Front end issues struck the factory Ducati team once again today, as Valentino Rossi crashed out of the Australian MotoGP whilst battling for 5th position with Alvaro Bautista on lap 14. Rossi started the race from the fourth row, but quickly found his rhythm and worked his way up the field to 7th position. As [...]

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Valentino Rossi limped to 13th position in today’s qualifying session at Phillip Island for tomorrow’s Australian MotoGP. Ducati has a rich history of victory at Phillip Island in recent years, with Casey Stoner winning the last four races in Australia for Ducati, but Rossi struggled to find pace and was even out qualified by both [...]

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Despite a positive weekend of improvement on the Ducati during Free Practice and Qualifying, Valentino Rossi’s weekend ended early and without points when he crashed out of the race on the second corner of the first lap. Rossi made contact with Jorge Lorenzo going into turn 2, and was then nudged into Ben Spies. The [...]

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Ducati’s decision to incur the engine rules penalty (after using their 7th engine of the season) and start Valentino Rossi from the pit-lane put another dark cloud over yet another race weekend for the factory team – but it was a tactical decision that they are hoping will pay off in the future. Rossi now [...]

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Misano is definitely not Nicky Hayden’s track – Hayden fell while exiting Turn 15 on the third lap and is yet to complete a race there. Valentino Rossi had a better time in front of his home fans, and changes that were made in the morning warm-up meant Rossi could maintain a more consistent race [...]

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