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Valentino Rossi WILL race in 2021
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The Doctor has signed a deal to join the Petronas Yamaha Satellite Racing Team for next year’s MotoGP World Championship. We’ve been talking about it for months, but now the news is official and the deal is finally done. Valentino Rossi has signed a one-year extension of his contract with Yamaha, and will race as…
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VIDEO: 360 footage of Peter Hickman at BSB
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Youtuber Hicky60 has posted some cracking footage from an Insta360 ONE R camera mounted on the Smiths Racing bike.
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RACING: The Suzuka 8 Hours won’t be happening in 2020
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Tougher travel restrictions to Japan has forced organisers to cancel the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race this year. With it looking increasingly unlikely that international riders and teams would be able to travel to Suzuka – the FIM, Eurosport Events and Mobilityland has decided to cancel the 2020 edition of the famous race, which has…
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MotoGP: UPDATED calendar. Season closer at Portimao added.
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There’s a new calendar for the 2020 MotoGP season – and the big news is that the final race will be at Portimao. MotoGP organisers have just released the latest revised schedule for the 2020 race season – which includes a total of seven races on Spanish soil. The other seven are split between the…
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BSB: Get a FREE official programme for this weekend’s round at Donington Park. Download it NOW.
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Meant to be at this weekend’s BSB round at Donington Park? Disappointed to be missing the trackside action? How about an official programme to ease your pain…? Last week BSB organisers announced that spectators wouldn’t be allowed to attend the Donington Park and Snetterton rounds in August. And to help race fans stuck at home…
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MotoGP: Stefan Bradl replaces Marc Marquez for Czech GP
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Despite aiming for a return to racing at Brno, Marc Marquez is going to sit out this weekend’s racing at Brno – and will be replaced by HRC test rider Stefan Bradl. After undergoing a second surgery on a fractured humerus, Marquez and HRC have decided that the World Champion won’t be on the grid…
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VIDEO: How does Honda Racing turn a CBR1000RR-R SP into a BSB racer? Part One.
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Honda Racing’s released the first part of a new video series to show what’s involved in turning a standard Fireblade SP into a fire breathing BSB racer.
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BSB: No spectators at Donington Park and Snetterton in August
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British Superbikes Championship organisers have just confirmed that it won’t be allowing spectators at the Donington Park and Snetterton rounds next month. BSB’s hand has been forced following the government’s decision to postpone further test events with spectators at ‘Elite Sport’ fixtures. Following further consultation with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport it’s…
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The Diamond Races: NEW road racing festival on the Isle of Wight. Kicks off October 2021.
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That’s right. There’s a new date on the road racing calendar. The Isle of Wight’s Diamond Races which takes place next October. At this stage, specific dates haven’t been released – but the expectation is that there will be practice days on Wednesday and Thursday, before the time-trial racing gets underway on Saturday. The exact…
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WSB: British, Dutch and Qatari rounds cancelled for 2020
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World Superbikes has just confirmed that the British, Dutch and Qatari rounds of the championship won’t be going ahead this season. A decision has been made to cancel the three previously postponed rounds as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. It will actually be the first WSB season in history to not have a race…
