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Ducati to sell 2010 and 2011 MotoGP race bikes at auction

Ducati to sell 2010 and 2011 MotoGP race bikes at auction
Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey's Desmosedici
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Casey's Desmosedici
Vale's Desmosedici
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Vale's Desmosedici
Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned, just behind similarly mounted Nicky Hayden
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned, just behind similarly mounted Nicky Hayden
Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
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Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
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Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
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Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
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Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
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Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
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Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
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Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
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Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
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Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
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Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
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Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
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Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
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Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
Valentino met legendary U2 guitar player Slash on the day he rode this bike to third place
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Valentino met legendary U2 guitar player Slash on the day he rode this bike to third place
Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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The GP10 to be auctioned
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The GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
The GP10 to be auctioned
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The GP10 to be auctioned
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Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
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In a sign of the times, Ducati has announced it will be selling two very recent Ducati Desmosedici GP machines at auction. The bikes, a GP11 2011 factory Desmosedici which brought Valentino Rossi his only top three finish of the 2011 season, and the other a GP10 which Casey Stoner took to victory in the 2010 Australian Grand Prix, are subject to an undisclosed reserve. "The lucky buyer must not only enter into a confidentiality agreement," said Ducati Corse's Filippo Preziosi, "but also become a close member of the 'Ducati family'!"

The two bikes, both from the 800cc era of MotoGP, will be a part of the annual Monaco sale at the Grimaldi Forum in beautiful downtown Monto Carlo, to be held on 11-12 May.

Casey's bike

Casey's Desmosedici
Casey's Desmosedici

The bike for sale was built in the Ducati factory in Bologna between December 7 and December 11, 2009.

Casey Stoner's Ducati Desmosedici GP10 "CS1" was first started for bench testing on December 14, 2009 before being track tested by Stoner in Sepang, Malaysia in February 2010.

Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned, just behind similarly mounted Nicky Hayden
Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned, just behind similarly mounted Nicky Hayden

Stoner first competed with CS1 in Qatar in April 2010 and he raced it to victory in the Australian GP at Phillip Island in October 2010.

Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned
Casey Stoner on the GP10 to be auctioned

The machine took pole positions in Qatar, Phillip Island and Valencia and powered the Australian to podium positions in Valencia, Assen and Catalunya. Its final Grand Prix was in Valencia, November 2010 having logged a total of 4,232km.

Vale's bike

Vale's Desmosedici
Vale's Desmosedici

Valentino Rossi's Ducati Desmosedici GP11 "VR2" was built at the Ducati factory between December 6 and December 10, 2010.

It was first started for bench testing two days later. VR2's first track test for Rossi was carried out in the February 2011 Sepang tests and first competed in the Qatar Grand Prix the following month.

It recorded a podium position at Le Mans, France in May 2011 and competed in its last race at the Dutch TT in Assen, having logged a total of 2,342 km.

Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned
Valentino Rossi on the GP11 to be auctioned

"The release of two very special machines like these is an extremely rare occasion for us, so the lucky buyer must not only enter into a confidentiality agreement, but also become a close member of the 'Ducati family'!" said Ducati Corse General and Technical Director, Filippo Preziosi.

RM's Monaco auction will also offer the private Saltarelli Collection of historic Ducati motorcycles at the same event, providing a wonderful celebration of Ducatis history. In addition to the motorcycles, the two-day sale will also feature a magnificent roster of blue-chip automobiles.

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2 comments
2 comments
GEEMAN
Now if a only had a few million dollars to blow...
Michael Shewell
Granted, I'd likely not find the limit on either one of these machines but given their lack of results, why would anyone even want to own one? I'd rather have the 2007 title winner of Stoner's than the "mid-pack" machine that these two things are. I mean, if you're going to blow that kind of money for a bike, it better be one that works! Unless I'm a professional test rider that's looking to gain some ground on Ducati, I'd not get one of these. I could see the CRT Teams snapping them up though.