The Alice-sponsored Ducati satellite team is set to announce two new riders will join its team for the 2009 MotoGP World Championship. The squad is expected to announce at Sepang that it has signed 250cc World Championship racer Mika Kallio and young Ducati test rider Niccolo Canepa, according to sources in Europe. Rumors of Kawasaki running a third factory Ninja ZX-RR, placing Shinya Nakano alongside John Hopkins and Marco Melandri, and of Sete Gibernau coming out of retirement to ride a fifth Ducati Desmosedici continue to be discussed.