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WSB in Sepang: The facts and figures cheat sheet
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You’ll hear a lot of this stuff trotted out over the weekend – but why wait for someone to read this lot to you off this sheet? Here’s the official cheat doco from WSB for those who aren’t into the sport (and for those who are, it’s a cool bit of reading). Check it…
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Johann Zarco gets factory Suzuki call up for MotoGP test in Japan and the Suzuka 8-Hour
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Johann Zarco gets factory Suzuki call up for MotoGP test in Japan and the Suzuka 8-Hour. Johann Zarco is to test the MotoGP Suzuki in Japan later this year – and he’s now been asked to ride a factory Suzuki in the massively-important to the factory Suzuka 8-hour race too. The Frenchman, who is currently…
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Preview: WSS in Sepang
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Kawasaki Puccetti Racing rider Randy Krummenacher had led the WorldSSP Championship since the Swiss rookie crossed the line to take his first victory in the class, in Round 1 at Phillip Island. The race win on his first outing and a DNF for his teammate after a tyre issue took the pressure off a…
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Preview: WSB Sepang – this coming weekend
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Set south of the city through the administrative capital of Putrajaya, the circuit is a perfect 5.5km test track for a motorcycle, taking in the two long straights separated only by the final hairpin, and the wider, sweeping corners that see side-grip tested to the limit. That’s not the end of the challenge in Sepang…
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Preview: North West 200
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Preview: North West 200 By Philip Wain This week sees the start of the International road racing season with the traditional opener again being at the North West 200. And with the competition getting ever and ever closer, it should be a frantic, high speed encounter. Of course, recent years on the Causeway Coast…
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Lorenzo: “Everything has been almost perfect!”
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Lorenzo: “Everything has been almost perfect!” Jorge Lorenzo started the French GP from pole, led every lap across the line and went on to win by 10.6s to retake the championship lead. Lorenzo started the 28-lap French GP exactly as he had planned. As the lights went out he had a lightning start from pole…
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Vinales: “If Dani Pedrosa has signed then I’d think Yamaha would have told me!”
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When MoreBikes broke the story exclusively on Tuesday, a full hour ahead of other sites, that Dani Pedrosa was in talks to join Valentino Rossi at Yamaha in 2017 – we knew it would take a while for signatures on contracts to be put in place. But this afternoon things still seem up in the…
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MotoGP Le Mans: The weekend’s preview
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Consistency has so far helped three riders stand out in the premier class, a tricky Le Mans circuit will test their ability to the limit. Now back in Europe, the MotoGP World Championship settles into a familiar rhythm with a steady stream of race weekends. The season has well and truly begun and leading the…
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Marquez: “Honda’s target is to keep Pedrosa”
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OK, so this is another first around this story – and it makes for interesting reading. According to reports from inside the MotoGP paddock, none other than twice world champion Marc Marquez has spoken out about the ‘Pedrosa to Yamaha’ rumous saying that he believes that Honda wants to hold onto the tiny Spaniard. Twice…
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Rossi on Pedrosa or Vinales: ‘It’s no difference who signs”
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Morebikes told you first about the MotoGP rumours that Dani Pedrosa was in line to join Valentino Rossi in the Yamaha squad next year – and Rossi himself has been talking about the subject. But while the rest of the MotoGP hangers on might be whipping up the story, the truth of the matter is…
