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VIDEO: Suzuki MotoGP team film from testing
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Here’s the latest video from Suzuki MotoGP squad ahead of the 2016 season. In the film Aleix Espargaró talks about season preparation, the new GSX-RR, using the new Michelin tyres; and his relationship and bonding with the Team SUZUKI ECSTAR family. It’s a pretty standard team film, but it’s nice to see the bike in…
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Podcast: 034 Hydrogen-powered motorbike, Suzi Perry’s MotoGP future and Valentino Rossi first-lap madness
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The MoreBikes.co.uk team have a lunchtime chat about the new Hydrogen-powered bike that challenges electric future, speculate on Suzy Perry’s return to hosting MotoGP, and take comfort in the fact that even the best riders can get too carried away and bin it before completing a lap.
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Lewis Hamilton: F1 is broken and MotoGP is cool (and I want to ride a MotoGP bike)
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Reigning F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has said that Formula One is broken and MotoGP is a better championship. Speaking to Autosport magazine, after the penultimate day of testing at Barcelona, Hamilton was asked if F1 was: “Broken, lacking direction, or in rude health?” He answered: “I would probably say the first two you suggested.” He…
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MotoGP test day two: Top three split by 0.1s, Vinales quickest
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The second day of testing in Qatar saw three manufacturers split by under 0.1s at the top of the timesheets with Maverick Viñales back to his best. Once again it was Hiroshi Aoyama and Michele Pirro who were the first out of the pits at the Qatar Test, the rest of the field beginning to…
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MotoGP at Losail – Honda, Yamaha and Ducati all run their fairing ‘wings’ testing programme
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MotoGP at Losail – Honda, Yamaha and Ducati all run their fairing ‘wings’ testing programme. Honda joined the MotoGP wing party when it went out for part of the first day of testing at Losail, Qatar in the MotoGP tests with winglets on the factory MotoGP machine. Following in the testing wake of Yamaha…
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Lorenzo quickest at day one of the Losail MotoGP test
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Jorge Lorenzo dominated the timesheets in the final MotoGP test before the 2016 season with a commadning performance in Losail, Qatar. As the track opened at 16:00 Local Time, it was only Michele Pirro, Hiroshi Aoyama and Takuya Tsuda who rushed out on track, the three test riders given the responsibility of assessing track conditions.…
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Rossi at Losail MotoGP test, ten corners in and falls: “It was a small slide at 70kph”
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The Qatar Test gets off to the worst possible start for Valentino Rossi who fell on his first lap, recovering to finish third. Qatar hosts the third and final MotoGP World Championship test of 2016, one last chance for riders to improve their machines before the start of the year. The Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team…
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Suzi Perry returning as host of MotoGP coverage – this time with BT Sport (Yay!)
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Suzi Perry returning as host of MotoGP coverage – this time with BT Sport (Yay!) The flippin’ excellent Suzi Perry is about to announce that she is returning to MotoGP as host of the BT Sport coverage for this year. There’s been no official announcement as yet, but we understand that the former BBC…
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Awesome pics of Aprilia 2016 MotoGP bike at Qatar
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Awesome pics of Aprilia 2016 MotoGP bike at Qatar. These are the first full-on pics of the new Aprilia 2016 RS-GP MotoGP bike from the factory’s three-day test in Qatar. The bike, with an all-new V4 motor for this year, was ridden by Alvaro Bautista and Stefan Bradl, it will also be tested by Sam…
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Watch Ducati’s MotoGP launch LIVE
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Watch Ducati’s MotoGP launch LIVE. Ducati is about to launch its MotoGP team and you can watch the 2016 emergence of the squad HERE. The live streaming of the event happening inside the Ducati Auditorium is happening today, February 23, at 11am CET. In it we’ll get to see the new bikes up close and…
