Ducati 2006 MotoGP bike unveiled - 235bhp, 148 kg

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Loris Capirossi and Sete Gibernau with their new machinery	Loris Capirossi and Sete Gibernau unveil the new machine	Click image to enlarge	Click image to enlarge
Click image to enlarge	Click image to enlarge	The Ferrari F1 and Ducati MotoGP racers get together on the slopes - Marc Gené, Michael Schumacher, Luca Badoer, Felipe Massa, Sete Gibernau and Loris Capirossi	Sete Gibernau
Sete	The Ferrari F1 team with Schumacher at the fore	Massa drives the Fiat while the rest of the F1 Ferrari team follows behind	Click image to enlarge
Felipe Massa gets sideways during the festivities	The seat structure has been strengthened	The tank shape was changed at the behest of the riders	The GP06 instrumentation is sparse
Liberal lashings of carbon fibre	simplicity and function	Two of the four exhaust pipes exit through the seat	Gibernau and Capirossi
Loris Capirossi	Ferrari F1 drivers around the camp fire	The Ferrari F1 and Ducati MotoGP racers at the presentation ceremony - Marc Gené, Felipe Massa, Michael Schumacher, Luca Badoer,Sete Gibernau and Loris Capirossi	The official specifications of the GP06 - Holy Mackeral Batman - 235 bhp at 16,500 rpm and 148 kilograms dry