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WSB Preview: Donington Park this weekend
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WSB Preview: Donington Park this weekend. Donington Park is the next home for WSB with the worlds best production-based motorcycles descending on the Leicestershire circuit this weekend. Our own Tom Sykes is leading the WSB charge. The poleman in Sepang by seven tenths, a winner in Malaysia and Buriram and a consistent podium finisher in 2016,…
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VIDEO: What makes a great motorcycle race school?
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Track days and on-track training are a great way to improve your riding. Many of us go back to the same tracks and race schools again and again. Graham has been going to the Ron Haslam Race School track training days for 12 years. We talked to him to find out what it was that…
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Tito Rabat tweets from the operating table (nothing squeamish though)
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MotoGP rider Tito Rabat was forced out of the Mugello GP round at the weekend after a crash in FP3 on Saturday morning. In the fall from the Estrella Galicia, Marc VDS bike the Spaniard had a big tumble and ended up badly breaking his left collarbone. Last night the MotoGP rookie tweeted out this…
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Video: Mind and Motor with Maverick Vinales
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Check out this really good video stepping into the life of MotoGP-rumour-mill-of-the-year Maverick Vinales. The film has been put together by Alpinestars and tells more of the story about Vinales on and off the track. We really like this. Well made, decent music and editorially interesting. Especially the bit where he talks about possibly him…
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VIDEO: Ron Haslam: 20 years of running the race school and his love of riding bikes
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We caught up with Ron Haslam at his race school to talk about racing, learning, and how much fun it is. Ron Haslam Race School has been helping people get up to speed on track for 20 years, and it’s still going strong. In the below video Ron talks about his approach to running the…
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Riders for Health closes UK operations
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The Riders for Health charity has closed its UK operations and that might mean that there will be no more Day of Champions preview day of fun and fund raising ahead of the British GP. Although MotoGP parent company Dorna is believed to be looking into holding some sort of pre-event day in the UK…
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Rossi’s 2016 Mugello-special AGV lid revealed
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Rossi’s 2016 Mugello-special AGV lid revealed. Valentino Rossi debuted another Mugello-special helmet paintjob at the weekend with this bright-yellow piece of work from helmet painter Aldo Drudi. Drudi’s on a bit of a roll at the moment having debuted his bike, the Burasca 1200 Honda VFR1200F special, last week. So it’s nice to see that…
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BSB review: Brands bends to Haslam’s will
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BSB review: Brands bends to Haslam’s will. By Philip Wain With Leon Haslam and Shane Byrne occupying the top two spots in the MCE British Superbike Championship after the first three rounds, you could be forgiven for thinking it’s been predictable thus far and very much going as expected. However, that couldn’t be further from…
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MotoGP Mugello: Rossi: “It’s a great shame”
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The Italian GP was a race full of potential for Valentino Rossi but one that eventually ended in a puff of smoke and disappointment. For the first time since he last took victory in Mugello, Valentino Rossi started the Gran Premio D’Italia TIM on pole position and had shown a threatening race pace during…
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Mugello MotoGP: Lorenzo wins last-lap thriller as Rossi retires
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Valentino Rossi may have been unable to score, but the fans in Mugello were treated to a do or die duel between Lorenzo and Marquez. For the first time since 2008, Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) lined up for the Gran Premio d’Italia TIM in pole. The last time he started from pole in Mugello…
