German automotive firm ZF has entered into a partnership with the Venturi Formula E team that will lead to it taking over powertrain development for the 2018-'19 season.As part of the tie-up, ZF is supplying SACHS dampers for the Venturi VM200-FE-02 the Monegasque team will run in the 2016/17 campaign.FE...

The departing Jorge Lorenzo will receive the same treatment as Valentino Rossi from Yamaha this year, other than when it starts working on its 2017 MotoGP bike.Lorenzo will leave Yamaha after nine years at the end of this season, having signed a two-year deal with Ducati, while Rossi will stay...

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...

The Ducati MotoGP team thinks losing its dispensation to use softer tires than Honda and Yamaha in 2016 might actually prove beneficial.A package of measures to help the struggling Italian squad – which was later adapted into the rules as an ongoing set of dispensations for less successful manufacturers –...

The Ducati MotoGP team has lost a little confidence over recent grands prix, admits its general manager Gigi Dall'Igna.Still attempting to end a win drought stretching back to the 2010 Australian GP, Ducati started 2015 strongly and had at least one rider on the podium in five of the first...

Ducati's 2015 MotoGP bike is "stronger and more competitive" than the machines with which Casey Stoner won 23 grands prix and a championship between 2007 and '10, reckons Andrea Dovizioso.Although Ducati's winless streak now stretches back to Stoner's 2010 Australian GP triumph, the restructured team topped the final pre-season test...