"It is a shame that to get this result we had to spend our time and money with lawyers and reveal to the competitors our understanding about tyre cooling."
Confirmed as the Qatar MotoGP winner following the Court of Appeal's verdict on Ducati's swingarm spoiler, Andrea Dovizioso will focus on finding more corner speed from the GP19 in Argentina this weekend.
The MotoGP Court of Appeal has issued its verdict in favour of Ducati, declaring that the disputed part fitted to the machines of Andrea Dovizioso, Danilo Petrucci and Jack Miller during the Qatar season opener was legal.
As the wait continues for a verdict from the MotoGP Court of Appeal regarding Ducati's swingarm spoiler used in Qatar, Aprilia has further explained its opposition to the device.
The FIM MotoGP Court of Appeal has heard the case on Ducati’s swingarm device and is deliberating on its decision ahead of an expected announcement due early next week.
Never one to jump to early conclusions, Qatar race winner Andrea Dovizioso believes the hierarchy of the 2019 MotoGP world championship won't be clear until at least round five, in France.
- New Aprilia CEO Massimo Rivola wants Ducati to retain its Qatar MotoGP race results and have the swingarm device banned from the next round onwards (Motosprint via Marca)
Alvaro Bautista and Chaz Davies are undertaking a two-day private test at Aragon with the Ducati test squad ahead of the start of the European stretch of the World Superbike championship.
Ducati Corse general manager Gigi Dall’Igna hits back at the appeal against his team over the legality of its device mounted underneath the swingarm and has singled out Honda’s part in the protest.
Jonathan Rea accepts that against Alvaro Bautista’s current pace on the Aruba.it Racing Ducati V4 R second place was the maximum he could target in Thailand.
Full race two results from Thailand WorldSBK Alvaro Bautista has continued his perfect start to the 2019 World Superbike championship by taking a second consecutive hat-trick of race wins with a flawless per
Full race two results for the second round of the 2019 World Superbike championship at Buriram, Thailand. 1. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 20 laps 2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +10.053s
Full sprint race results from Thailand WorldSBK Alvaro Bautista keeps his winning run going in the Thailand sprint race cut short by a red flag incident between Leon Camier and Thitipong Warokorn.
Full sprint race results for the second round of the 2019 World Superbike championship at Buriram, Thailand. Race red flagged after incident between Leon Camier and Thitipong Warokorn 1. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 5 laps
Full warm-up results at Thailand WorldSBK Alvaro Bautista has retained top spot in morning warm-up ahead of Jonathan Rea following his race one win in Thailand, while Tom Sykes suffers an early technical iss
Full warm-up results for the second round of the 2019 World Superbike championship at Buriram, Thailand. 1. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 1m 32.755s 6 laps 2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 1m 32.897s 9 laps
Alvaro Bautista says he feels fortunate he didn’t come off his Aruba.it Racing Ducati in a clash with Jonathan Rea during the early stages of the Thailand opener.
Alvaro Bautista has retained his perfect start to the 2019 World Superbike championship by winning the opening race at Thailand after seeing off an aggressive early charge from Jonathan Rea.
Full race one results for the second round of the 2019 World Superbike championship at Buriram, Thailand. 1. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 20 laps 2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team +8.217s
Full qualifying results from Thailand WorldSBK Alvaro Bautista has demolished the World Superbike lap record at Buriram to take his first pole position in the series almost half a second quicker than nea
Full qualifying results for the second round of the 2019 World Superbike championship at Buriram, Thailand. 1. Alvaro Bautista ESP Aruba.it Racing – Ducati 1m 31.912s 10 laps 2. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 1m 32.341s 8 laps
Full FP3 results from Thailand WorldSBK Jonathan Rea has chipped away at Alvaro Bautista’s advantage at the top of the practice times in Thailand in the short FP3 session before qualifying.