Mika Kallio and Aleix Espargaró will head to Japan with the intention of securing their first points of the 2010 World Championship, following crashes in round one at Losail. Finnish rider Kallio survived two separate incidents of touching with other riders to keep his focus, before he lost the front end of his Ducati in [...]
The steady progress and solid performances of MotoGP rookie Mika Kallio have earned him another season in the premier class with his current employers Pramac Racing, who have confirmed that he will ride for them again in 2010. Returning to the team this weekend at the bwin.com Grande Premio de Portugal, after standing in for [...]
Filling in for the unavailable Casey Stoner, Mika Kallio quickly showed that both Ducati fans and management alike that he was up to the task, posting a seventh quickest overall in Free Practice 1 of the Czech Republic Grand Prix—over half a second ahead of the still-struggling and temporary teammate, Nicky Hayden. Mika Kallio “Actually [...]
Cardion AB Grand Prix Ceske Repupliky Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1’56.595 294.599 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1’56.994 293.000 0.399 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’57.584 297.684 0.989 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1’57.741 290.556 1.146 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’58.172 294.037 1.577 Toni Elias San Carlo [...]
Kallio joins Hayden as temporary replacement for injured Stoner Mika Kallio will join Nicky Hayden in the Ducati Marlboro Team for the next three races, thanks to the great spirit of collaboration between Ducati and the satellite team owned by Paolo Campinoti. Kallio is in his debut season in MotoGP and has already proved to [...]
The Pramac Racing pair talks about the British Grand Prix where they placed higher than the factory duo. Niccolo Canepa “At one point it was difficult just to stay upright, and I didn’t have the advantage that the other riders had in terms of experience. You need to have a lot of patience and sensitivity [...]
Ducati pair starts British Grand Prix against all odds with wet-weather tires; proves too big of a gamble One cannot start to fathom what went on the minds of the whole Ducati Marlboro Team when they decided to play God and forecast rain at Donington Park—they setup the Desmosedicis of Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden [...]
Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’28.211 Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1’28.402 Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1’28.446 Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’28.778 Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1’28.865 Marco Melandri – Hayate Racing Team Kawasaki [...]
Dani Pedrosa – Repsol Honda Team Honda 1’28.787 Jorge Lorenzo – Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1’28.957 Casey Stoner – Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 1’29.096 Valentino Rossi – Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 1’29.164 Colin Edwards – Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 1’29.641 Toni Elias – San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 1’30.078 Andrea Dovizioso – Repsol Honda [...]
Below are the thoughts of Ducati MotoGP riders after the first practice session of the upcoming race at Donnington Park. The session started under wet conditions but dried out towards the end. Casey Stoner – 2nd fastest (1:38.872) “It was good to be able to test the wet setting today because we’ve struggled with it [...]
