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Video: Suzuki tests 2018 MotoGP chassis
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https://youtu.be/WYNXzJhycok Team Suzuki Racing has just published a new video with highlights from Team SUZUKI ECSTAR’s two-day test at Motorland Aragon in late September. Both Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins put in loads of laps during the extensive testing plan with new parts for the 2018 season, in particular a new chassis. So, effectively, this video…
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MotoGP: All the stats ahead of this weekend’s racing at Misano
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The MotoGP world championship is heading back to Misano – and in preparation for the action kicking off, here’s a bunch of facts and figures about this weekend’s racing at the iconic Italian circuit. Heading into this weekend’s action, Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) leads the championship – 4 points ahead of Marc Márquez (Repsol Honda), 13…
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Video: Scott Redding explains the array of buttons on his Ducati Desmosedici MotoGP machine
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We all know that MotoGP race bikes are packed with electronics – from GPS to gyroscopes, but what do riders actually control? Modern MotoGP machines feature an abundance of buttons which are used to control the engine control unit. To the uninitiated, it looks pretty confusing – so, to make sense of it all, Scott…
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MotoGP in-race message dash given the go-ahead. Yeah, messages to the racers live, as they race
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It’s a year since the idea was first suggested, but now it’s been passed for use in the MotoGP and Moto3 classes. Race Direction bosses in the premier class can already send some notifications (like being black flagged) to the dash of MotoGP bikes but the new system expands what can be sent to a…
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MotoGP: Zarco “Taking over from Valentino would be a dream”
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Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Johann Zarco has been upping his own paddock ante this year on track and reckons that if his form continues then he’d be an obvious choice to take over from fellow Yamaha man, Valentino Rossi. Yep. The Frenchman bagged his first MotoGP podium in France and was then top Yamaha…
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MotoGP: Smith “should be ready to race at Assen”
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Bradley Smith (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) suffered a crash in FP4 that saw the MotoGP podium finisher forced to sit out the rest of the weekend at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as well as missing the subsequent three days of testing for the Austrian factory from Monday to Wednesday. With infection a key…
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MotoGP: Marquez blasts to the top in testing
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Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) topped the timesheets by three tenths at the post-Catalan GP test, leaping ahead of Movistar Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Viñales and Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Jonas Folger at the end of action at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. 93 was faster than his fastest in Q2, and only just over a…
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MotoGP: Yamaha removes Rossi’s wing for Mugello GP
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We’ve been sent a couple of images this morning, comparing Rossi’s racebikes from Le Mans and Mugello. The more eagle-eyed among you, will spot the changes to the wing design on Rossi’s Yamaha M1. In Le Mans, Rossi’s machine was equipped with the typical internal wing, which works by offering increased downforce on the front…
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MotoGP: Rossi declared fit to race this weekend at Mugello
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The on/off saga over Valentino Rossi’s continuing injuries ahead of this weekend’s MotoGP round at Mugello continues with the nine-time world champion now declared fit enough to take part in the event. Rossi has been in ‘severe’ pain following a motocross accident which left him with pain in his liver and kidneys. Rumours that he…
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MotoGP 2017: Nicky Hayden to be remembered at Mugello MotoGP this weekend
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Nicky Hayden’s race bikes will be in attendance at Mugello this weekend for the Italian MotoGP – in celebration of the Kentucky Kid’s life and incredible career on two wheels. Nicky Hayden left his imprint wherever he went, and it’s clear that a great many people will miss him in the paddock. Following the homage…
