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Hayden & Rossi set to test 2012 Ducati

rush — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 06:36:18 +0000

Following a successful shakedown test at the hands of Franco Battaini and Vittoriano Guareschi, Ducati has announced that its MotoGP race riders Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden will try the 2012 Ducati at Jerez.

Today (Friday) will see Rossi ride the GP12, with Hayden getting track time on Saturday – at the same circuit where he took Ducati’s first podium of the season last Sunday.

With the Ducati test team concentrating on development of this year’s GP11, Rossi and Hayden will be supported by race team mechanics and engineers – under the supervision of technical director Filippo Preziosi – for the GP12 test.

2012 MotoGP rules allow a maximum engine size of 1000cc, although it is not clear if Ducati (or the other manufacturers) will use the full capacity allowed.

Ducati is the first of the MotoGP manufacturers to let its race riders test the 2012 bike. Both Rossi and Hayden are already under contract with the Italian factory until the end of next season.

Source: Crash.net

Hayden delighted with “big leap forward”

rush — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:28:27 +0000

Click here to watch Nicky’s interview with MotoGP.com after testing.

Despite still feeling the slight after effects of arm surgery from two weeks ago, Nicky Hayden made impressive progress on the Desmosedici GP10 of the Ducati Marlboro team at the Sepang test.

Not entirely happy with how things went on the opening day, Friday was a far more satisfying session for Hayden as he set a time of 2’00.703 – the third fastest of the test as the new engine in his GP10 prototype showed its competitiveness.

“I am obviously really happy because the changes we made yesterday afternoon that enabled me to go a couple of tenths faster despite the heat have proved to work even better today with the track in improved condition,” said Hayden. “After making small steps for the last few test sessions today we have finally taken a big leap forward and I was able to ride fast.”

He added: “The arm wasn’t too bad but it still isn’t as strong as before, which I can feel more than anything in the hard braking, and it was hard work today. Anyway, I am recovering well and now we move on from Sepang feeling really happy.”

Hayden’s team-mate Casey Stoner was second on the timesheet behind Valentino Rossi, as both the Ducati machines came inside the top three times of the test.

Results from Day 2 of Sepang Test

rush — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:21:40 +0000

Day 2 of the Sepang pre-season test saw Nicky set the third fastest time, just under two tenths behind his Ducati team mate, Casey Stoner!

Congrats Nicky, we know its only testing, but things are looking great for the start of the season!

Pos Rider Team Fastest lap Prev. Gap Lead. Gap Laps
1 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 2:00.271 - - 39
2 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 2:00.512 +0.241 +0.241 33
3 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 2:00.703 +0.191 +0.432 42
4 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:00.988 +0.285 +0.717 35
5 Ben Spies Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:01.014 +0.026 +0.743 44
6 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2:01.320 +0.306 +1.049 50
7 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 2:01.439 +0.119 +1.168 46
8 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 2:01.478 +0.039 +1.207 57
9 Hiroshi Aoyama Interwetten-Honda MotoGP 2:01.692 +0.214 +1.421 50
10 Alvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2:01.732 +0.040 +1.461 25
11 Randy De Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP 2:01.980 +0.248 +1.709 58
12 Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini 2:02.078 +0.098 +1.807 60
13 Hector Barbera Aspar Team 2:02.080 +0.002 +1.809 52
14 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Team 2:02.082 +0.002 +1.811 66
15 Yamaha T Yamaha T 2:02.287 +0.205 +2.016 18
16 Aleix Espargaro Pramac Racing Team 2:02.367 +0.080 +2.096 49
17 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 2:03.689 +1.322 +3.418 2
18 Yamaha O Yamaha O 2:04.500 +0.811 +4.229 43

Results from Day 1 of Sepang Test

rush — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 03:19:02 +0000

Nicky ended his first day of the second pre-season test at Sepang in 11th place. Don’t sweat, its his first time back on the Ducati after undergoing surgery on his arm for the “arm pump” syndrome!

Pos Rider Team Fastest lap Prev. Gap Lead. Gap Laps
1 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 2:01.068 - - 47
2 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 2:01.219 +0.151 +0.151 33
3 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 2:01.631 +0.412 +0.563 52
4 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2:01.687 +0.056 +0.619 52
5 Ben Spies Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:01.843 +0.156 +0.775 42
6 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2:01.897 +0.054 +0.829 35
7 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 2:02.036 +0.139 +0.968 47
8 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Team 2:02.038 +0.002 +0.970 76
9 Alvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 2:02.078 +0.040 +1.010 34
10 Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini 2:02.086 +0.008 +1.018 52
11 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 2:02.221 +0.135 +1.153 61
12 Hiroshi Aoyama Interwetten-Honda MotoGP 2:02.419 +0.198 +1.351 57
13 Aleix Espargaro Pramac Racing Team 2:02.447 +0.028 +1.379 35
14 Hector Barbera Aspar Team 2:02.485 +0.038 +1.417 62
15 Randy De Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP 2:02.535 +0.050 +1.467 76
16 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 2:03.254 +0.719 +2.186 53
17 Yamaha O Yamaha O 2:04.681 +1.427 +3.613 51
18 Yamaha T Yamaha T 2:04.967 +0.286 +3.899 43

Pre-Season Testing from Sepang: Day 1

rush — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:20:01 +0000

Nicky ended the first day of testing in 7th place on the time sheets onboard the new GP10.

1. Rossi (Yamaha) 2:01.411 (54 laps)
2. Stoner (Ducati) 2:01.902 (42)
3. Edwards (Yamaha) 2:01.932 (48)
4. Capirossi (Suzuki) 2:02.102 (58)
5. Lorenzo (Yamaha) 2:02.165 (57)
6. Dovizioso (Honda) 2:02.630 (51)
7. Hayden (Ducati) 2:02.792 (59)
8. Pedrosa (Honda) 2:02.866 (52)
9. Kallio (Ducati) 2:02.987 (70)
10. Barbera (Ducati) 2:03.030 (59)
11. Espargaro (Ducati) 2:03.133 (54)
12. Spies (Yamaha) 2:03.142 (55)
13. De Puniet (Honda) 2:03.456 (62)
14. Bautista (Suzuki) 2:03.558 (51)
15. Simoncelli (Honda) 2:03.563 (54)
16. Melandri (Honda) 2:03.609 (28)
17. Aoyama (Honda) 2:03.651 (66)

Nicky Hayden – 7th fastest 2’02.792 (59 laps)

“Overall the day was positive, sure it went quite fast actually and at the end of the day when we were ready to do some more laps the rain came and cut it a little bit short. It would be nice to have the chance to do some more laps. But overall the bike was feeling quite good. We made a couple of little tweaks that helped us but we struggle a lot for edge chatter. There’s not much testing before the start of the season so we’ve got to move fast: day one is in the bag, we have established a good starting point and we go from here”.

Source: Nicky’s Official Site

Results from Day 3 of Valencia Testing

rush — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:15:13 +0000

Nicky ended the final day of the post-season test at Valencia in 3rd place on board the GP10! But before you get too excited, the Yamaha boys didn’t take part in the final day’s proceedings! Still, this test has been a great result for Nicky and hopefully the next test at Malaysia will go just as well!

Pos Rider Team Fastest lap Prev. Gap Lead. Gap Laps
1 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 1:31.900 - - 35
2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 1:31.944 +0.044 +0.044 38
3 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 1:32.805 +0.861 +0.905 40
4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 1:32.825 +0.020 +0.925 51
5 Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:32.936 +0.111 +1.036 36
6 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing 1:32.988 +0.052 +1.088 39
7 Aleix Espargaro Pramac Racing 1:33.275 +0.287 +1.375 55
8 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:33.464 +0.189 +1.564 43
9 Hector Barbera Aspar Team 1:33.787 +0.323 +1.887 57
10 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:33.856 +0.069 +1.956 35
11 Alvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:34.163 +0.307 +2.263 45
12 Hiroshi Aoyama Scot Racing Team 1:34.821 +0.658 +2.921 47
13 Joan Olive Promoracing 1:38.718 +3.897 +6.818 37
14 Xavier Simeon Gresini Moto 2 Team 1:39.151 +0.433 +7.251 12
15 Kenny Noyes Promoracing 1:45.427 +6.276 +13.527 2

Source: MotoGP.com

Valencia Test: Day 2 Results

rush — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:10:24 +0000

Nicky again finished 5th in the warm up times!

Pos Rider Team Fastest lap Prev. Gap Lead. Gap Laps
1 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team 1:31.939 - - 62
2 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 1:32.195 +0.256 +0.256 44
3 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 1:32.528 +0.333 +0.589 55
4 Ben Spies Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:32.942 +0.414 +1.003 61
5 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 1:32.981 +0.039 +1.042 84
6 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 1:33.025 +0.044 +1.086 46
7 Randy De Puniet Lcr Honda MotoGP 1:33.111 +0.086 +1.172 76
8 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing 1:33.125 +0.014 +1.186 84
9 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:33.211 +0.086 +1.272 64
10 Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:33.326 +0.115 +1.387 85
11 Aleix Espargaro Pramac Racing 1:33.345 +0.019 +1.406 74
12 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Team 1:33.546 +0.201 +1.607 44
13 Hector Barbera Aspar Team 1:34.206 +0.660 +2.267 100
14 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:34.230 +0.024 +2.291 79
15 Alvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:34.540 +0.310 +2.601 74
16 Hiroshi Aoyama Scot Racing Team 1:35.261 +0.721 +3.322 88
17 Xavier Simeon Gresini Moto 2 Team 1:37.279 +2.018 +5.340 58
18 Joan Olive Promoracing 1:37.881 +0.602 +5.942 86

Source: a href=”http://www.motogp.com”>MotoGP.com

Valencia Day 1 of Testing Results

rush — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:30:00 +0000

Nicky ended the first day of testing in 5th position, not a bad effort for the Kentucky Kid!
The session also had some Moto2 riders taking part.

Session 1 – 09/11/09
Pos Rider Team Fastest lap Prev. Gap Lead. Gap Laps
1 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team 1:32.660 - - 32
2 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team 1:32.685 +0.025 +0.025 45
3 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team 1:32.826 +0.141 +0.166 37
4 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team 1:33.088 +0.262 +0.428 31
5 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Team 1:33.358 +0.270 +0.698 58
6 Ben Spies Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:33.496 +0.138 +0.836 50
7 Andrea Dovicioso Repsol Honda Team 1:33.675 +0.179 +1.015 51
8 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing 1:33.726 +0.051 +1.066 52
9 Randy De Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP 1:33.775 +0.049 +1.115 61
10 Marco Melandri San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:33.839 +0.064 +1.179 59
11 Aleix Espargaro Pramac Racing 1:33.878 +0.039 +1.218 63
12 Colin Edwards Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:33.929 +0.051 +1.269 35
13 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:34.144 +0.215 +1.484 55
14 Marco Simoncelli San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:35.229 +1.085 +2.569 51
15 Alvaro Bautista Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1:35.772 +0.543 +3.112 52
16 Hector Barbera Aspar Team 1:36.204 +0.432 +3.544 63
17 Hiroshi Aoyama Scot Racing Team 1:37.964 +1.760 +5.304 40
18 Kenny Noyes Promoracing 1:38.654 +0.690 +5.994 28
19 Ratthapark Wilairot Stop and Go 1:39.815 +1.161 +7.155 17
20 Joan Olive Promoracing 1:41.989 +2.174 +9.329 18

Source: MotoGP.com

Testing Updates from Valencia

rush — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:52:06 +0000

Nicky is on track today for the usual post-race test at Valencia. We’re not sure whether he’s riding the ‘10 Ducati, but this will probably be clarified sometime later today.

Here’s some updates from the 15.00 and 16.00 mark.

Post-Race Test Times from Brno

rush — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:35:08 +0000

Nicky ended the post-Czech GP test in 8th place on a day cut short by, guess what, RAIN! Where would MotoGP be without rain?!?

Oh, and he crashed during the session but wasn’t hurt.

Pos Rider Team Fastest lap Prev. Gap Lead. Gap Laps
1 Jorge LORENZO Fiat Yamaha 1:56.171 – - 52
2 Valentino ROSSI Fiat Yamaha 1:56.622 +0.451 +0.451 38
3 Dani PEDROSA Repsol Honda 1:56.747 +0.125 +0.576 53
4 Loris CAPIROSSI Suzuki MotoGP 1:57.543 +0.796 +1.372 43
5 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Repsol Honda 1:57.764 +0.221 +1.593 53
6 Toni ELIAS San Carlo Honda Gresini 1:57.841 +0.077 +1.670 39
7 Chris VERMULEN Suzuki MotoGP 1:57.891 +0.050 +1.720 61
8 Nicky HAYDEN Ducati Marlboro Team 1:57.928 +0.037 +1.757 64
9 Marco MELANDRI Hayate Racing Team 1:58.045 +0.117 +1.874 56
10 Mika KALLIO Ducati Marlboro Team 1:58.051 +0.006 +1.880 65
11 Niccolo CANEPA Pramac Racing 1:58.120 +0.069 +1.949 69
12 Gabor TALMACSI Scott Racing Team 1:59.008 +0.888 +2.837 58
13 Mattia PASINI Pramac Racing 1:59.614 +0.606 +3.443 66
14 David DE GEA 2:05.907 +6.293 +9.736 49