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Video: Rossi meets the Yamaha Motobot!
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It’s the first time that the nine-times world champion has met his electronic counterpart – and it’s all a bit weird. This video has been released by Yamaha and shows the man who’s staying with Yamaha in MotoGP for the 2017 and 2018 seasons having a bit of a poke and prod around the robot…
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And here it is! Vinales CONFIRMED as Yamaha rider for 2017/18 alongside Rossi – Iannone switches to Suzuki
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Lovely stuff. As we outlined and dated a week ago. Here’s the announcement: Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd announce the signing of Maverick Viñales to ride for the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team for 2017 and 2018. Viñales, who is presently fifth in the MotoGP Championship standings, will partner nin-time World Champion Valentino Rossi, whose contract…
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Pedrosa at Honda until end of 2018 – official announcement
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Well, we told you earlier today that the Maverick Vinales deal was done, and that an official statement is going to be made on Thursday – now here’s the first official part of the bigger-picture that the Vinales decision has influenced. Dani Pedrosa is now confirmed to be staying at Honda until the end of…
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Vinales signs for Yamaha. Official announcement to be made on Thursday (Spanish rumour)
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Vinales signs for Yamaha. Official announcement to be made on Thursday (Spanish rumour). Maverick Vinales will race for Yamaha in 2017 and on Thursday the official announcement that the youth is the new team-mate to nine-times world champion Valentino Rossi will be made. The news will be announced by Yamaha ahead of next weekend’s MotoGP…
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World Champions Gardner, Spencer and Read confirmed to race fearsome GP 500cc 2-Stokes at German festival
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World Champions Gardner, Spencer and Read confirmed to race fearsome GP 500cc 2-Stokes at German festival. Following a hugely successful first event at Jerez in 2015, World GP Bike Legends is back for 2016 with the iconic bikes and riders from the golden era of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. This year the battle will be…
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Suzuki’s All-star track day return to Silverstone GP circuit this summer
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Suzuki’s All-star track day return to Silverstone GP circuit this summer. Suzuki’s annual All-Star track day returns to Silverstone for 2016, with this year’s event taking place on the prestigious Grand Prix circuit on August 11. The event has become a key feature of Suzuki’s event calendar, and will again be attended by 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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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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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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