According to sources quoted by CCF, if Ducati had not lost to Casey Stoner, Valentino Rossi have never had the opportunity to join the Italian brand for 2011 MotoGP World Championship.
In spite of the impact in the media the first images of Rossi riding the Red Ducati bike in Sepang last week, anyone you could imagine desperate in the Italian brand for not losing the Australian Casey Stoner.
Ducati were so willing to extend the contract of Stoner who was offered a lucrative contract for 2011 extension already in November ' 09.
Alessandro Cicognani said: "We were willing to sign Casey in November 2009". Since then, we have made every effort to keep it, Casey knows. “
And he added: "his departure opened the way for Rossi completed the dream of millions of fans to switch to Ducati".
