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MotoGP: Valentino Rossi wants Yamaha to “develop the deflector.”
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Valentino Rossi has spoken out about the need for Yamaha to further develop the M1 and improve rear grip, with the addition of a new deflector. Ducati, Honda and Aprilia have been hard at work developing aerodynamics – and Valentino Rossi reckons that Yamaha need to do the same. Here’s what he’s said: “I’m putting…
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There’s a MotoGP Kawasaki coming for next year (but it’ll race in WSB… so there’ll be a customer version that you can buy!)
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The news isn’t some pie-in-the-sky either, this has come directly from the big boss himself. Speaking to Speedweek.com, Kawasaki’s Race Director Ichiro Yoda admitted that the green team was chasing its tail in WSB, trying to peg back the all-conquering Ducati of Alvaro Bautista. For the past four years WSB has been the dominant shooting…
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VIDEO: The ABCs of MotoGP. Red Bull’s GUIDE to top level racing.
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Red Bull has just released the first part of its new series; the ABCs of MotoGP. And it’s well worth a watch if you’ve got five minutes to kill. Part one of the new series goes behind the scenes at KTM’s Austrian racing HQ, looking at development and dyno testing – before following Pol Espargaro…
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RUMOURED: New Yamaha YZF-R1 on the way for 2021. Updated ENGINE. More MotoGP TECH.
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Ahead of Euro-5 regulations coming into force in 2021, rumours are swirling that Yamaha’s looking to completely refresh its YZF-R1 with an updated powerplant and even more MotoGP-derived technology. Yamaha’s hugely successful YZF-R1 was first unveiled back in 1998 – and over the years the Japanese factories flagship superbike has been updated and evolved to…
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MotoGP: Q2 – Marquez keeps Rossi at bay to retain COTA qualifying crown
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It was a seventh consecutive pole for the reigning World Champion but ‘The Doctor’ is right there with him, Crutchlow completes front row Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) secured a seventh straight pole position at the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas after setting a 2:03.787 in Q2 to finish 0.273 clear of second…
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MotoGP: Lorenzo and Petrucci into Q2 as Dovizioso misses out
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The Italian, currently second in the World Championship, will start the Americas GP from 13th on the grid Repsol Honda Team’s Jorge Lorenzo made it through to Q2 at the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas after topping Q1 with a 2:05.855, narrowly ahead of Mission Winnow Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci. The Qatar Grand Prix…
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MotoGP: Yamahas take the fight to Marquez on Day 1
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Viñales leads the Repsol Honda rider with Rossi P3, but it wasn’t the afternoon Dovizioso was looking for in Austin as times tumble in FP2 Maverick Viñales (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) has upset the odds on Day 1 at the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas after ending FP2 at the top of the…
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MotoGP: Marquez tops FP1 but Viñales less than a tenth behind
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It might not be as straight forward as the World Champion hopes with five manufacturers inside the top nine Repsol Honda Team’s Marc Marquez ended the opening MotoGP™ session of the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas fastest but only just with Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP’s Maverick Viñales 0.078 of a second adrift of…
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MotoGP: Full SCHEDULE for this weekend’s action in America.
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It’s time to rodeo in Austin, as the MotoGP World Championship heads to the Circuit of the Americas for the third round of the 2019 season. The action kicks off in Austin today at 9am local time – but if you’re watching in the UK remember that there’s a five hour time difference, so the…
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MotoGP to return to Spa-Francorchamps?
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One of the most iconic circuits in racing history could return to the MotoGP calendar. The dangerous nature of the circuit saw international motorcycle racing withdrawn from the Spa many years ago – but the circuit and local government want to change that. Of course, there’s still a lot of work to do before Spa-Francorchamps…
