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Oct 15th, 2009, 9:32 am
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Valentino Rossi riding a Ducati MotoGP in 2010
According to La Repubblica - one of the most important Italian newspapers - on September 14th 2009 at 6:30 pm, an Audi S6 arrived at Porgo Panigale. Uccio Saletti was at the wheel, Jeremy Burges on the passenger seat and... Valentino Rossi was in the backseat.
According to some sources, Rossi would be riding a Ducati next year! And he would take Davide Brivio with him, plus Jeremy Burges and a bunch of mechanics. Ducati would have 2 teams: Ducati 1: with Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden.
Ducati 2: with Valentino Rossi.
For those of you who speak the language, here is the link to La Repubblica:
http://www.repubblica.it/2009/10/spo...la-ducati.html
Francesco
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Last edited by BeHyper; Oct 15th, 2009 at 10:18 am.
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Oct 15th, 2009, 9:50 am
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Duc ... Duc ... GOOSE!
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Shenanigans!
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Oct 15th, 2009, 10:07 am
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molto interessante direi
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Oct 15th, 2009, 10:09 am
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Originally Posted by Da_Bull
Shenanigans!
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I wouldn't label this as incorrect or deceitful. Apparently the source of this piece of news is not just one: La Repubblica wrote about this on Oct 9th, and on Oct 14th Il Riformista added more details.
Will see. Apparently there is a sort of pre-agreement for now. I'm just reporting the news because if it's true it'd be fantastic.
Ciao,
Francesco
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Last edited by BeHyper; Oct 15th, 2009 at 10:16 pm.
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Oct 15th, 2009, 10:35 am
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Duc ... Duc ... GOOSE!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeHyper
I wouldn't label this as incorrect or deceitful. Apparently the source of this piece of news is not just one: La Repubblica wrote about this on Nov 9th, and on Nov 14th Il Riformista added more details.
Will see. Apparently there is a sort of pre-agreement for now. I'm just reporting the news because if it's true it'd be fantastic.
Ciao,
Francesco
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I'm still skeptical but will admit that the GP bike/program would benefit greatly from a relationship with Rossi.
It worked for Honda and Yamaha...
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Oct 15th, 2009, 10:47 am
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Rossi is a contracted Yamaha rider for 2010. I believe all the signs point to him riding for Ducati next and argue the point at great length if you are interested.
Why Rossi will finish his career with Ducati
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Oct 15th, 2009, 11:00 am
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Originally Posted by whippersnapper
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Contracts "are made to be broken", especially in Italy... It's just money, after all...
;-)
Anyway, I guess we'll know better after Phillip Island.
Francesco
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Last edited by BeHyper; Oct 15th, 2009 at 11:07 am.
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Oct 15th, 2009, 11:23 am
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Not gonna happen. Rossi is contracted with yamaha. Ducati has already penned their riders too. I'm sure it the italian dream to have Rossi aboard a Duc but, its only a dream.
Its more likely that Rossi would ride a Buell in the future! lol
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Oct 15th, 2009, 11:25 am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Da_Bull
I'm still skeptical but will admit that the GP bike/program would benefit greatly from a relationship with Rossi.
It worked for Honda and Yamaha...
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I can't agree more... Also, regarding the Ducati 2 team, apparently it will be a sort of satellite team, of course with full factory backing, just like Valentino old Honda Nastro Azzurro Team.
Francesco
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Oct 15th, 2009, 11:34 am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Suigeneris
Not gonna happen. Rossi is contracted with yamaha. Ducati has already penned their riders too. I'm sure it the italian dream to have Rossi aboard a Duc but, its only a dream.
Its more likely that Rossi would ride a Buell in the future! lol
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If only Buell were still around next year... Unfortunately, as of today, Buell doesn't exist anymore.
Erik Buell just announced almost in tears they are shutting down operations:
http://www.buell.com/en_us/
Ahh, and by the way, Harley Davidson is going to sell MV Augusta.
Francesco
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