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Melandri completes 2007’s final test session at Jerez
News
29/11
2007
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Today at Jerez the Ducati Marlboro Team completed the final day of the last test session of 2007. Marco did ride and worked hard throughout the day to further improve his feeling with his Desmosedici.
Our rider doesn’t yet feel fully at ease on the machine but believes he has given his engineers some feedback [...]

Melandri happy with his day
News
28/11
2007
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Marco continued testing at Jerez today, he worked hard all day on chassis and suspension set-up, using only race tyres. By the end of the day he was happy with the set-up his crew had dialled into his Desmosedici. Tomorrow the Italian will focus on tyre testing.
Marco, 1m 41.424s (77 laps)
”Today has been a long [...]

Marco begins final test of 2007 with new GP8
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27/11
2007
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Marco commenced its final test session of the year at Jerez today, using the factory’s new Desmosedici GP8.
Conditions were warm and sunny, with temperatures around 22 degrees, allowing teams to make the most of this first day of a three-day session. Marco focused on chassis set-up, finding a good direction towards the end of the [...]

Night test in Qatar
Diary
14/11
2007
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I’m back in England after the night tests in Qatar. It was absolutely awesome!!!!!!!!! Even though we were on roadbikes, 1000’s, we were going pretty fast.. There was myself, Capirex, Toseland, West and De Angelis..
We lapped for a good 40 minutes for pure fun without ever looking at the times, we were all pretty close [...]

Welcome!!!
Diary
12/11
2007
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From 1st August to today this is the word that anyone wearing Ducati overalls uses to start a conversation when they meet me.
It doesn’t matter where I am, Italy, Japan, Australia or Malaysia, it’s always the same word.
After the first test I am super excited, even though I certainly wasn’t amongst the fastest on the [...]

Melandri just off the podium
News
04/11
2007
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Marco fought with determination in the final race of the year. After starting relatively low on the grid Marco had a strong start to recover five positions in moving from tenth up to fifth, the Honda Gresini rider soon getting up to successfully battle with Nicky Hayden for fourth. Third place was just out [...]

Melandri happy with race pace despite grid position
News
03/11
2007
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GP VALENCIA – QUALIFYING
Marco heads into the final round of the 2007 MotoGP World Championship hoping that his good race pace during practice can help him to a top result at the Grand Prix of Valencia.
The Gresini Honda rider worked hard with his team to prepare for the race but unfortunately he wasn’t able to [...]