Quote Originally Posted by cornercarver78
The new 1098 looks a lot more in line with the lineage of the 916 than the 999 did. I didn't think Tamburini worked on the 999, did he work on the 1098?
Yes. Pierre Terblanche was the one that puked out the 999 and almost made Ducati go bankrupt because of it.

Once the 1098 was release, Terblanche left Ducati