CARLOS CHECA took the track at World Ducati Week to test the WSB-spec 1199 Panigale around Misano.Enjoyingly sweltering conditions the reigning World Superbike champion lapped the Italian circuit on a sexy looking Panigale with a raw carbon fibre

Ducati really did get close to getting all the way to its official launch without any full pictures of the new 1199 Panigale leaking to the press – but over the weekend the inevitable happened.First, French magazine Moto et Motards appeared

DUCATI'S new superbike – which is set to appear virtually undisguised in Italian magazine Motociclismo in early July – has now been talked about so much that we don't have many questions left. But one still remains; what will it be called

DUCATI'S new 1199/Xtreme has been spotted again, this time resplendent in trad Ducati red paint, albeit with the bodywork somewhat marred by a huge number of stick-on tabs, presumably as part of the firm's aerodynamic testing.The rider, complete

CLOSE-UP details of Ducati's new 1199 superbike have emerged from Italian magazine Motociclismo, which gained access to one of the machines and was able – either with or without Ducati's approval – to take some close-up photos.The lack of an overall

; while we might have a passing interest in the stripped-down pictures of the Panigale, all Ducati's rivals will have been poring over them for hours (if, that is, they haven't managed to get an 1199 of their own to strip down just yet). It's a new

FOOTAGE of Ducati's 1199 Panigale on the dyno has been revealed by Italian magazine Motociclismo.The minute-long clip shows the Panigale being rolled-on in 4th gear from next to no revs. Curiously, it's the first time we've ever seen anyone dynoing

DUCATI has launched the first teaser video for the forthcoming 1199 superbike – confirming its name to be 'Panigale'.Perhaps as a mark of just how different the new bike is, or maybe because at 1199 there's no scope to increase the capacity any more

. However, witnesses of the 1199 prototypes' runs at Mugello suggest it's not suffering many problems at the moment.A road-going version of Ducati 1199 has been spotted.

salute the fact Ducati have, because the 1199 is something an evolved 1198 could never have been.” Ben Cope, Visordown – February 2012 Read the full review