Valentino Rossi Gone, Ducati Finally Gets Serious About Developing Desmosedici

It took the exasperated departure of their national hero and sport icon Valentino Rossi after two dismal, failure-ridden years, but it appears that Ducati are finally doing absolutely everything they can to improve their notoriously finicky GP machine, the Desmosedici.  The Desmo wasn't always a manic machine to ride. In fact, its first year in MotoGP started with considerable success.   In 2003, Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss were the first pilot's of Italy's new two-wheeled racing machine. In the opening race of the season, Capirossi, an Italian, put his country's two-wheeled pride and joy on the podium with a third-place finish.  Five races later, Capirossi won the Desmo's first Grand Prix v...

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