Continued
You love MotoGP, I love MotoGP, but no one else loves MotoGP. That’s because no one’s ever done a good job of capturing and communicating the spectacle, the thrill and the shear heart-in-mouth drama of a motorcycle race into a … Continued
This is Valentino Rossi checking out the new, still camo’d, Ducati 1199 Panigale. Rossi’s tiny (5’ 11”), but doesn’t this photo make the new Duc look distinctly human-sized? After his first sit, the MotoGP rider described the bike as “a … Continued
Rossi hasn’t released an official statement saying whether or not he’ll be racing at Motegi, but his Misano helmet tells us a lot about what’s on his mind. The infographic in the speech bubble shows a cartoon skull and cross-bones, … Continued
Limited to a run of 46 prints a piece (see what they did there?) these artworks commemorate the as-yet unsuccessful union of Ducati and Valentino Rossi. Polish artist Patryk Kuleta starts with photographs of his subjects, blurring the shapes and … Continued
This past weekend at the Laguna Seca MotoGP round, Ducati Island was crowded as usual, but when everyone caught word that Rossi would be walking out onto the stage, things got crazy. The first six photos in this set were … Continued