Ducati Corse boss Gigi Dall'igna insists that the MotoGP is taking a backwards step with its ban on winglets for the 2017 season. MotoGP's Grand Prix Commission announced the ban last year on safety grounds: although they helped to keep the front end of the bike down under acceleration, there...

Ducati Corse general manager Gigi Dall'Igna wants closer ties with two-time MotoGP champion and test rider Casey Stoner in 2017.Stoner, who won MotoGP titles with Ducati in 2007 and Honda in '11 retired at the end of the '12 season, then spent three years as a Honda test rider. In...

Andrea Dovizioso has staked his claim for a 2017 Ducati MotoGP ride, amid the increasing likelihood the team will lure world champion Jorge Lorenzo.An announcement that Lorenzo will move from Yamaha to Ducati next year is widely expected before the first European race of 2016 at Jerez next weekend. Both...

Aprilia has announced it will return to MotoGP in 2016, 12 years after last racing in the category.Roberto Colaninno, chairman of Aprilia owner Piaggio Group, confirmed the marque's plans on Tuesday at the Milan Bike Show."In 2016 Aprilia will return to MotoGP to win and match the success it had...

Aprilia Racing boss Luigi Dall'Igna has been appointed as the new manager of Ducati Corse, taking over from the Volkswagen-bound Bernhard Gobmeier.Gobmeier had only been in the post for 10 months, having replaced long-term Ducati boss Filippo Preziosi as part of a wider re-organization that came into effect at the...