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WSB: This weekend it’s Imola for the diesels. Here’s the rundown of which manufacturers perform well around the technically demanding Italian track
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Aprilia‘s only win at Imola came with their previous model – the twin-cylinder RSV1000 – back in 2001’s Race 2. Since then, ten more podiums followed: the last ones were three 3rd places in the second Races held here from 2013 to 2015. Last year the best result for Aprilia was recorded by Lorenzo Savadori,…
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Video: Guy Martin says he’s only at the North West 200 to: “Get signatures. It’s a means to an end.”
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Terrific BBC journalist Stephen Watson is covering the North West 200 road races for the channel right now (go and see it at BBC NI in the channel’s excellent ongoing coverage of the event) and last night he caught a few minutes with a chatty Guy Martin. You can watch this very interesting bit of…
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Saroléa confirms carbon electric racebike for this year’s Zero TT race
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If you’ve watched the TT Zero race, the single lap competitive outing for electric bikes held every year on The Isle of Man, then you’ll have heard of the Belgian outfit Saroléa. The firm has competed on The Island three times before in the Zero race and it’s now announced that it will be part of…
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MotoGP: Rossi from 22nd quickest: “We think we’ve solved the problems”
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Championship leader Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) had a difficult time with tyres in the Spanish GP, but despite finishing the post-race test in P21, the ‘Doctor’ found some positivity and solutions to his problems. The Italian legend tried a range of rubber during his 62 laps of the Jerez, and set a best of…
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MotoGP: JerezTest: Viñales and Marquez split by 0.002 at the top
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After Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) took his first win of the year on Sunday, bikes were back out on track the following day for the Jerez Test – the first post-race test of the year. The tyre allocation for the test was the same as available throughout the weekend, plus an extra front option…
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Vinales crashes, Cal third quickest, Jack Miller second and Dani stays on top at Jerez!
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Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) topped a wet FP1 in the Red Bull Gran Premio de España, before conditions improved dramatically for a dry FP2 with the same name at the top. The three-time World Champion did a 1:39.420 to go quickest by over half a second, with a stunning laptime from Jack Miller (Estrella…
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MotoGP: Pedrosa fastest in the rain at Jerez
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Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati) was quickest out the blocks in a wet on a run of red sectors and laps, but it was Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) who topped the session by the flag – by only 0.002 from LCR Honda’s Cal Crutchlow. Jack Miller (Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS) completed the top three. Championship leader…
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MotoGP: KTM to try out new ‘big bang’ motor instead of ‘screamer’ engine at Jerez
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KTM is using a revamped version of its MotoGP engine to Jerez this weekend and could end up with the ‘big bang’ lump in the bikes for the premier race on Sunday. The motor was out at Le Mans earlier this week for some hard laps with Pol Espargaro, Bradley Smith and test rider Mika…
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MotoGP: Guintoli gets call up to French round. Will replace injured Alex Rins on the factory Suzuki
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Sylvain Guintoli has been designated the rider to race Suzuki´s GSX-RR in the French GP in Le Mans on May 21st and following races, until Team SUZUKI ECSTAR’s factory rider Alex Rins is fully recovered and able to return to competition. Guintoli will join Team Suzuki MotoGP, already in Jerez, to take part in Tuesday´s…
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SHARK Helmets release Race-R PRO ‘White SHARK’ replica of the lid worn by Lorenzo
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SHARK Helmets has released a limited and numbered edition of the Race-R PRO White SHARK Replica of the helmet worn by Jorge Lorenzo at the 2016 Aragon MotoGP. There’s a worldwide production run of just 1,500 and each lid comes one in special premium packaging. The helmet comes in an exclusively designed White SHARK box that…
