toseland, un pretendant de plus chez ducati :
Ducati gives green light to Toseland.
Livio Suppo, head of the Ducati Marlboro
[COLOR=#009900! important][COLOR=#009900! important]MotoGP [COLOR=#009900! important]team[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR], has given discreet approval to the possibility of James Toseland riding one of the factory's 800cc V4s in the d'Antin
[COLOR=#009900! important][COLOR=#009900! important]Ducati[/COLOR][/COLOR] satellite team in 2007.
Speaking exclusively to
Crash.net, Suppo said: "I like James a lot - he is a very nice guy and a good rider. It's proving difficult for
[COLOR=#009900! important][COLOR=#009900! important]Superbike[/COLOR][/COLOR] riders to make the change to
[COLOR=#009900! important][COLOR=#009900! important]MotoGP[/COLOR][/COLOR], but they have to be young enough to make the jump.
"Most Superbike riders have been too old when they have come into MotoGP. But guys like
[COLOR=#009900! important][COLOR=#009900! important]Chris [COLOR=#009900! important]Vermeulen[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] and James are still young, and they have time to get used to the MotoGP bikes."
Toseland, 25, has built a career as a Superbike rider, winning the world title for Ducati in 2004, and holding third place for Winston Ten Kate
[COLOR=#009900! important][COLOR=#009900! important]Honda[/COLOR][/COLOR] in this year's championship. Vermeulen, 24, left Ten Kate last year to join the Rizla Suzuki MotoGP team, where he has quickly impressed.
source crash net
il vont en mettre combien sur la grille des ducati????