Ducati

2022 Gresini Ducati rider Fabio di Giannantonio says MotoGP 'an incredible dream'. Knows it will also be 'a huge change, but I feel I’m ready.'

Jason O’Halloran’s long wait for a podium at Knockhill is over thanks to second place in BSB race one; ‘Finishing second today, although it’s not a win it feels like a win for me’.

Christian Iddon finally turns second place into first with British Superbike race one victory at Knockhill; ‘honestly I was just so pumped to win’.

Results from free practice one, round two of the 2021 Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Knockhill.

Tito Rabat’ switch from MotoGP to WorldSBK has been a bitterly disappointing one so far, with only two top tens in 12 races; ‘The spirits? You get used to it over the years, you leave here trying not to leave unmotivated and continue.”

How has each MotoGP manufacturer - Yamaha, Ducati, Suzuki, KTM, Honda and Aprilia - fared compared to the same time last season?

Josh Brookes believes round two of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Knockhill is one with ‘lots of potential’, after a difficult start at Oulton Park.

Scott Redding says ‘I’m there to pick up the pieces’, with regards to the title fight between Jonathan Rea and new WorldSBK championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu. 

Chaz Davies believes the same inconsistency issues he’s faced for several WorldSBK seasons with Ducati is once again coming to the fore; ‘History is sort of repeating itself. Look at Rinaldi this weekend and Scott’ [Redding].

Ducati Corse general manager Gigi Dall’Igna reviews the performance of the Desmosmedici during the opening half of the 2021 MotoGP season.

Johann Zarco, whose MotoGP career was in serious doubt when he left KTM midway through 2019, is Fabio Quartararo's nearest title rival at the midway stage of the 2021 season.

Gresini Racing continues to add more names to the fairings of its 2022 MotoGP Ducatis.

Michael Rinaldi’ difficulties at Donington continue ‘because of two strange races’. Double WorldSBK race winner at Misano ‘not happy about’ best finish of P8 in race two.

Scott Redding rounds off difficult home WorldSBK weekend with P4 in race two; ‘it was the first time I had a little bit of feeling with my bike here at Donington Park.”

Double WorldSBK race winner at Misano, Michael Rinaldi, says race one at Donington ‘was seriously under our expectations’, as the Italian finishes P12 after starting eighth.

Scott Redding’ WorldSBK championship hopes suffer another blow with race one crash at Donington Park; ‘I’m tipping into the corner and I already feel the rear sliding. As soon as I touch the throttle it’s going.”

Scott Redding finishes day-one of WorldSBK action at Donington in P5, but; ‘I just don’t feel consistently smooth, maybe a little erratic’.

Former five-time WorldSSP champion and manager to Torpak Razgatlioglu, Kenan Sofuoglu, has confirmed Petronas Yamaha were and ‘still’ are interested in Razgatlioglu following the Turkish rider’s new two-year deal with Pata Yamaha in WorldSBK.

Chaz Davies comes into round four of the 2021 WorldSBK championship still recovering from a shoulder injury suffered in Misano; 'I have been waiting for a better feel from my shoulder, but I need a bit more time to be 100%.”

Luca Marini happy to continue with Ducati in new Aramco VR46 MotoGP team, bike spec still to be confirmed but; 'I'm quite sure that we will have a very good technical package'

Double WorldSBK race winner at Misano, Michael Rinaldi, is confident that he ‘can have a positive weekend’ at Donington Park - circuit in which he’s never finished inside the top ten.

Miguel Oliveira believes KTM’s hunger to ‘try new things’ and never ‘give up’, along with the introduction of Dani Pedrosa as test rider in 2019, are key cogs to the Austrian manufacturer’s success.

WorldSBK rookie Andrea Locatelli is confident of a ‘good result’ at Donington Park - a circuit new to the Italian having rode there just once on a ‘standard R1’ Superbike.

Honda Racing UK rider Glenn Irwin comes away from round one of the British Superbike championship with three top tens in ‘testing weekend’.