Ducati ‘evolution’ bike to make debut

Factory rider Andrea Dovizioso and Pramac’s Andrea Iannone will give Ducati’s ‘evolution’ MotoGP bike its debut in this weekend’s Aragon Grand Prix. Designated the GP14.2, the revised bike is the biggest step so far in Ducati’s rebuilding effort, as it works to get back to the front of the MotoGP pack after a win drought now approaching four years. The new bike ran for the first time in a shakedown test with Dovizioso and Iannone at Mugello on Tuesday. Satellite rider Iannone, who has been receiving increasing amounts of works assistance through 2014, gets the second evolution bike rather than Dovizioso’s current team-mate Cal Crutchlow, as the Italian is moving up to the factory team next year, when Crutchlow leaves for LCR Honda. Ducati is currently engaged in a lengthy [...]

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Emmanuel de Graffenried Lucas di Grassi