Ducati Sporting Club UK > Sport > Race > 999 F05

[Steve M]

There's an technical article in this months Motorcycle RACER with excellent photo's on the 999F05.
Gives an insight into what they have done to keep the bike winning in WSB.

Drool!!!

[Mark]

Question is, can it still win?

[Steve M]

It's going to have one hell of a fight this year, but I think it's still a winner.
But that's how it should be - fighting for every win.

[Steve M]

Originally posted by weeksy
not based on first race. It has little or no chance

Little chance

third and second places and only 3 and 2 seconds behind the winner

[Jools]

May not have the outright power of the IL4's nowadays, but weren't the IL4's expected to pee all over it on the straights?

They didn't seem to do it at Losail though did they, despite having a kilometre long straight to play on the 999 looked as if it could pretty much hold it's own down there. May have lost out a bit, but only about 20 metres or so which it seemed to make up again on other parts of the circuit

The Suzuki is obviously hot favourite, but I think giving the 999 'little or no chance' is short sighted. As with all these things, let the results speak for themselves...we'll see.

And if it hastens a V4 from Ducati all well and good

[UKRR]

Thought Daytona was interesting though.

Hodgesons 999 has the pace of Yates GSXR on the banking - I guess they'd be pretty much flat out there !.

No one had any real set up info for Losail so the results could be misleading.

Lets see what happens at some of the more traditional circuits.

If Ducati sit back and take a pasting in SBK they will have major problems in the showrooms - might be different if the Desmoseidici was doing a bit better and they had a 'cooking' version available for Joe Public.

[beancounter]

Erm.....I think they already have a major problem in the showrooms

[UKRR]

OK then - am even bigger one