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MotoGP retires Simoncelli’s 58 number from racing competition
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MOTOGP has honoured the memory of Marco Simoncelli by retiring the late rider’s No 58 from the sport’s premier class. The popular Italian died as a result of a crash during the 2011 Malaysian MotoGP race. He was 24 years old. Ahead of this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix, held at the Misano World Circuit named…
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MotoGP: Aleix Espargaró’s Misano preview
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Want to know the ins and outs of the Misano circuit? Here’s team Suzuki Ecstar’s Aleix Espargaró talking about Misano ahead of this weekend’s MotoGP race, his improvements with the GSX-RR machine and his favourite parts of the circuit. https://youtu.be/WKG9Wk-HBIM
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MotoGP: Misano this weekend – here’s the stats that matter
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This weekend sees the 20th time that Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli has hosted a motorcycle grand prix event and below are some facts and stats about MotoGP on the Riviera di Rimini: – The first grand prix event to take place at Misano was in 1980; the 500cc race was over 40 laps of…
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Now THIS is TV racing commentary!
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The footage has been sent to us from Japan and it’s great. The coverage of the Suzuka 8 Hour race last month is brilliant, as you’d expect, but the extra delight is the Japanese commentary. It’s great. No over-the-top waffle and no boring-stats fest. Plus, these guys really know what they’re talking about (we…
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Video: The world’s most excited MotoGP fan! Awwwww…
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https://youtu.be/cE-vhp6gXBo We all get excited about motorcycle racing – but few of us get quite as excited as this little lad. Posted in the UniLad video feed, all we know about this Rossi fan who can barely contain himself is that he’s called Logan and is clearly hooked for life. Awwwww…
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MotoGP: Alex Lowes “We are in a better position this weekend”
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It’s the MotoGP round at Misano this weekend and Alex Lowes is carrying on his positive vibe after his points-scoring debut on the Tech 3 Yamaha at Silverstone. Leading up to the Italian round, Lowes said: “After getting my first MotoGP race out the way, I feel much calmer and prepared for Misano because I have…
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Indian confirms FTR750’s race debut for later this month
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Indian Motorcycle today confirmed that its Indian Scout FTR750 race bike will make its formal racing debut on Sunday 25th September at the Ramspur Winery Santa Rosa Mile AMA Pro Flat Track race in Santa Rosa, California. The Indian Scout FTR750 will be piloted in its debut race by AMA flat track racing legend Joe Kopp.…
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MotoGP: Misano up next and all eyes on Rossi for some home glory
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Championship contender Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) took a stunning podium at the British GP despite the track having proved a tough one for the 9-time champion in the past. Taking back 3 points from Marc Marquez’ (Repsol Honda Team) title lead and beating the Spaniard to the rostrum, the duel between the two was…
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Circuito de Tenerife given the green light
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How do you fancy getting out to watch some MotoGP racing in the balmy year-round weather of the Canary Islands? It’s on the cards because a new facility has been given the go-ahead. Costing around £20m, the Circuito de Tenerife has been pushed forward with a view to F1 racing there. But given the climate…
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KTM completes 470 laps in private MotoGP test in Spain
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KTM completes 470 laps in private MotoGP test in Spain. Three days of testing and a total of 470 laps has seen the KTM MotoGP test squad of Mika Kallio and Randy de Puniet work through a vast list of things with the prototype race bikes. The team were out in action during the private…
