Ducati Desmosedici GP10 Unveiled!!

Hola to all Ducati's fans worldwide, Ducati has officially launched its 2010 MotoGP race bike, the Desmosedici GP10, at its yearly press launch with Ferrari in the Italian Dolomite mountains. Designed by F1 guru Alan Jenkins, the Gp10 is slimmer and more aerodynamical, despite looking almost exactly like its predecessor the GP9. Refinements have been made throughout the motorcycle, especially in regards to cooling the V4 motor, which Ducati will only get to use six of the entire season for each rider. Ducati Corse had previously been using nearly 18 motors a Championship, or one motor per race. One of our favorite changes to the GP10 is the integration of the exhaust outlet in the tail section, which oozes pure racing sex in our minds. The rest of the GP10’s improvements come on the inside, where the V4 motor has been finally switched to a “big-bang” configuration. The GP10’s chassis has been refined for better traction, and to elminate the bike’s tendency to squat during hard acceleration. To achieve these goals, Ducati redesigned the entire rear-half of the Desmosedici to be more rigid and rideable. Casey Stoner’s butt dyno would seem to agree with the Ducati engineers, as he reports the bike having better grip and traction, while also improving the bottom-end of the power curve.