Mika Kallio to replace Casey Stoner

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 [...]

Stoner and Hayden talk about wet tire gamble

As previously discussed in this article, Casey and Nicky have released their official press statements regarding the race. Casey Stoner – 14th “Everybody knows I’ve been struggling for the last few races in the dry so I was praying for the rain to come today. Every single lap we were out there it threatened to [...]

Too big a gamble

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 [...]

British Grand Prix Qualifying Practice Results

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 [...]

British Grand Prix Free Practice 2 Results

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 [...]

Ducati riders on Donnington Free Practice 1

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 [...]

Stoner and Hayden want better results at Donnington Park

Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden considers Donington Park an “unfavored” track, with Casey having never been shy about stating his dislike for the circuit, despite winning the last two British Grand Prixs. Casey Stoner “We did the best job we could at Sachsenring and now I’m a bit more confident about going to Donington. The [...]

Hayden finishes 8th due to bad start; Stoner 4th

Sachsenring, Germany On what could have been a potential podium finish for Nicky Hayden because of his best qualifying of the season, Nicky started on the grid 4th but dropped to 14th as he was left for dry in the first lap. Hayden also dropped 2 places in the championship to 13th as he was [...]

Nicky Hayden & Niccolo Canepa crash

Saturday qualifying session; Sachsenring, Germany Aside from Nicky getting his best qualifying result yet, he got involved in a bizarre slash freakish accident when he high-sideded his Desmosedici GP9 on a wet circuit, before the fastest descending part in Sachsenring. Worse, he hit a passing Niccolo Canepa, who had no idea of what had happened [...]

Best ever qualifying for Nicky — 4th in Germany

Well, well what do you know—Nicky Hayden qualified 4th today for tomorrow’s Alice Motorrad Grand Prix in Sachsenring, Germany. His best qualifier yet. Nicky qualified with a time of 1:34.404 just behind Casey Stoner’s 1:33.759. Might this be because of the new handlebars? Go Nicky! Complete qualifying results for Germany Valentino Rossi 1:32.520 Jorge Lorenzo [...]