Motorcycling: ‘MotoGP needs Ducati to be quick’

LONDON: MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner hopes his former employer Ducati can produce a more consistent challenge in 2012 to provide competition for the likes of his Honda team and rivals Yamaha. Stoner expressed scepticism regarding Ducati’s chances of turning its form around in time for the start of the 2012 campaign. “Ducati are saying that they have completely revamped 90 per cent of the bike, but they did that in the middle of last year,” said Stoner. “I’m hoping that they can put together a competitive bike this year because the championship needs it.”

Published in The Express Tribune, January 23^rd,  2012.