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Home Off beat Ducati India rolled out an exclusive event hosted at the Italian Embassy in New Delhi. The event marked the presence of MotoGP riders, Ducati bike owners, representatives from Ducati Owners Clubs, Channel Partners, the Italian Ambassador to India and embassy personnel. -Irwin Mills By Irwin Mills Updated: Saturday, September 23, 2023, 12:56 [IST] An exclusive social event, hosted by Ducati India, took place at the prestigious grounds of the Italian Embassy in New Delhi. This singular event drew an impressive crowd, including Ducati bike owners, representatives from Ducati Owners Clubs, Channel Partners, the Italian Ambassador to India, H.E. Vincenzo Deluca, and additional embassy personnel. The event featured a special delegation of MotoGP riders from Italy. Some of the key attendees include Ducati Corse's Sporting Director Paolo Ciabatti, Ducati Lenovo's Test rider Michele Pirro, and riders Marco Bezzechi, Luca Marini, … [Read more...] about Ducati India: Bringing MotoGP To Italian Embassy!

Home Off beat -Vedant Jouhari By Vedant Jouhari Updated: Sunday, September 24, 2023, 19:17 [IST] In an electrifying display of speed and control, Italian motorcycle racer Marco Bezzecchi claimed the victory from pole position at the Buddh International Circuit in Noida on 23 September. Representing the Mooney VR46 Racing team, Bezzecchi emerged as the first-ever winner of the Indian GP, firmly planting his mark in the annals of motorcycle racing history. Entire Race Played Out Under the watchful gaze of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who presented the race-winning trophy, Bezzecchi completed the race in a stellar timing of 36 minutes, 59 seconds, and 15 microseconds (36.59.15). Trailing behind by 8.649 seconds was Spain's Jorge Martin of Prima Pramac Racing and France's Fabio Quartararo of Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGp at 8.855 seconds. During the race, spectators watched with bated breath as Marco … [Read more...] about MotoGP Bharat Race Results: Bezzecchi Reigns Supreme at Inaugural Indian GP

Marc Marquez has the entire world neatly in the palm of his hands, hanging off his every word as the saga around his future plans for 2024 seemingly nears its conclusion. The eight-time world champion has a contract with Honda in MotoGP for next season, a fact he has repeatedly stated as uncertainty over his future continues. That hasn’t stopped shock links to Gresini Ducati emerging and persisting. They persist, however, because Marquez wants them to. Insight: How Ducati could be the key to reviving Honda's fortunes with Marquez By now, his struggles on the RC213V this season are well documented. His rather glum first impressions of Honda’s 2024 prototype he tried at the Misano test last week did nothing to dispel thoughts among many that he will, in fact, break contract with Honda. Then he tells Spanish media the day after that “the commitment is this: to try to succeed with Honda, whether in one year, two or three”. At the Misano test he outlined his deadline for … [Read more...] about How one Marquez’s MotoGP switch can inspire another

Months of uncertainty marred the build-up to MotoGP’s inaugural Indian adventure at the Buddh International Circuit, as requested track works had only recently been completed. Homologation was made official only on the Thursday of the grand prix, while the riders had already decided to unite if they felt the safety standards of the venue were not up to scratch. Thankfully, everything went off without too many problems and MotoGP’s first Indian GP was a truly memorable affair. VR46’s Marco Bezzecchi positioned himself as a genuine championship threat with a dominant grand prix victory, while Jorge Martin’s consistency continued. A mistake for championship leader Francesco Bagnaia in Sunday’s race wiped out his championship advantage, bringing to just 13 points as Martin fought through dehydration to finish second. Elsewhere, the Japanese manufacturers put on a strong showing as Fabio Quartararo scored his first grand prix podium since Austin, while Joan Mir ended … [Read more...] about 10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Indian Grand Prix

Martin, who arrives in Japan only 13 points behind fellow Ducati man Francesco Bagnaia, topped the timesheets with a best effort of 1m45.192s, which was enough to top the session by 0.138s from Augusto Fernandez. That came at the end of a run of three successive improvements for the Pramac rider, who knocked Bagnaia off the head of the standings with a 1m45.509s before finding just over three tenths over his next two laps. But Martin's run came to an abrupt end when he appeared to misjudge his braking for the Turn 3 left-hander, running into the gravel and suffering a relatively low-speed tumble with nine minutes to go. He was able to return to action for the final minutes of the session, but didn't improve his time further. Behind surprise package Fernandez on the Tech3 GasGas, Marco Bezzecchi made a late improvement on his VR46 Ducati to jump up to third, 0.318s off the pace established by Martin. Factory Ducati rider Bagnaia was fourth-fastest with his early benchmark … [Read more...] about MotoGP Japanese GP: Martin fastest, then crashes in FP1

Martin posted a 1m43.198s on his first run in Q2 on Saturday morning to beat Brad Binder's Friday benchmark, which in turn surpassed Jorge Lorenzo's 2015 record, by almost three tenths of a second. It gives Martin a second pole in the last three races, as well as a 10th in a row for Ducati. Reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia emerged as Martin's closest challenger, improving on his final run to record a 1m43.369s, falling 0.171s short of his main title rival. KTM rider Jack Miller ensured there would be no Ducati lockout of the front row by going third-quickest, 0.353s off the pace, having lagged behind team-mate Binder on Friday. Binder himself qualified fifth, just over half a second off the pace, with the two KTMs being split by the VR46 Ducati of Marco Bezzecchi. Bezzecchi suffered a spectacular off at the Turn 12 left-hander in the early stages of Q2, but was able to get back to the pits and mount his number two bike to bag himself a spot on the second row. Fabio … [Read more...] about MotoGP Japanese GP: Martin smashes lap record for pole

Aside from the Q1 sessions prior to the pole shootout segment of qualifying, Valentino Rossi’s outfit has topped the timesheets across every outing at the Buddh International Circuit. Having topped final practice, Bezzecchi saw off a challenge from Pramac’s Martin to take his third pole of the season and first since the British GP. Reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia cast aside a tough Friday in which he felt he was “missing something” on braking to complete the front row for the factory Ducati squad. Having both made Q2 for the first time this season, the factory Honda duo of Joan Mir and Marc Marquez carried that form into qualifying to go fifth and sixth. Gresini’s Alex Marquez will provisionally line up 12th, but did not take part in Q2 having crashed at the end of Q1 and needing to be taken to the medical centre for checks on his right hand and ribs. The team has since confirmed he will go to hospital for further evaluation having suffered fractures to his … [Read more...] about MotoGP Indian GP: Bezzecchi leads Ducati 1-2-3-4 in qualifying

Bezzecchi was a class apart from the rest of the field at the Buddh International Circuit last weekend, recovering from a sluggish start to win the grand prix by over eight seconds - the biggest victory margin seen in MotoGP this year. The Italian lost positions to fellow Ducati riders Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia with a poor getaway from pole, but was back in the lead by the end of the opening lap as he clinched his third Sunday win of the season - and the first since the French GP back in May. The 24-year-old was also rapid in Saturday’s sprint after being hit by team-mate Luca Marini into Turn 1, charging his way through the pack to finish fifth. Recounting MotoGP’s maiden visit to India, Bezzecchi said two scrappy 70-minute practice sessions on Friday where he went off multiple times in Turn 1 were key to his dominant Sunday ride, as he was able to understand the braking limitations of his year-old GP22 Ducati. “I focused myself on braking because this … [Read more...] about Friday mistakes key to Bezzecchi’s Indian MotoGP Ducati domination

Morbidelli lost his ride with Yamaha for next season earlier this year as he continued to struggle to recapture his past form on the factory M1. Initially linked to a switch to VR46 to ride a year-old Ducati next season, Marco Bezzecchi 's decision not to go to Pramac opened the door for 2020 championship runner-up Morbidelli to secure a factory-spec GP24. Ahead of this weekend's inaugural Indian Grand Prix, Pramac and Ducati confirmed Morbidelli's signing for 2024. This move will see all four VR46 Academy members on the current grid riding Ducati machinery. "I don't know if it will change for me and for us in terms of training," Bagnaia said of Morbidelli's appointment at Pramac Ducati. "I'm just happy to have Franky on the Ducati because I think he deserves this possibility. For sure the last years in Yamaha for him were not the best situation possible. "He arrived from an injury in 2021 and he arrived from a very old bike to a new bike, and it was not such a big … [Read more...] about Bagnaia: Morbidelli deserves factory Ducati MotoGP bike in 2024