Front Row!

"This track is pretty difficult, especially the really slow first section, but the bike's going well, it seems to like the place. I tried three different race tyres and there's one that seems really good. I'm expecting a nice fight because there's a few riders really close on lap times," Crash.net

Liquid Horsepower

Superbike Planet has a very interesting short article about Ducati Austin and AMA race fuels. Superbike Planet

van den Goobergh quits Supersport Ducati team.

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Ducati Release From Valencia

Ducati Xerox Team riders Régis Laconi and James Toseland finished the first day of qualifying at Valencia in eleventh and twelfth positions today as both riders opted not to make a qualifying attack and instead focus on their race set-up. Cycle News

Let Lavilla race!

Armed with the venerable 999 F04, Lavilla has shown that there is still life in Ducati, and it would be an injustice for him not to continue the pursuit of early championship leader Ryuichi Kiyonari.

If you feel the same, email your thoughts to adam@crash.net. All the comments, which will be used with the uppermost confidentiality, will then be passed directly on to Colin Wright and the GSE team in petition to keep Lavilla. Crash.net article 1, article 2

Cracked ankle but Capirossi delights Ducati.

"After the crash I went to the Clinica Mobile, where Dr Costa asked me what I wanted to do," he said. "As usual I told him I wanted to go on, so they gave me three pain-killing injections in the ankle. I can ride okay but it's not easy downshifting. Crash.net

Ducati runs engine-braking system, Checa falls.

"I'm still getting used to the system - it feels very different to ride with, like you've switched off the engine when you brake," said Loris. Crash.net

Checa fit for first race.

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Toseland works on set-up as Laconi flies.

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