MotoGP Gossip: Ducati protest appeal situation rumbles on

- Following the appeal against Ducati’s device mounted under the swingarm, KTM motorsports director Pit Beirer explains why his team took part in the joint-protest (Speedweek)

- While Aprilia’s CEO Massimo Rivola wants the MotoGP rules to be clarified around the new loophole which Ducati is accused of exploiting (GPOne.com)

- But Ducati’s sporting director Paolo Ciabatti denies the device in question is used for aerodynamic gains (Motomatters.com)

- Away from the appeal protest, Ducati chief Claudio Domenicali feels the new partnership of Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci works perfectly (Marca)

- Qatar Moto3 race-winner Kaito Toba sends out a tribute to Casey Stoner after an image from 2008 emerges of a young Toba meeting his hero (Marca)