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Michelin boss: MotoGP tyre tore itself apart because of A: the track, B: the temperature and C: Scott Redding’s weight
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Michelin Technical Director Nicolas Goubert has talked about the recent tyre issues in MotoGP. And he says that – in part – Scott Redding’s weight was something to do with the tyre tearing itself apart in Argentina. Talking about the tyre issues suffered at the Argy round, where Redding’s tyre was graphically destroyed at…
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MotoGP: Rossi talks about Lorenzo – ‘I think that he will be competitive on the Ducati’
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Rossi’s pre-race press debrief at Jerez, Spain ahead of this weekend’s race was (as you might imagine) filled with questions about Jorge Lorenzo’s move to Ducati which was announced earlier this week. Rossi was asked about what the move would be like for Lorenzo, going from Yamaha to Ducati, given that it’s a move that…
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Ducati MotoGP Team Manager: Yamaha didn’t make Lorenzo ‘feel good’, Rossi is wrong about Ducati and crunch time for Dovi and Iannone will happen at Barcelona GP
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Yamaha did not make Jorge Lorenzo “feel good”, reckons Ducati MotoGP team manager Gigi Dall’Igna. In a report published by the excellent Autosport – translated from an original article in Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, Dall’Igna is pretty scathing about Yamaha and how it treated the Majorcan. Suggested to Dall’Igna by Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello…
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Maverick Viñales: I want to be MotoGP champion in two or three years!
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With the interest ramping up ahead of this weekend’s Spanish GP round, the subject of much speculation about the future – Maverick Viñales – is upping his ante. With the Spaniard currently being courted by Yamaha to line up alongside Valentino Rossi for the next couple of years as a natural replacement for the now Ducati-bound…
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Lorenzo confirmed to Ducati MotoGP in two year deal
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We brought you the news a fortnight ago that Valentino Rossi has confirmed to the world that the deal was done and now Jorge Lorenzo has confirmed publicly his switch to Ducati. The Majorcan will ride for the squad in 2017 and 2018. Lorenzo, born in Palma de Mallorca on 4 May 1987, has won five world…
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Ride a KTM, go to the MotoGP – demo rides get you a chance to win Silverstone tickets
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KTM’s annual Orange Days celebrations are happening in its official dealers from April 30 until May 8 and riders taking a demo ride during this dealer event have a chance to win one of five pairs of tickets for the British MotoGP at Silverstone on September 1-4. The Orange Days typically celebrate the beginning…
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Suzuki MotoGP completes stand-alone one day test in Texas
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Suzuki’s MotoGP pairing of Maverick Viñales and Aleix Espargaró stayed in Austin for one more day after the GP of The Americas to test updates for the factory GSX-RR machines and to review the data from the first three races. The first three 2016 MotoGP events provided plenty of feedback to the Suzuki factory race…
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Holy moly! How to cook a slider in MotoGP!
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So what exactly does a knee-slider and knee cup look like after holding up the front end of a MotoGP for a punishing race in Texas? It looks exactly like this. This is the picture Scott Redding posted of his melted slider and body armour along with this words: “Lost the front a few times…
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Marquez romps to another win in MotoGP – loads of others crash out though
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A fourth victory in Austin and an extended championship lead for Marc Marquez after a perfect race in Texas. For the fourth time in as many races, Marc Marquez started from pole position at the Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas and everyone expected him to go on and take victory once again. And…
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MotoGP Wings – to be knifed in the back this weekend in Texas?
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MotoGP Wings – to be knifed in the back this weekend in Texas? Marc Marquez has said that he and other riders are going to talk to the MotoGP Safety Commission this weekend over whether or not the ‘Wings’ on current machines are to continue – after Marquez was hit in the back with one…
