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MotoGP: Morbidelli and Mir progress to Q2
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The Yamaha and Suzuki riders secured top two places as the Pramac Racing duo of Francesco Bagnaia and Jack Miller missed out Petronas Yamaha SRT’s Franco Morbidelli earned himself a place in Q2 at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya after setting a 1:39.727, the fifth fastest lap of the weekend, to top Q1.…
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MotoGP: Rins fastest, top 10 within 0.4 in stunning FP3
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Saturday morning at the Catalan GP didn’t disappoint as all but three riders improve their times from Friday Team Suzuki Ecstar’s Alex Rins set a 1:39.547 in FP3 at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya to lead the MotoGP field in qualifying, the Spaniard going 0.036 quicker than Friday’s quickest man Fabio Quartararo (Petronas…
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WSB: Dramatic Race 2 at Jerez sees van der Mark win as Bautista crashes!
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Michael van der Mark conquered Jerez ahead of Rea and Razgatlioglu as Bautista, Davies and Melandri all suffer crashes! In what was a thrilling Race 2 at Jerez, an uncharacteristic error from Alvaro Bautista (ARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati) at the start of Lap 2 saw the Spaniard suffer his first racing crash in WorldSBK. The…
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WSB: Bautista makes it 12+1 at Circuito de Jerez – Angel Nieto!
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The Spaniard paid tribute to his legendary fellow countryman, whilst the rest of the field battled hard in his wake! The WorldSBK Tissot Superpole Race saw another spectacular performance by Alvaro Bautista (ARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati), who breezed to his 13th win in his rookie season. The Spaniard took his home win with a comfortable…
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WSB: Bautista takes home win in Race 1, Rea and Lowes clash!
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The dominant Spaniard made it to 12 wins, whilst Alex Lowes was on the receiving end of a controversial clash with Jonathan Rea! On the opening lap, it was a frantic start as Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) took the holeshot and kept his advantage, despite Bautista trying to get around the outside. However,…
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WSB: Rea conquers Superpole in Spain, Bautista and Melandri in close company!
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The Ulsterman was back on top, with less than a second covering the top ten! An entertaining 25-minute Tissot Superpole session for the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship saw Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) take a second pole of the season with a blistering lap, which became an all-time WorldSBK lap record at Jerez.…
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TT 2019: Records tumble in SES TT Zero race
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Michael Rutter smashed the lap record in Thursday’s SES TT Zero race, as he clinched his seventh TT race win. Beating Mugen team mate John McGuinness by 8.9 seconds, Rutter’s lap was an impressive 121.91mph. In the winners’ enclosure Michael told Manx Radio’s Chris Kinley that the race was anything but easy, saying he’d pushed…
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TT 2019: Dunlop grabs win number 19 in thrilling Lightweight TT
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With Derek McGee out of contention following a spill at Greeba in qualifying, there was no number one on the startline for the postponed Bennetts Lightweight TT Race. Instead the honour of being first away from the line fell to Davey Todd on the Norton 650 machine. Davey’s team mate John McGuiness was away second…
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TT 2019: Lee Johnston gets first TT win in Supersport race
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Monster Energy Supersport TT Races tend to be exciting affairs and Monday evening’s edition was not an exception. Right from the start there were just fractions between the leaders at Glen Helen. James Hillier had the advantage as they passed Dave Christian in the Manx Radio TT commentary box for the first time, but he…
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TT 2019: Daley Mathison
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Stockton on Tees rider Daley Mathison has lost his life following an accident in the RST Superbike TT Race on Monday morning. Daley, who debuted at the TT in 2013, was riding for the Penz13.com team and started 19th in today’s race. A popular rider, Daley had achieved some notable successes at the TT including…
