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TT 2016: Anstey crashes! Michael Dunlop cracks 132mph barrier! And smashes Superstock lap record (unofficially)
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With perfect conditions yet again all the way round the Mountain Course, Thursday evening’s qualifying session at the 2016 Isle of Man TT Races saw Michael Dunlop set the island alight with the first 132mph+ lap of the week. The Ulsterman lapped at 132.36mph on his Hawk Racing BMW and also made the headlines…
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Pol Espargaro to join KTM in MotoGP alongside Bradley Smith
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Austrian manufacturer KTM has been busy testing with a variety of former World Championship riders in order to prepare the KTM RC16 for its World Championship debut in 2017 but has also remained focus on signing an all-star line up for 2017. At the start of the 2016 season, they announced Bradley Smith as their…
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Marquez signs with Honda for more MotoGP
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We told you yesterday how Marc Marquez tipped the wink that he was about to sign for Honda again in MotoGP and the ink is now dry on the contract to keep the twice world MotoGP champion on the Big H bikes for the next two-years. Marquez is currently in his fourth season in…
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TT 2106: Onboard video of some of McGuinness’ 130mph practice lap from last night
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Fancy doing some onboard with John McGuinness at last night’s practice lap of the TT? This is the part of his 130.5mph from yesterday’s outing. The 23-times TT winner says that the high-winds last night caused him some problems during the laps he bagged, but his time was still only fractionally slower than Ian Hutchinson…
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TV times for the Isle of Man telly shows
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TV times for the Isle of Man telly shows. The Isle of Man TT Races has hit TV screens on ITV4 and now you can also keep up to speed with everything on The Island by downloading the international highlights shows via the iomtt.com website. The racing focus kicks off tonight (Thursday 2nd June) with the…
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Marquez: I’ve not signed yet but this will be my bike next year!
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Marc Marquez has given the strongest indication yet that he’s about to put pen to paper and commit to another couple of seasons on the factory Honda. Speaking at the pre-Catalan MotoGP meeting yesterday the former double MotoGP world champion has come under scrutiny because he’s the last big name from ‘The Aliens’ to sign…
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Video: TT 2016 – Gyro cam view of a run down Bray Hill
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Check out this video of TT racer Horst Saiger from Tuesday night on The Island. Saiger was taking part in the evening practice session and with the Gyro cam fitted to his Kawasaki this is a pretty cool way to watch the first bit of the Mountain Course. We’ve posted the bit of onboard footage…
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TT 2016: Holden and Winkle still fastest in the chairs but competition closing in
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The third Sidecar session of the 2016 Isle of Man TT races, fuelled by Monster Energy, got underway slightly later than scheduled at 7.57pm on Wednesday night. Dave Molyneux/Daniel Sayle were first away and hoping to get their first proper flying lap in of the week, with Ben and Tom Birchall, John Holden/Andy Winkle…
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TT 2016: Dunlop and Hutchy blitz Wednesday night qualifying – Dunlop bags first 131mph+
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After an 11-minute delay, the first of the week so far, Wednesday evening’s qualifying session for the 2016 Isle of Man TT Races, fuelled by Monster Energy, burst into life with spectacular lap times in the RST Superbike and RL360 Quantum Superstock classes. Despite strong winds reported on the Mountain section, Michael Dunlop threw…
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Video: 2016 TT action just inches away! Turn it up loud!
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Video: 2016 TT action just inches away! Turn it up loud! Want to see how close you get to the action at the awesome Isle of Man TT races? You get this close to the action at the awesome Isle of Man TT races! It’s not a long video, just a few seconds, but this…
