Ducati MotoGP first days
FIRST DAY ON THE SNOWS OF MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO FOR
THE DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM
Wrooom 2006, Madonna di Campiglio (Tn), Italy, January 17
- The Wrooom - MotoGP Press Ski Meeting 2006, the annual appointment
on the mountains of Madonna di Campiglio in Trento, got underway
today with the Ducati Marlboro Team riders spending several
days of training and relaxation before the start of the coming
MotoGP season. The formula of the event revolves around skiing
in the mountains together with a round of press meetings and
conferences.
Today the first two scheduled press conferences saw Federico
Minoli, President and Managing-Director of Ducati Motor Holding,
and Sete Gibernau, the Borgo Panigale team's new rider, give
some early news on the Ducati Marlboro Team's 2006 season.
"We race to win and in our fourth year of participation
in MotoGP we expect to win more than we did in 2005. We are
sure that the team is stronger this year and we are ready
for this fourth season with all the right cards to get some
good results and to capitalize on our investment, also in
view of the development of new technology aimed at our production
sector" declared Federico Minoli in his speech to the
press. "Racing is in Ducati's DNA, we feel that we are
responsible for taking and communicating Italian technology
all over the world, and we are proud to be able to do so."
"Right from the start of the project we have had a positive
collaboration with Phillip Morris" added the President
of Ducati Motor Holding, "and I am extremely pleased
to announce here today that Ducati Corse has extended the
sponsorship agreement with Phillip Morris International until
2011. It is a unique partnership, one that since 2003 has
linked together two of the most prestigious names in the world
with the positive results that are visible for everyone to
see. Together we can look forward to the future and the victories
to come".
Then it was the turn of Sete Gibernau, on his first official
appointment as Ducati Marlboro Team rider. The Spaniard, who
has already had an opportunity to test the Desmosedici GP6,
last November at Valencia and Jerez, said he was delighted
with his decision and is looking to the future with optimism,
confident in the potential of the Ducati-Bridgestone pairing.
"Being in a team which is 100% behind me, with the ambitions,
the means and the enthusiasm to produce good results, is like
realizing a dream" declared Gibernau on greeting the
press at Wroom 2006. "Every day that goes by I feel better
in the team and I am sure that it will be an entertaining
season, full of satisfaction and that I will be capable of
repaying the trust that has been put in me".
"It's going to be a difficult year, because every year
MotoGP becomes more and more difficult and competitive, but
I'm not afraid of the job ahead as I know exactly what was
missing last year and what I need to do this season to get
good results. The potential is there, day after day I'm more
and more convinced of that, and I can only look ahead with
optimism. In a few days time we'll be leaving for the tests
but after the first laps I completed in November on the Desmosedici,
I could see that it was a great bike, albeit completely different
to what I had ridden before. Add to this a great team and
a company that has always made racing its philosophy and I
am sure that I have made the right decision."
Tomorrow it will be the turn of Loris Capirossi and Claudio
Domenicali, Ducati Corse Managing-Director, who will present
the new bike. The Desmosedici GP06 will therefore make its
first official appearance tomorrow on the snows of Madonna
di Campiglio. Loris Capirossi and Sete Gibernau will unveil
the new machine from the Italian manufacturer, a bike that
will soon be taking part in a season that promises to be exciting
and hard-fought, and in which the Ducati Marlboro Team will
surely play a leading role.
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