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  • MotoGP Preview: Why Mugello could end up being the Race of the Year (and then some)

    MotoGP Preview: Why Mugello could end up being the Race of the Year (and then some)

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    MotoGP Preview: Why Mugello could end up being the Race of the Year (and then some). If the events of the past week have shown us anything it’s that this weekend’s round of the MotoGP championship could be the best ever – and possibly the first premier class race in the championship where we end…

  • Suzuki announces MotoGP split from Maverick Vinales (like we said would happen today)

    Suzuki announces MotoGP split from Maverick Vinales (like we said would happen today)

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    Suzuki announces MotoGP split from Maverick Vinales (like we said would happen today). As we told you last week, and then again at the start of this week, Maverick Vinales has already signed the contract for him to switch from Suzuki to Yamaha in MotoGP across the 2017/18 seasons. The deal was signed away last…

  • MotoGP: Ducati confirms Dovi for 2017/18 ride. Iannone is out (as we told you first)

    MotoGP: Ducati confirms Dovi for 2017/18 ride. Iannone is out (as we told you first)

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    So, remember when we told you earlier on that Ducati had decided on Andrea Dovizioso as it’s rider alongside Jorge Lorenzo for 2017 and 2018? And that means that Andrea Iannone is out of a Ducati ride and now is gunning to take over the Suzuki berth vacated by Maverick Vinales with the contract signed…

  • MotoGP morning gossip: Vinales signed the Yamaha contract last Friday, Ducati decides on Dovi, Iannone and Rins scrapping it out for Suzuki seat

    MotoGP morning gossip: Vinales signed the Yamaha contract last Friday, Ducati decides on Dovi, Iannone and Rins scrapping it out for Suzuki seat

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    More information has come through this morning about the merry-go-round in MotoGP and it makes for interesting reading. As Morebikes told you yesterday, the deal for Maverick Vinales (above) to become Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha team-mate for 2017 and 2018 has been done. It’s signed away and will be announced officially on Thursday this week ahead…

  • Johann Zarco gets factory Suzuki call up for MotoGP test in Japan and the Suzuka 8-Hour

    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…

  • MotoGP Le Mans: The weekend’s preview

    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…

  • Video: MotoGP riders explain their riding handjives during debriefs

    Video: MotoGP riders explain their riding handjives during debriefs

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    Ever wondered what MotoGP riders actually mean when they’re doing all the flappy-arm stuff in the garage when the debriefs are happening? Check out this video from alpinestars that gets the riders themselves to explain their gestures when at the sharp end of a day’s testing or racing. Well worth a watch, here’s the film:

  • Spied: Rossi’s next phase of MotoGP bike development spotted in Jerez. And Lorenzo hasn’t got this on his bike!

    Spied: Rossi’s next phase of MotoGP bike development spotted in Jerez. And Lorenzo hasn’t got this on his bike!

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    A keen-eyed snapper for website GPOne.com caught this new bit of kit on Valentino Rossi’s factory Yamaha at Jerez. It’s a sensor that’s been fitted to the clutch on the nine-times world champion’s bike. The arm, and data-logging equipment that goes with it, was only fitted to Rossi’s bike and wasn’t seen on Lorenzo’s machine. Given…

  • MotoGP Jerez: Rossi wins in style “I think that this was the perfect weekend!”

    MotoGP Jerez: Rossi wins in style “I think that this was the perfect weekend!”

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    Valentino Rossi took a sensational first win of 2016 with a flawless performance at the Gran Premio Red Bull de España in Jerez. With the three biggest names in the MotoGP World Championship all starting on the front row of the grid, the Spanish GP was set to be a very special race. For Valentino…

  • MotoGP: Suzuki’s new F1-style wings on the factory bikes and Aprilia gets Ducati-clone wings too!

    MotoGP: Suzuki’s new F1-style wings on the factory bikes and Aprilia gets Ducati-clone wings too!

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    Two more teams have debuted racebikes in MotoGP with wings. The Spanish MotoGP round at Jerez happens this weekend and the Suzuki’s of Maverick Vinales and Aleix Espargaro have turned up with this (very F1 front wing stylee) winged fairing: We like it. Not as aggressive as the Ducati wings and they look like being…

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