The Ducati Marlboro Team joins the rest of the MotoGP paddock as they dashe from Mugello to Barcelona for the Catalan GP, the second of four races during June,
MotoGP's busiest month.
Casey Stoner has scored three wins, plus a third, a fourth and a fifth place from the first six races, proving that he has both speed and consistency. Meanwhile his team-mate
Loris Capirossi has scored one podium so far this season and is currently working hard to refine a new engine spec developed by Ducati Corse to suit his riding style.
Capirossi took Ducati's historic debut MotoGP win at Catalunya in June 2003, so the Italian will be aiming to fight up front once again this weekend as he and Stoner continue to work hard with the team and their new machines.
"We learned a few more things at Mugello last weekend and that should help us at Barcelona. As always, we will do the best we can and whatever happens, happens,” said a philosophical Stoner.
“We've been doing a very good job so far this season, so now we go into every race a little more relaxed, a bit more confident in my ability. Barcelona used to be one of my favourite tracks, until they resurfaced it and it got a bit too rough, then it started to really play up with the bikes, “ he said, “My first couple of years it was really good, 2001 to 2003, then in 2004 it started getting too rough and in 2005 they resurfaced it. But it wasn't resurfaced really well and the
F1 cars make it worse.”
As well as the bumps the track itself is challenging as he went on to say, “The track is pretty hard work, it's got some really good points and some fast corners. The first sector's not too bad, most people are pretty similar through there, then the next section is really hard, but it's the last few turns that are really crucial, especially the last two right-handers. It's a very technical circuit, so hopefully it'll be another good one for us. Ducati's first ever win was here and even if it'd be nice to have another one our target is still to do our best and see what happens.”
