OVERALL the Ducati Desmosedici GP11.1 being ridden by Valentino Rossi at Assen is essentially a brand new bike bringing together the development of the 1,000cc bike for 2012 and fitting the 90º V4 800cc engine from this year's machine.The biggest

DUCATI are desperate to achieve success with Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden and at Laguna Seca each rider will have four bikes at their disposal, with two of the GP11 and the GP11.1 each.The results at last Sunday's German GP gave Ducati a

DUCATI HAVE pulled away the cover to reveal the livery of the factory Desmosedici GP11 of Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden.The 2011 Desmosedici retains the trademark scheme with red and white taken from the rudimentary Italian motorsports colour

With the unveiling of the latest chapter to Ducati’s Desmosedici the engineering enigma Filippo Preziosi has detailed the changes to the new MotoGP machine.The bike that was revealed forms 'step 0' of the Desmosedici GP11 project prompting

DUCATI in an aid to bring the struggling Valentino Rossi closer to the front-runners will be running an almost new bike at Assen by experimenting with next year's chassis and 800 engine currently used, creating a Desmosedici GP11.1.The problem

Ducati have begun to take full advantage of their association with Valentino Rossi by adding to the Monster Art range.The new 'GP Replica' uses similar designs to the Desmosedici's of Rossi and Nicky Hayden, featuring the trademark numbers of the two MotoGP riders.Monster Art fir...

Valentino Rossi is slowly making positive progress with the Desmosedci GP11 breaking in to the top 10 at the end of the first day of testing.Managing a time of 2:01.999 the new factory Ducati recruit, Rossi closed the day ninth quickest and closer

DUCATI is selling off an ex-Rossi 2011-spec Desmosedici GP11 and Casey Stoner's 2010 GP10 at RM Auction's Monaco sale in May.It's an unusual step, since GP bikes are normally consigned to the crusher, either as a tax-reduction measure or simply

answer. One is enough. We hope is the right one.”Over the past two races Rossi has found himself battling with teammate Nicky Hayden, with each rider on different versions of the Desmosedici, the GP11.1 and GP11 respectively. The problem encountered

IN ASSESSMENT of his own fitness and an opportunity to get some track time in ahead of next week’s test Valentino Rossi took a Ducati 1198 for a spin around Misano.As testing restrictions still apply until the 1st February test at Sepang, the six-time MotoGP champion swapped his ...