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MotoGP: Marquez pulls a master stroke in Germany
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Sunday didn’t get off to the best start for Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team), the Spaniard suffering a huge fall during morning Warm Up. He was declared fit for the race, but he’d clearly taken a beating in the fall. As the GoPro Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland got under way he seemed to be suffering,…
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Video: Burt Munro documentary – the real man behind the World’s Fastest Indian story
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Video: Burt Munro documentary – the real man behind the World’s Fastest Indian story. We’ve been sent this video about the fast Kiwi Burt Munro – the man who’s story inspired the big budget film World’s Fastest Indian, starring Anthony Hopkins. This video here isn’t that high-gloss telling of Burt’s story but an interview with…
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Video: Aleix Espargaro talks you through this weekend’s Sachsenring MotoGP round
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Video: Aleix Espargaro talks you through this weekend’s Sachsenring MotoGP round. Check out this video preview of this weekend’s ninth round of the MotoGP championship. The film has been put together by the Suzuki Ecstar squad and features team rider Aleix Espargaro talking us through what he expects to happen and how he thinks the…
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Stoner launches attack on Austrian MotoGP track’s safety level
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Stoner launches attach on Austrian MotoGP track’s safety level. Casey Stoner has launched a scathing attack on the safety for racers at the Austrian round of the championship citing serious concerns about the run-off in some corners. “I’m worried about the run-offs in Austria,” the Australian told Sky Italia. “Some of them are even painted…
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Zarco announced as Tech 3 rider for 2017
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We told you yesterday that the Moto2 defending champion was going to ditch his Suzuki MotoGP plans and take up a ride with Yamaha in the Tech 3 squad instead – and that has just been announced officially. Here’s the official release from the squad: The Monster Yamaha Tech3 team is pleased to announce the…
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Alex Lowes’ Yamaha team tops Suzuka 8-hour timesheets in closed-off rain-hit test
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So here’s some great news from the latest Suzuka 8-hour test from Japan – Alex Lowes and his Yamaha team-mate Katsuyuki Nakasuga have bagged the fastest time on the works bike. The pair took the best time in the afternoon, two-hour session at the famous Japanese circuit with the Yamahas sitting pretty with a best…
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Rossi: “We are fast and I‘m comfortable”
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The German GP is all about getting points back for Valentino Rossi after an uncharacteristic mistake in Assen. He’s had three DNFs in 2016 already. There’s no doubt Rossi has had the pace to win, but luck just hasn’t been on his side in Assen or Mugello. Closing down the significant 42-point gap to…
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Johann Zarco a Suzuki rider for 2017? Nope, looks like he’s off to Tech 3…
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Johann Zarco a Suzuki rider for 2017? Nope, looks like he’s off to Tech 3… So it looks like Johann Zarco, one of the darlings of the Moto2 class and the reigning champion, will end up on a Tech 3 Yamaha for 2017. That’s the story that’s going around the paddock (despite it seeming an…
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Gorgeous pics of the KTM RC16 MotoGP bike in testing
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Gorgeous pics of the KTM RC16 MotoGP bike in testing. There’s not long to go now until the new KTM MotoGP bike makes its official appearance at the August 14 race in Austria. And whilst that will just be an ‘unveiling’ with a few parade laps on the supposed 250bhp+ motorcycle, the bike will then…
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BSB – Shakey takes over championship lead after Snetterton
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BSB – Shakey takes over championship lead after Snetterton. By Philip Wain As the saying goes, the cream always rises to the crop and that was certainly the case at Snetterton at the weekend, venue for round five of the 2016 British Superbike Championship, as Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne put in a majestic performance on his…
