Off scrubbing before Australia

Here I am on the other side of the world!!! I’m in Australia and it’s Tuesday, tomorrow we’ll start 3 days of really interesting tests, there’s an endless amount of material to try out. It’s going to be just us […]

[read] [ 3 Comments ] 03/12/2008

Parachute!

[read] [ 0 Comments ] 25/11/2008

Marco concludes successful Phillip Island test.

The Kawasaki Racing Team today concluded a successful three-day test at the Phillip Island circuit in Australia, with the three riders clocking up more than 150 laps of the 4.445km track, despite less than ideal weather conditions.
Marco worked hard with […]

[read] [ 6 Comments ] 03/12/2008

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Start of winter chat
Diary
20/11
2008
[7 Comments]

In winter, an athlete always has a hundred ideas and plans, then as always everything comes to nothing as time speeds by.
I’d love to take loads of holidays, play loads of different sports from mine, have loads of new experiences, but then it takes a huge amount of time and concentration to organise a new […]

End of season thoughts
Diary
07/11
2008
[17 Comments]

The 2008 season is over. It’s been a learning year due to disappointments, but I really can’t complain because in June I’d predicted the end of a life stage. I seriously risked giving up during the bad times in my career and throwing it all in. Then one day something clicked in my head and […]

Round 18 - Comunitat Valenciana GP - Race
News
27/10
2008
[3 Comments]

Marco enjoyed a positive but ultimately unfortunate final race with Ducati, the Italian rider coming through from the very back of the grid to lap in tenth place, only to run off track two laps from the end - returning to finish the race in sixteenth.
MARCO (Ducati Marlboro Team) 16th
“Despite everything that was a […]

Round 18 - Comunitat Valenciana GP - Qualifying
News
25/10
2008
[3 Comments]

Marco, third fastest in the wet conditions this morning, ran into problems again this afternoon and his confidence took a further blow when he ran off track.
MARCO (Ducati Marlboro Team) 18th fastest in 1′34.174
“When the times were slower on the wet track this morning I managed to lap amongst the fastest riders without even pushing […]

Round 18 - Comunitat Valenciana GP - Free Practice -Marco thirteenth-
News
24/10
2008
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Free practice for the final Grand Prix of the 2008 season got underway today, with the last two days’ rain continuing at the Cheste circuit and contributing to a somewhat lethargic atmosphere that brought back memories of the final day of the school term.
There was little in the way of excitement for the riders, who […]

Round 18 - Comunitat Valenciana GP - Preview
News
21/10
2008
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The city of Valencia plays host to the final Grand Prix of the 2008 MotoGP season this Sunday, with the World Championship ‘podium’ already decided. After seventeen rounds of eighteen around the globe, Valentino Rossi, Casey Stoner and Dani Pedrosa are already assured of the top three positions in this year’s edition of motorcycle racing’s […]

Round 17 - Malaysian GP - Race- Marco 16th
News
19/10
2008
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Marco paid the price for an unproductive weekend working on his set-up and the Italian could finish no higher than sixteenth today.
MARCO (Ducati Marlboro Team) 16th
“There are only negatives to take out of a race like that. We went back to the settings we used yesterday afternoon but I didn’t have the […]