Ducati line-up 09

[Paul_E_D]

Wow, THis is and interesting list of riders... Stoner, Hayden, Giberneau, Kallio, and Canepa. LOTS of talent there. I wonder who will step in and be competitive on the bike?

Add Haga in WSB and you have assembled an incredible team of riders...

[Crash Dummy Denno]

Wow, THis is and interesting list of riders... Stoner, Hayden, Giberneau, Kallio, and Canepa. LOTS of talent there. I wonder who will step in and be competitive on the bike?

Add Haga in WSB and you have assembled an incredible team of riders...

Yeah seriously! Seems like it could go awesome or horribly bad, no in between... I didn't know Kallio was on a Duck too - I love watching him ride

[Dieseldan]

Giberneau motogp??

[Puppet]

yup
Gibernau Presented As Rider For New ONDE2000 Ducati Team At Valencia News Article // RoadracingWorld.com

[JohnnyV]

Hell yea.... Rossi/Gibernau battles used to be a fucking blast to watch when they were dicing it up....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzNObuOKnnE

[BMFR6]

really interested to see haga on the duc.

[SVRACER01]

really interested to see haga on the duc.

that man DESERVES a title. hes been so close.

[Paul_E_D]

Interview with Sete at motogp.com. I like that guy. He looks happier than he did when he was locked in battle with Rossi...

[Brian675]

Haga on a Duc

[Brian675]

Is Haga really on a Ducati now?

[a13x]

Yes. Haga and Michel for World Superbike 2009.

[Paul_E_D]

Giberneau is sponsored by a country in Africa?

[GixerJockey]

I'm excited for Nicky.

[Brian675]

Yes. Haga and Michel for World Superbike 2009.

Thanks for the answer.

[DucDave]

Hell yea.... Rossi/Gibernau battles used to be a fucking blast to watch when they were dicing it up....

Did Rossi's 'curse' expire? Or did he take it off???

[Hoss]

Nicky during testing

Times at 1pm:

1 Casey Stoner Ducati 1'32.464
2 Alex De Angelis Honda 1'33.375
3 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 1'33.565
4 Loris Capirossi Suzuki 1'33.780
5 John Hopkins Kawasaki 1'33.963
6 Dani Pedrosa Honda 1'34.043
7 Randy De Puniet Honda 1'34.090
8 Marco Melandri Kawasaki 1'34.152
9 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1'34.340
10 Toni Elias Honda 1'34.628
11 Olivier Jaque Kawasaki 1'35.039
12 Nicky Hayden Ducati 1'35.100
13 Niccolo Canepa Ducati 1'35.662
14 Mika Kallio Ducati 1'37.656
15 Yuki Takahashi Honda 1'37.724
16 Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1'44.190
17 Sete Gibernau Ducati 1'46.446

Gibernau's times were set after just two laps, while Talmasci is riding a 250.

[Hoss]

MotoGPMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks | ... that it's such a very long time till April.

Times at 2pm:

1 Casey Stoner Ducati 1'32.464 31 / 32
2 Dani Pedrosa Honda 1'32.672 24 / 27
3 Loris Capirossi Suzuki 1'33.325 37 / 39
4 Alex de Angelis Honda 1'33.375 35 / 38
5 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 1'33.565 19 / 35
6 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1'33.722 6 / 13
7 John Hopkins Kawasaki 1'33.760 44 / 45
8 Randy de Puniet Honda 1'33.832 39 / 42
9 Nicky Hayden Ducati 1'34.128 40 / 41
10 Marco Melandri Kawasaki 1'34.152 32 / 37
11 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1'34.340 18 / 21
12 Sete Gibernau Ducati 1'34.451 21 / 21
13 Toni Elias Honda 1'34.628 28 / 35
14 Olivier Jacque Kawasaki 1'35.013 38 / 40
15 Niccolo Canepa Ducati 1'35.459 27 / 29
16 Mika Kallio Ducati 1'35.727 21 / 25
17 Yuki Takahashi Honda 1'36.895 26 / 39
18 Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1'39.702 250 cc

[Doc]

Haga is going to Ducati!???

Sweet!

Wow, THis is and interesting list of riders... Stoner, Hayden, Giberneau, Kallio, and Canepa. LOTS of talent there. I wonder who will step in and be competitive on the bike?

Add Haga in WSB and you have assembled an incredible team of riders...

[a13x]

Interesting to note ALL of the riders were on the new Bridgestone spec-tyre.

[Hoss]

Times at 5pm, the end of the test:

1 Casey Stoner Ducati 1'32.464 31 / 54
2 Dani Pedrosa Honda 1'32.672 24 / 60
3 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 1'32.921 20 / 34
4 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 1'33.142 41 / 67
5 Loris Capirossi Suzuki 1'33.325 37 / 75
6 Alex de Angelis Honda 1'33.375 35 / 77
7 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 1'33.550 41 / 44
8 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 1'33.675 38 / 57
9 John Hopkins Kawasaki 1'33.760 44 / 74
10 Marco Melandri Kawasaki 1'33.782 47 / 75
11 Randy de Puniet Honda 1'33.832 39 / 80
12 Nicky Hayden Ducati 1'33.960 74 / 79
13 Toni Elias Honda 1'34.129 78 / 81
14 Sete Gibernau Ducati 1'34.451 21 / 52
15 Mika Kallio Ducati 1'34.793 57 / 60
16 Olivier Jacque Kawasaki 1'34.925 48 / 71
17 Niccolo Canepa Ducati 1'34.995 59 / 62
18 Yuki Takahashi Honda 1'35.203 72 / 73
19 Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 1'38.472 55 / 57

Interesting to see Melandri the same pace as Hopkins already.

[Paul_E_D]

Ya, Nicky is learning a new bike AND new tires. Seems like he did allright. Tomorrow should tell a little more... I wonder if Nicky is starting on the 08, or just straight to the 09?

[Hoss]

Ya, Nicky is learning a new bike AND new tires. Seems like he did allright. Tomorrow should tell a little more... I wonder if Nicky is starting on the 08, or just straight to the 09?

I read on one of the sites that Nicky and Casey are on the GP09's, while the other 3 Ducati's on track were GP08's

[a13x]

I read on one of the sites that Nicky and Casey are on the GP09's, while the other 3 Ducati's on track were GP08's

Yup correct.

And the GP09's have full carbon frames....

[GixerJockey]

And the GP09's have full carbon frames....

OMG... I just made sticky's in my boxers...

[Paul_E_D]

I bet they have to produce many versions of that frame next year. Though Casey seems fast on it already. Although...There was some blurb that casey set that fast ime in the AM on the 08???