Italian newspaper La Gazzetta has 'confirmed' Lorenzo will be going to Ducati for the next two years

(English Translation):

Today opens a new chapter in Ducati history. Fascinating, challenging, exciting. And, as everyone dreams, by the fans of the red to the lovers of motorcycling, hopefully winning. Because after having been able to bring back last fall home the prodigal son Casey Stoner, the (for now) more luxury tester that a house could ever imagine, Ducati has managed to convince Jorge Lorenzo that the Desmosedici is the right bike to point to new successes.

BY WORLD - Today, in fact Borgo Panigale will announce officially what is now a secret on everyone's lips, or the engagement of world champion in office, snatched from Yamaha with which it runs (and wins, three World Championships, 41 victories) since 2008 . from next year the number 99, as the podiums obtained so far by Lorenzo in the premier class, will make a fine show on the Desmosedici GP designed by Gigi Dall'Igna, the hunt for the world title that has so far been achieved only with Stoner in magic 2007. Stoner was also the last that can lead to a red victory in a now distant GP Australia 2010, or nearly six years. After him there is no more successful, beginning with Valentino Rossi, who in the years 2011-12 in red managed to get only 3 podiums.

AFTER IT - Here, the eternal Lorenzo-Rossi duel will also resurface in the new adventure of Jorge, who in Borgo Panigale will arrive on a red carpet (for him a contract in the next two years will yield a figure close to 25 million Euros ) with a desire to succeed where his great enemy, the less and less borne companion box at Yamaha, has failed: even win a race will allow him to overcome Rossi, then won the title ... for sure, Lorenzo Ducati will find a very different one on which climbed Valentino, heir of the GP11 that only Stoner could take to the limit. Desmo on current many are able to go fast. The work done by Dall'Igna in two years has convinced even one as Lorenzo, pilot so precise and meticulous as prudent (to put it mildly) in entrusting oneself to others. The Desmosedici is proving to be a competitive bike now in every aspect, Dovizioso and Iannone are consistently up front fighting for the podium and, on occasion, to smell success and if the taboo victory should not be defeated this year the recriminations will really several.

THAT MARKET - However, Lorenzo is, along with Marc Marquez, the pilot that each House would like to have on your bike and the next year the only possible goal for the Ducati will be the World. And now, with another precious piece in its place, the market is bound to go crazy to fill the holes left: Iannone and Dovizioso to fight for the second bike, the Yamaha will try to do everything possible to snatch Maverick Viñales to Suzuki. We're just on the eve of the fourth race of 2106, however, already beautiful and uncertain, but already everyone looks to 2017. If it is not a bit 'absurd all this ...

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