Team Roberts was dealt a setback to its 2008 MotoGP plans with the announcement that Ducati would not be able to supply the Britain-based team.

[Via Cycle News]
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For the first time, the most famous vintage road rally on two wheels comes to Monterey, California for a July 13, 2008 departure from historic Cannery Row. “Motogiro America” stops include: Paso Robles and a lap on the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in honour of the MotoGP Championship to be held on July 20, 2008.

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Finn Raikkonen had some warm comments about Stoner and his achievements during the 2007 MotoGP season.

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7th January 2008 - On the day before the official Ducati MotoGP Team launch, the Borgo Panigale manufacturers and Enel have officially entered into a new, top-level partnership agreement. The biggest electric company in Italy, and second listed utility company in Europe by installed capacity, has decided to link its trade mark and corporate image with Ducati, the 2007 MotoGP World Champions famous for their own winning ‘power’.

[Via Roadracing World Publishing] 

Biaggi, who hasn’t ridden a Superbike since splitting from Alstare Suzuki shortly after the end of the 2007 season, will join most of the leading WSBK and WSS teams in testing at the challenging Australian race track from January 8-10.

[Via Crash.net] 

World champion Casey Stoner is MotoGP’s man of the year, claiming a clean sweep of major European awards.

[Via The Age]

For those who held on to their Ducati 748 and couldn’t be tempted to update by the ugly 749 with the Picasso vertical-stack eyes, the long wait has been worthwhile.

[Via News.com.au]

The best that can be said of AMA Superbike is that it has the support of well-funded factory teams and has a level of production-derived machinery equaled only by the World Superbike, All-Japan Superbike, and British Superbike championships. The worst that can be said is that the racing has become so excruciatingly predictable that you have to look back to June 20, 2006, to find a race not won by one of the Yoshimura Suzuki riders.

[Via Motorcycle USA] 

This line of turbo-charged flash memory cards and USB which include the SanDisk Extreme Ducati Edition CompactFlash, the SanDisk Extreme Ducati Edition SD Plus, and SanDisk Extreme Ducati USB drive, offer the quickest read/write times of the SanDisk portfolio providing consumers with the ultimate performance experience.

[Via LetsGoDigital] 

Airwaves Ducati has put Leon Haslam and Gregorio Lavilla’s Ducati 999R race bikes up for sale.

[Via Crash.net] 

World MotoGP champion Casey Stoner isn’t rushing to follow rival Valentino Rossi into a Formula One car - but hasn’t ruled out testing one in the future.Rossi tested for Ferrari several times amid speculation he was about to switch to four wheels but has since decided to remain in MotoGP.Michael Schumacher, Ferrari’s seven-times world champion, late last year tested Stoner’s championship-winning Ducati GP7 bike.

[Via News.com.au] 

Suzuki boss Paul Denning said that while the Ducati was undoubtedly quicker than the other manufacturers, it was Stoner’s unique riding skills that made the difference.

[Via News.com.au]

How do you fancy a late Christmas present? Well if you’ve got a bit of spare cash left after the sales you could get your hands on the Ducati full-factory 999s campaigned by Airwaves Ducati that came within a whisker of taking the BSB championship in 2007.

[Via Motor Cycle News]

The Italian finished third overall in the standings last year, in a season dominated by Casey Stoner on the Ducati.

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