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Rain hampers Ducati testing at Mugello
Those big black clouds and rain that helped Valentino Rossi at Le Mans on Sunday has followed Ducati across the border to Italy and all the way to Mugello and instead of helping them is now hindering the Ducati team’s important test activities for the umpteenth time.
Rossi and Hayden were supposed to test a batch of new parts, instead everyone from Troy Bayliss to the mechanics are huddled around the espresso machine waiting to see if the track drys out before venturing outside.
Bayliss attempted to write in Italian on his Facebook page and posted this: “Buongiorno A tutti , soon qui a Mugello, tempo di Merda, ma con mia sqaudra e Caffe , Allora non fretta per andre a pista , TB 21″ which translated means Good morning everyone, I’m here at Mugello. Shitty weather, but with my team and coffee. Not hurrying to get on track.
The former World Champion speaks better Italian than he writes it (like yours truly) and like everyone who picks up a second or third language, cuss words are the first that you learn.
Troy Bayliss at Mugello with Ducati test team
After Sunday’s MotoGP race at Le Mans where Valentino Rossi finished 2nd, Ducati packed up everything and headed to Mugello for a three-day private test that will start today, with Ducati test rider Franco Battaini giving a shakedown to the new series of upgrades, including electronics and a new engine with a smoother delivery that Filippo Preziosi has prepared for the GP12 before the arrival of Rossi and Nicky Hayden tomorrow.
These new parts and the engine will debut, if Rossi and Hayden approve of them, not before the Laguna Seca round late July, as Ducati will carry out a further two test sessions in June and July.
At the Tuscany circuit with the Ducati test team is former World Superbike champion and Borgo Panigale’s part time test rider Troy Bayliss who posted this photo of two 1199 Panigales on his Facebook page stating “Two bikes to play with, TB21.” Bayliss will be testing the Superbike before Carlos Checa gets to ride it for the first time sometime next month.
Unfortunately the test will be behind closed doors - but who knows if Rossi and Hayden and Bayliss will switch bikes just for the fun it.
Update:
Aprilia’s WSBK test team is also at Mugello with Alex Hofmann, so we may get some inside news on how the Ducati is performing.
WSBK, Monza: a visit to the 25th anniversary museum (Gallery)
While visiting the Monza circuit, we also got the chance to check out the special Superbike Museum that has been set up just outside the paddock area to celebrate 25 years of World Superbike Championship, and we got to say that that turned out to be a pretty emotional trip down the proverbial memory lane. The place is filled with many exciting motorcycles that simply made the history of this class: bikes that won the championship, bikes that just went close to win the title as well as bikes that did not win much but still managed to carve out their own place in the hearts of many fans around the world.
So we have the mandatory Ducati 916s, 996s and 998s that brought the likes of Carl Fogarty and Troy Bayliss to success, the mighty 888 of Doug Polen, the Honda RC45s of Aaron Slight and John Kocinsky, the SP1 twin of Colin Edwards, James Toseland’s championship winning Fireblade and 999 and so forth sitting beside more ‘obscure’ racers such as Foggy’s Petronas, Haga’s first Aprilia and even the mighty Bimota SB8K that earned Anthony ‘The Go Show” Gobert a famous win under the rain at the at the 2000 Australian World Superbike round.
Actually, there are just too many cool and exciting bikes at the museum in Monza, too many to mention, so we would like to challenge to recognize the lot of them in our exclusive photo gallery: that should be more fun than reading a boring list anyway, but if there’s some that you really can’t figure out what it is, feel free to ask. In order to see all the thumbnails at once, click on the ‘continue reading’ link below.
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Brett McCormick instead of Troy Bayliss in Effenbert Liberty WSBK team
There are going to be some begruntled Troy Bayliss fans at Imola at the end of the month. After giving Ducati hell for not allowing the former three-time World Superbike champion a couple of wild card rides - and Ernesto Marinelli having gone on the record offering the Australian a bike for the Italian round - the whole Bayliss to return thing has definitely fizzled out according to a press release by the Effenbert Liberty team, which instead confirms what we anticipated yesterday, that Brett McCormick will be riding in World Superbikes.
“The Effenbert company believes in motorsport and its use as the most powerful promotional engine so much that it was in their contemplation to run a Liberty Racing bike with legendary Troy Bayliss on a couple of occasions this season. They had a strong desire to give him the opportunity to ride as a wild card in a few races, “said Team Owner Mario Bertuccio. “Unfortunately, as we all know, this intention was not fulfilled successfully for various reasons. At this point, the possibility has vanished completely and Effenbert decided to reconsider other options of further investments in the team, with regard to the budget, which eventually resulted in the decision to engage a fourth permanent rider for the entire 2012 season. This decision is also promising something very interesting.”
The reigning Canadian Superbike champion who was to ride in Superstock 1000 FIM Cup this year on a Ducati Panigale 1199, will now be riding a Ducati 1198R.
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"If Bayliss wants to race at Imola, there's a bike for him" says Ernesto Marinelli
Troy Bayliss said on his Facebook page that he had given up on insisting on a wildcard ride at Phillip Island and Imola because of ‘political’ reasons has touched an open nerve or two at Borgo Panigale.
Ernesto Marinelli, Ducati’s Superbike project manager has publicly gone on the record - at least on the Gazzetta dello Sport - that if the former three-time World Superbike champion really wants it, there will be a bike ready for him at the Imola round.
Will the 43-year old Bayliss actually take part in upcoming round in April or is this some sort of PR pacifier by Ducati to keep fans calm while they try to convince him to change his mind and maybe using wife Kim as an excuse? Whatever his decision, there will be a damn lot of pressure from his fans to take advantage of this opportunity - and we can already imagine the general hysteria in the Ducati grandstand at Imola if he does race, with everyone nostalgically remembering Imola 2002 against Colin Edwards.
No WSBK wildcard rides for Troy Bayliss
Every year since he retired, Troy Bayliss gets his numerous fans worked up saying that he would like to make a comeback, and everytime he throws water on the possibility citing different reasons and even this time it isn’t any different.
Just before round one at Phillip Island, the former three-time World champion informed fans that he had asked Ducati if he could wildcard this year at Phillip Island and also at Imola, but we know that the first wildcard didn’t happen. Apparently, the refusal or whatever really happened ticked off the the former SBK rider enough not to show up at the circuit’s paddock for the first time.
With his loyal fans on a verbal warpath against Ducati - Bayliss is Ducati’s test rider and image man - the champion had to post this following message on his Facebook page, “Hey guys , I want to make something clear , Ducati did not stop me to wild card at The Island and Imola , it was possible but becomes to political in the end , that’s why I gave up.”
We sure would like to know what he means by ‘political’. Since Ducati is no longer officially present in World Superbikes as a factory team could one of the satellite teams vetoed his return, afraid that he could take valuable points away from their own riders?
Source | motoblog.it
Troy Bayliss: Back to the future (w/video)
Former three time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss returned to his roots last Saturday when he competed at the Old Bar Roadside Circuit during the Taree Motorcycle Club’s twilight meeting.
It was the first time in 27 years that he returned to the same circuit where he started competitive racing. Bayliss contested in several flat track events including the MX open, pro and solo unlimited and the legendary Superbike rider admitted he had fun, but ended up with slight knee injury.
Back home on the Gold Coast, had fun day yesterday at Old Bar, apart from hurting my knee, not crash, foot in rut, foot stays, knee goes side ways, but was great to hang out with the club, there were plenty of good riders and some young juniors flying , wrote Bayliss on his Facebook page.
Troy Bayliss gives Mark Webber a spin on his Ducati
Three-time World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss gave F1 star Mark Webber a ride on his two seat Ducati 1109S Superbike around the Queensland Raceways in Australia yesterday.
Webber wrote on his Twitter page, “Some things need doing. Thanks to @TroyBaylisstic. Great day mate.” While Bayliss tweeted back: “@AussieGrit as expected, you were a top pillion and ripped it up solo as well”.
Bayliss just doesn’t give superstars pillion rides, any fan with some cash can book a ride or spend a track day with the Superbike champion with the The Troy Bayliss Experience. .
Photo Source | troybayliss.facebook.com
Troy Bayliss and Ernesto Marinello go technical with the 1199 Panigale
Yesterday we posted the cute double interview of Troy Bayliss and Ernesto Marinelli briefly talking about Ducati’s 1199 Panigale, today you get a new and much more complete video regarding this ‘born to race machine’ with Marinelli giving you all the pertinent info with some action footage looped in from their testing sessions.
So if you’re already madly in love with the 1199 Panigale this eleven minute video is well worth your time. Enjoy.
Troy Bayliss and Ernesto Marinelli in a funny double interview (w/video)
If I were to choose between launching the Ducati 1199 Panigale Hollywood style and this interview with Ducati’s “>Troy Bayliss and Ernesto Marinelli, I’d chose this interview anytime.
Marinelli is Ducati’s Superbike project director (he used to be chief engineer and technical director of the former Ducati Xerox Team) and Troy Bayliss is the unforgettable #21 and three time World Superbike champion - get together in this cute double interview - the way Italian TV show Le Iene do their interviews - to talk about the 1199 Panigale.
Troy Bayliss and Danilo Petrucci testing the 1199 Panigale at Mugello
The Ducati 1199 Panigale is getting more testing this week at the Mugello, ahead of its public debut at the EICMA and preparing the bike before its official track debut in next year’s FIM Cup Superstock 1000 championship.
Carrying out the three day test is Troy Bayliss and Danilo Petrucci. Petrucci was last weekend’s Superstock Imola race winner for Barni Racing Team and is currently second in the championship rankings.
The young Italian and the veteran Australian have been involved in testing Ducati’s new Superbike since the beginning, and this new test at the Italian circuit is going well according to Bayliss, who is trying to keep Ducati fans updated (trying to reveal as much as possible without incurring the wrath of Ducati) on the progess of the 1199 Panigale through his Facebook page.
On Tuesday he posted: “When old content guy meets young hungry Danilo Petrucci , he won superstock at Imola , . Today went well , .5 from my best lap at Mugello , that will do for now.” Yesterday he posted, “Well , making good progress with new bike , matched my best time From 1198 in after noon when track is slower , so in the morning shall be better again , New bike is good , TB 21″
And for those Ducati fans who were disappointed when they learned that the 1199 will debut only in Superstock next season and in Superbikes only in 2013, Bayliss reminded everyone that Ducati used the same criteria in 2007 with the 1098.
Source | motoblog.it
Troy Bayliss gets the 3D treatment by Spyke (w/video)
While I was lurking around on Troy Bayliss’ Facebook page, trying to find out if he mentioned something more about Ducati’s new Superbike, I found this very cool video clip by Spyke, that looks more like a video game or something from the movie Tron: Legacy, than an advert for their Dynamic 360.0 and 2012 collection.
The say that the main character is a mysterious rider which will be revealed in the end, but you just have to look into those baby blues to immediately recognize Bayliss (the guy has eyes as unforgettable as Carl Fogarty’s) but apart from that, the video is very good and is produced by Metaverso and Realize Motion Graphics.
Enjoy.
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