width:300px; margin:5px 0px 5px 10px;" align="center"black solid; margin-bottom:2px;" width="300" /After Ducati recently burst the bubble on his five years of desmo-powered prominence, James Toseland has signed for the Ten Kate Honda squad. He may

about already. Troy Bayliss will team with Lorenzo Lanzi in the factory Ducati squad. It could be argued that this is a case of Ducati throwing away a proven losing pair and having a double punt into the unknown. Last month you'll have read why Toseland

themselves with Ducatis for 2005. The official Corse team will again feature the talents of champion James Toseland and his 2004 team-mate Regis Laconi, but quite why it's taken this long to confirm the line up, along with the inclusion of Lorenzo Lanzi in a

they are arguably not worth their MotoGP contracts.Toseland has come through the ranks of racing propelled by two British teams in World Championship racing (Castrol Honda and GSE), neither of whom are there now. Nowadays, it's all his own work, and whatever you may

of its little brother Supersport.Long haul Don't underestimate Ducati Corse. With so many fast fours it looked like the twins were about to get sand kicked in their faces at Qatar.After testing, when the 'terrible' twins' twins Laconi and Toseland looked

racing jigsaw only shaped the day before this column went to press, in the form of a 12-round SBK calendar, it seems appropriate to explain the hierarchy of calendar building - to let you know why the Donington GP has shifted, if nothing else.As things

assertion - that Ducati should not be underestimated - to come true. But it certainly came of age at Silverstone. After a test session at Mugello, James Toseland got back on it, to the point of victory. After some dashing rides and terrible misfortune