BEN Spies and Moto2 rider Andrea Ianonne will be team mates in the Pramac Racing Ducati team in 2013.The satellite team, run by Pramac Racing, currently runs one bike and one rider: Hector Barbera.Both Spies and Ianonne - a MotoGP rookie

VALENTINO Rossi was the slowest Ducati rider at yesterday's Aragon test but despite this, he says it was a good test.Rossi was eighth fastest with a time of 1m 50.369s, two places behind team mate Nicky Hayden in sixth and 0.17 seconds off

A RUMOUR from a reputable Italian journalist on Facebook suggest that Ducati has an Audi-influenced eye on picking up Stefan Bradl for the 2014 season, as reported by GP-Inside.com.The MotoGP rookie has been impressive in his debut in the premier

, there was speculation that, with over 5 laps remaining - the minimum a MotoGP restart will allow - the race would be restarted but conditions continued to diminish, meaning Pedrosa had done what he needed to do.Lorenzo had a few moments on the last couple of laps

. Britain's James Ellison is 17th with 9 points.MotoGP Championship Standings after AssenPos.    Rider    Bike    Points1    Jorge LORENZO    Yamaha    1402    Casey STONER    Honda    1403    Dani PEDROSA    Honda    1214    Cal CRUTCHLOW    Yamaha    775

LORENZO starts to carve out a gap to Pedrosa, while Stoner's poor result means he starts to come under pressure from Dovizioso who's recently hit form and scored a third place at Mugello.Rossi still highest placed Ducati in sixth.MotoGP Championship

."Talking about Stefan Bradl who has stepped up to the MotoGP class this year, Stoner said: "Bradl has had a couple of decent results, but I made mistakes in those races so maybe things have looked a little better than they are really." After that, we can

VALENTINO Rossi once again suffered tyre problems during last Saturday's MotoGP race at Assen.Rossi was lapping in 5th, closely followed by team mate Hayden, Pramac Ducati's Barbera and Tech 3 Yamaha's Crutchlow however, Rossi struggled and slipped

and World Superbikes and doesn't look like adding much drama.The MotoGP 'tiered' knockout system is complex and blurs the boundary between what actually constitutes a qualifying and free practice session as the top ten riders from the first three Free

place, the only redeeming factor is he's the highest placed Ducati rider.Factory Yamaha rider Ben Spies sits a distant 11th in the championship.MotoGP Championship standings after Catalunya: Round 5POSITION    RIDER    TEAM    POINTS1    Jorge Lorenzo