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WSB: Jonathan Rea inches closer to points record with fantastic Race 1 win
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2018 champion triumphs over teammate Tom Sykes in penultimate race of 2018 Seventeen down, one to go. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) has won the first race of the Pirelli Qatar Round and matched Doug Polen’s record for the most race victories in a single season, with 17 additional laps still to go tomorrow…
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WSB :Sykes claims his final Tissot Superpole with Kawasaki
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KRT one-two in qualifying with Lowes completing the front row for Race 1 Nine years after claiming his first pole position for Kawasaki, ‘Superpoleman’ Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) has topped qualifying one last time for the green machines, smashing the lap record of Losail International Circuit along the way. The English rider bested…
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MotoGP: Iannone fastest as four factories complete top five on Day 1
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Italian left it late to go to P1 in FP2 as he heads Petrucci and Viñales, with leading Honda rider Crutchlow suffering a big Turn 1 crash Andrea Iannone (Team Suzuki Ecstar) left it late to leap to the top of the combined timesheets in FP2 at the Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, setting a…
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MotoGP: FP1: Viñales ahead of Alma Pramac duo as Marquez crashes
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Spaniard leads home hero Miller and Petrucci in opening session but it wasn’t the start Repsol Honda were looking for in Australia… The rain stayed away as the premier class riders headed out for their first session of the weekend at the Michelin Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix and it was Movistar Yamaha MotoGP’s Maverick Viñales…
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MotoGP: Magnificent 7 – Marc Marquez seals title with win in Motegi
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A race-long battle with Dovi ends with the Italian crashing with two to go, handing the Spaniard title number seven Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) wrapped up a sensational seventh World Championship title at the home of Honda after claiming a stunning victory at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, a race-long battle with Andrea…
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MotoGP: Dominant Dovi storms to pole as Marquez settles for P6
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Italian is on track to deny the Spaniard of a title win at Motegi in Zarco and Miller complete the front row Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) will start Sunday’s Motul Grand Prix of Japan from pole position after a fantastic Q2 session saw the Italian set a 1:44.590, enough to ensure he launches from his…
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MotoGP; Bautista and Nakagami through to Q2 shootout
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Spaniard left it late to top the session ahead of the home hero, Petrucci misses out Alvaro Bautista (Angel Nieto Team) shot to the top of the times on his final lap in Q1 to top the session as he heads for Q2, with Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) joining the Spaniard after a fantastic…
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MotoGP: Marc Marquez tops FP4 despite crash, Cal Crutchlow P2
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Championship leader set the pace ahead of fellow HRC rider but suffered a late fall at Turn 9 Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) topped the final Free Practice of the weekend at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan, setting the fastest time of 1:45.531 to beat Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) by 0.310, with Team…
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MotoGP: Freddie Spencer appointed Chairman of the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel
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American Champion and MotoGP Legend set to take on a new role for 2019 MotoGP Legend Freddie Spencer will be taking on a new role in 2019, with the American set to assume part of the role of Mike Webb and become Chairman of the FIM MotoGP Stewards Panel. Webb is currently both Race Director…
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MotoGP: Out of the shadows: Dovizioso fastest on Friday
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Italian topped the dry FP1 session to take opening day honours in Japan as Pedrosa goes quickest in mixed FP2 Thanks to his FP1 time, Ducati Team’s Andrea Dovizioso ends Day 1 at the Motul Grand Prix of Japan as the man to beat as Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) set the fastest FP2 time…
