Valentino Rossi News

Valentino Rossi undergoes successful operation to remove rod from right leg Valentino Rossi underwent a small operation this morning at Cattolica's Cervesi hospital to remove the rod that was inserted in his right tibia following his practice crash at the 2010 Mugello GP.

Apparently, the domain name "SafeRace" was already taken, thus the word "SA FRA ce" was cooked up to take its place.

Casey Stoner was half a second clear of the rest of the field on his Repsol Honda RC213V, with Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa his closest challengers the first part of the day, though an afternoon rain storm halted any attempts to catch up with the World Champion and all lap times from the morning remained unchanged.

For the Ducati Team, the second day of testing at Sepang was marked by a busy schedule that focused on preparing the GP12's base setup.

Valentino Rossi took an image of his 2012 Ducati MotoGP bike this morning at Sepang and fronted it to the Internet.

Leaked on Twitter and Facebook earlier today by a handful of close followers of the Ducati MotoGP circus, these are the first-ever photos of The Doctor's GP12.

What makes a Speed Triple special? Well, unlike virtually every other naked performance bike, it was conceived from the ground up to be what it is here.

Two amazing things about Lapo Elkann are his arms and his apartment. I was treated to a tour of both.

Valentino Rossi told journalists during the Wrooom preseason media event two weeks ago that he would continue to ride motocross bikes for training despite injuring his shoulder last year on a dirt bike.

Stoner won 10 races and his second World Championship in 2011 during his maiden season with Repsol Honda, while Ducati - his employer from 2007-10 - went winless with its high-profile signing Valentino Rossi.

One of the silliest rumors spread by the often-vicious Italian media during the offseason was a spat between Valentino Rossi and the family of Marco Simoncelli.

The Ducati Test Team, directed by Technical Director Filippo Preziosi, has completed three days of testing on the Spanish circuit of Jerez de La Frontera, with Carlos Checa and Franco Battaini followed by in the pit garage by Team Manager, Vittoriano Guareschi.

A puppy got himself into a sticky situation when he pinched a six-inch Chinese spare rib from his owner and swallowed it in one gulp.