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Round 15 – Japanese GP – Race
News
28/09
2008
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Marco Melandri made a brilliant start from the penultimate row on the grid and was up to eleventh by the eighth lap, when an attempt to pass Dovizioso went wrong as he ran straight into the gravel. The Italian returned to the track to take 13th.
MARCO (Ducati Marlboro Team)  13th
“I got a good start today [...]

Round 15 – Japanese GP – Qualifying -Marco struggling in the dry
News
27/09
2008
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Marco suffered with the upturn in weather conditions here as the dry track contributed to a resurgence of the problems that have hounded him all season. After a positive showing in the wet yesterday, today the Italian could manage no higher than 16th.
MARCO (Ducati Marlboro Team)  16th: 1′47.475
“Today went more or less like the whole [...]

Ernesto and cross in California
Diary
26/09
2008
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After a week off relaxing and off-roading in California, the lieutenant and myself are in Japan. After Indy we went to Murrieta, between LA and San Diego, the home of claw-tyred bikes! We stayed for a week with Ernesto, my Costa Rican friend who’s in a wheelchair because of a training accident during Supercross 2006. [...]

Round 15 – Japanese GP – Free Practice – Good start for Marco
News
26/09
2008
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Marco made an encouraging start with the eighth fastest time. It was a good day for Ducati in general, with all four riders inside the top ten.
The weather continued its persecution of the MotoGP paddock in 2008, with morning rain making for a damp track that dried out in the afternoon. Lap times, however, were [...]

Round 15 – Japanese GP – Preview – Marco heads for transcontinental triple-header
News
22/09
2008
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Marco travels to the Motegi circuit this week for the first of three rounds outside Europe as the MotoGP World Championship visits Japan, Australia and Malaysia during the space of just four weeks. Marco is also hopeful of a top result at a circuit where Ducati has celebrated victory for the past three seasons.
MARCO [...]

A fast thought…
Diary
10/09
2008
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Many times I’ve opened my computer to write to you but then work has always stopped me!
I’m sorry, but it’s not as if I’ve been sitting around and twiddling my thumbs …hahaha. I’ve just arrived at the hotel in Indianapolis, and I still haven’t seen anything, but at first glance it’s all very different from [...]

Round 14 – Indianapolis GP – Preview- MotoGp set to make historic debut at Indianapolis
News
08/09
2008
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On Friday 12th September, with an extended free practice session of an hour and a half, the MotoGP World Championship will take to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the very first time. The mere mention of the legendary venue, built back in 1909, stirs the passion of fans all over the world, who consider it [...]