Ducati Team At Wrooom, But No Bike

Wrooom 2012 is an annual party held in the Alpine village of
Madonna di Campiglio, Italy, where both Ducati and Ferrari unveil
their teams for the year. However, a critical component was missing
from Ducati's presentation - the actual bike.
The new bike is typically unveiled at the annual gathering, but
this year the 2012 Ducati Desmosedici GP12 was nowhere to be seen.
Ducati engineers are still working on fine-tuning the model ahead
of the first test in Sepang at the end of this month. Not only is
Ducati stepping up to a bigger engine, like the rest of MotoGP, but
the Italian team is also looking to shake off their luck from last
year.
Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden were both in attendance to answer
questions from the gathered press, reports Cycle News. Hayden had
his arm out of a sling for the first time since breaking his left
shoulder in an accident in December.
Rossi, meanwhile, fielded questions on whether Ducati would return
to form in 2012 after a disappointing season last year. While Rossi
is optimistic, he also cautioned fans that the team has a lot of
work to do.
"I do not want to say from the start that I cannot fight for the
championship, but, of course, I have to be realistic. And at the
end it was 1.5 seconds that we had to recover," he told the news
source. "I just mentioned our target is indeed to get close to the
others and to be able to race with them and fight with them. This
is our goal."