MOTOGP: Alice tipped to confirm Kallio, Canepa at Sepang.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
Mika Kallio and Niccol Canepa are set to be confirmed by Alice Ducati at the penultimate MotoGP round in Malaysia.
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MOTOGP: Guintoli: We never gave up.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 30/10/2008
... - Tech 3 was reluctantly forced to let Guintoli go and he subsequently signed to partner Elias at Alice Ducati this season.The Desmosedici GP8 proved a complex puzzle for all except - Elias took two podiums, but his next best finish was only seventh. Nevertheless, Guintoli never publically complained, finished every race and scored points in all but one race. The highlight of his...
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MOTOGP: Kallio: 125 to 250 bigger step than MotoGP.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
MotoGP rookie Mika Kallio claims that the Ducati Desmosedici is nowhere near as wild as he expected, and that moving from a 125 to 250cc machine was more different than his present shift from 250cc to .The former KTM rider, who finished third in the 2008 250cc World Championship, made his MotoGP debut with Alice Ducati on Monday at Valencia - when he impressed by outpacing new...
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MOTOGP: Elias, de Angelis rue lost time.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008
... 18 riders on track during day one, while new team-mate - returning to Gresini after a season at Alice Ducati - was one of seven riders to brave the weather on Tuesday.The Spaniard, 13th fastest on Monday, set the sixth fastest Tuesday time - some 5.8sec off 's pace."Unfortunately today we have been able to ride only 22 laps on track, anyway for us it was important to test to collect...
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MOTOGP: Elias happy to be 'home'.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008
After spending the 2008 season on an Alice Ducati, returned 'home' to the Honda Gresini team during the start of testing at Valencia on Monday.Elias, whose only victory to date came with Gresini during a stunning climax to the 2006 Portuguese Grand Prix, claimed two podiums during the 2008 season - making him the only Desmosedici rider other than to stand on the rostrum - but was tempted...
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MOTOGP: Pain in the butt for Guintoli.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
Wet conditions at Valencia on Friday provided with the perfect chance to display his talents, during the start of his final weekend before switching to BSB next season.The Alice Ducati rider was fifth fastest in morning practice and was holding seventh in the closing stages of the slightly dryer afternoon session when a nasty highside left the Frenchman in a lot of pain - but fortunately...
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MOTOGP: KTM expected 250cc until 2014.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 19/10/2008
... company and our sponsors the exposure they deserve," he declared.Whilst Kallio is heading for with Alice Ducati next season, KTM's sudden decision to withdraw has left team-mate Aoyama out of a ride."I've been working with KTM for three years now, and it has been a very good experience for me," said the Japanese. "Together, we managed to improve the bike, we won races, and I believe...
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- Red Bull KTM Hero Hiroshi storms to pole position - Motorsports Blog
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MOTOGP: Unhappy Elias gets 'tyred' - again.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
For the second race in succession, Toni Elias is struggling with his tyre allocation.
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MOTOGP: KTM withdraws from 250GP.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
... will be deployed as a replacement motorcycle.Kallio is set to graduate to MotoGP next season, with Alice Ducati, although the future intentions of team-mate Hiroshi Aoyama - KTM's first 250cc grand prix winner - remain unknown.The highest ranked KTM rider in the current 125cc championship standings is Repsol-backed Marquez, in 13th.KTM and the other full-time manufacturers currently...
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- KTM Factory Road Racing Team to focus on 125 class in 2009 - Motorsports Blog
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MOTOGP: Elias targets Toseland, Capirossi.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 14/10/2008
is aiming to leapfrog the likes of and during the final two rounds of the season, to secure a top ten finish in the 2008 World Championship.The Alice Ducati rider, confirmed on a factory Honda at Gresini for 2009, was just three points away from the top ten after podiums at Brno and Misano - but his results have plummeted in the three rounds since, the Spaniard scoring just nine points...
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BSB: Guintoli to appear at NEC show.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 12/10/2008
will be introduced to fans at the forthcoming Carole Nash NEC Bike Show in November, the Crescent Suzuki team have confirmed.Guintoli, who currently races in with Alice Ducati, will ride in the British Superbike Championship in 2009 after concluding a deal to race with the Suzuki team.Although his commitments with the Italian team mean he has been silent on the matter so far, the Frenchman...
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BSB: MotoGP's Guintoli confirmed with Suzuki.
Crash.Net (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
... be moving from MotoGP, where he has raced at the top level for two seasons with Tech 3 Yamaha and Alice Ducati, to a national Superbike championship, Guintoli turned down a deal to remain as a test rider with Ducati in order to race.“I am really pleased about it,” Rizla Suzuki team manager Jack Valentine told Crash.net. “Sylvain is a quality rider; he is still young and has...
