Marco Melandri's will-he-won't-he-stay-at-Ducati saga looks set to rumble on to at least past the Brno MotoGP round.

Ducati team boss  Livio Suppo has intimated on his blog that Melandri is set to stay with the squad, saying that he couldn't wait to see the Italian and Casey Stoner racing again after the summer break

Melandri lobbed in at Laguna Seca while well inside the points and that looked like it could be his lot with the factory team, and would be off to Kawasaki after his holiday.

Whether this is just smoke and mirrors from Suppo remains to be seen, but there are plenty of people lining up to sit behind Melandri's tank...