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Pit Pass: Ducati Desmosedici GP10 - No Longer "Casey's" Bike

Ducati has instilled many changes--including a big bang firing order--to make the Desmosedici GP10 a bike anybody can ride, not just Stoner.Early in the '09 season, following the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello where he denied Valentino Rossi a home victory, Ducati's Casey Stoner made a suggestion that would transform the Desmosedici GP09. "Completely my idea, completely mine how much we did it by. All the angles, everything was my idea and I was very proud of that." Though he had won in Italy, it was in the following race at Catalunya that Stoner realized he was right. Adjustments to roadracing motorcycles are generally done in millimeters-this was an inch and then some. After Mugello, then test rider (now team manager), Vito Guareschi, confirmed Stoner's fix during a follow-on test there.inline_mediumwraptextright0033014037/features/146_1005_ducati_desmosedici_gp10_bike146_1005_01_z+ducati_desmosedici_GP10+casey _stoner.jpgtrue


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