THE internet has been awash with supposed details of the Ducati Desmosedici GP12 revealed by Karel Abraham's Cardion AB team – but most sites reporting this 'news' have failed to spot that this bike isn't the same as the new Ducati that Rossi

, as the greater durability this option provides makes it better suited for race use. At Silverstone, when the new specification front tyre becomes the standard, the front tyre allocation will return to nine tyres.Click here for the 2012 MotoGP calendar

THE DEATH of racing two-strokes was formally ratified at Brno, when a GP Commission meeting confirmed specifications for the replacement for the 125 class.Moto3, due to arrive in 2012, will run 250cc single-cylinder cost-capped engines (not more

FOR their CRT project Gresini will be using engines and electronics supplied by Ten Kate Racing.The satellite Honda team will use the engine from the Honda Fireblade in an FTR chassis, with Michele Pirro riding the production-based prototype machine

said: “It’ll be an important season to understand the potential of these bikes and I hope that the gap won’t be that great and that lap times will get shorter as the season go on. "In a perfect world we’d have 24 MotoGP bikes on the grid

career, including winning the 125GP championship in 2004. "Well, the leaders of HRC have asked me to do everything and more to organise a team for Dovizioso," Cecchinelli said on Moto.it, "It is a project we're working on, but that requires a greater

WOW, it’s not often you get a statement as strong as this one from the motorcycle racing world, but last night WSB bosses basically issued a ‘hands off or we’ll have you in court’ release aimed squarely at MotoGP’s door.There has been some mumblings

problems, and the times are very good. In the first day of the test we are now less than a second off the fastest 250cc race lap and the conditions are still slightly cold.”We reckon Moto2 might just turn out to be quite a scrapping ground for MotoGP

do with a bike, I’d find that it’s almost as much fun as a bike."And when asked specifically which kind of bike is most exciting, Rossi cannot decide whether 500cc two-strokes or MotoGP tickle his fancy the most:"Although I can’t say which is the best

HAVING FINISHED in last place in Sunday's opening round of the 2010 MotoGP season at Qatar, Gresini Honda rider Marco Melandri has said the Italian's performance was 'one of the worst' of his career.Struggling with machine issues, Melandri