New 1000cc GP12 racebike mysteriously missing from introduction, but Ducati riders staying upbeat about their chances this year
MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, ITALY, JAN. 10 – Nicky Hayden’s hurting and Valentino Rossi’s healthy, and both are optimistic about the Desmosedici GP12, the phantom motorcycle that they’re infusing with unbridled faith in the hope of rebounding from a dismal 2011 season.
The information vacuum about the Ducati Desmosedici GP12, the machine that the Ducati Marlboro team hopes will restore them to competitiveness, and respectability, is vast. The bike is nowhere to be seen, not here and not in Bologna, at least not by the riders. Rossi saw a virtual version of the GP12 on a computer and was suitably impressed, but that’s a long way from the race track, which is where he and teammate Hayden suffered through a miserable 2011.
“I want to come back to last year, last season,” an Italian journalist asked Hayden near the start of his press conference at Wrooom 2012, the combined MotoGP/Formula One ski meeting/team intro held in the picturesque ski village of Madonna di Campiglio, high in the Italian Dolomites. Laughed Hayden, “We must?”
Photo Gallery: Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden talk about 2012 at Wroom - Sport Rider Magazine
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