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Dakar Rally plans to make racing SAFER. Speed restrictions and mandatory airbags.
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The Dakar Rally has revealed that it’s preparing to make changes to make the tough off-road race safer in 2021. In addition to a number of serious accidents, this year’s Dakar Rally resulted in the death of Paulo Gonçalves and Edwin Straver. And to work out how to make the racing safer, the organisers have…
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Isle of Man TT 2020: Bosses release statement about this year's TT in light of Coronavirus worries
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With the Isle of Man government’s latest update confirming that so far 16 tests for Coronavirus have been carried out on the Island and all have been clear of the infectious disease, TT bosses are saying that there’s no reason to cancel the annual road race event. The action around the Mountain Course is set…
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WSB: Now THIS has been postponed too. Round Two of the World Superbike Championship in Qatar won’t go ahead.
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It’s just been announced that the Qatar round of the World Superbike Championship has been postponed. Travel restrictions to Qatar are being enforced as a result of the global coronavirus outbreak – and the latest victim is the second round of the WSB Championship. It’d been set to take place in Doha from 13-15 March…
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MotoGP boss: "There will absolutely be a 2020 MotoGP season."
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In a statement from Carmelo Ezpeleta, Dorna boss, things are starting to sound a bit desperate as far as the rest of 2020’s MotoGP happenings go. Clearly trying to alleviate any fears of further cancellations or postponements after this weekend’s MotoGP round at Qatar was cancelled and the season’s second round at Thailand was postponed…
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MotoGP: Here's the revised schedule for this weekend's Qatar round
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Check out the updated schedule as Moto2 and Moto3 kick off their seasons at the Losail International Circuit. Moto2 and Moto3 will begin their 2020 seasons at the Grand Prix of Qatar this weekend in what promises to be a great weekend of two-wheel action in the intermediate and lightweight classes. The revised schedule for Friday,…
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MotoGP: Now the Thailand Grand Prix is postponed
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In light of the earlier news about the MotoGP round at Qatar being cancelled, this has just arrived from MotoGP owners Dorna about the second round of the year at Thailand – Dorna has just said this: As the global outbreak of coronavirus continues to develop, the Thai government has communicated that it won’t be…
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Roads 2020: Michael Dunlop to ride VisionTrack Ducati at this year's TT and the North West 200!
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The 30 year old from Ballymoney in County Antrim has secured a deal with the reigning British Superbike champions to race on a factory-supported VisionTrack Ducati V4 R in both the Superbike and Senior races at this year’s Isle of Man TT event. Dunlop didn’t enjoy the best of TTs in 2019, but despite finishing in the top…
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MotoGP: Moto2 and Moto3 WILL race at Qatar but MotoGP race CANCELLED for the desert outing
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This in from MotoGP bosses at Dorna for this coming weekend’s opening round of the MotoGP championship at the Losail circuit on Qatar – whilst we’re not going to see the big bikes in action (because they’re not at Qatar yet) we will get to see the middle and lightweight classes bashing fairings in anger…
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WSB: Redding tops frantic FP2 session as 2020 kicks off. Rea sixth quickest.
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The BSB Champion leads the way with 12 riders covered by just a second after Day 1 in Australia. After the first Free Practice session, topped by Scott Redding (ARUBA.IT Racing – Ducati), ran in mixed conditions, the second session was completely dry. It was a disrupted session following a Red Flag ten minutes into the session for…
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Team Classic Suzuki to make Isle of Man TT debut
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Team Classic Suzuki will swap its XR69 and RG500 machinery for modern GSX-R1000 kit when it makes its Isle of Man TT debut at this year’s races. The team – renowned for its expertise in classic racing, which has seen it take three superbike victories at the Classic TT with Michael Dunlop over the years…
