Ducati 2009 World Championship review

Re-liive a year of almosts for Italy’s finest with this 144-page hardback book covering the exploits of Bologna’s finest in both WSB and MotoGP. 

It costs £30 from all good bookshops and online bookshops.

Here’s what the publishers say about it:

“This book tells the story of Ducati’s season in the 2009 MotoGP and Superbike world championship.

“Through words and images we can relive the most exciting moments of the year, the exploits of the 2007 world champion Casey Stoner, and Nicky Hayden, plus Michel Fabrizio and Noriyuki Haga in the Superbike championship. 

“This emotional year is presented in a collectors’ edition, which symbolises all the prestige of a marque that has written and continues to write some of the most exciting chapters in the history of world motorcycle racing. 

“The full-colour glossy hardback yearbook contains superb images by some of the leading photographers in world motorcycle racing, who have captured the essence of Ducati in their work, and they are correlated by texts from key Ducati personnel highlighting the most important aspects of the 2009 season.”