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MotoGP: Valentino Rossi and Yamaha agree to take time to decide future plans
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A decision on whether the Italian will remain an active rider in the MotoGP World Championship in 2021 will be taken mid-2020 as the nine-time World Champion contests his 15th year of competition in a global series. Following yesterday’s bombshell news that Yamaha had, effectively, retired Rossi from the factory Yamaha number one squad in…
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MotoGP: Valentino Rossi is OUT of the factory Yamaha squad next year. Replaced by Fabio Quartararo.
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2019 Rookie of the Year Fabio Quartararo will join Maverick Viñales at Yamaha Factory Racing MotoGP Team in 2021 and 2022. The news means that Valentino Rossi will either stay on a Yamaha with factory backing in another set-up, switch to another manufacturer for 2021 or retire at the end of this season – and even the…
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MotoGP: Dovi’s new ass-leathers-logo: so this is where he is, for this season…
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You know, it’s a weird time in racing when the testing phases are underway and a rider has a lot of time to think about what ‘message’ they send out to the rest of the paddock. Valentino Rossi, at the height of his powers, would often wrap up a test early and go and sit…
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MotoGP: Ducati unveils its Desmosedici GP race bike for 2020. MEGA gallery and TECH SPECS.
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Ducati’s just presented its new Desmosedici GP 20 race bike with the help of Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci. Although the first round of the season isn’t until March, Ducati’s just presented its new Desmosedici race bike for 2020 – which means things are beginning to hot up ahead of the start of the race…
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MotoGP: 2020 calendar CONFIRMED. So you can book your Silverstone tickets for this summer! Here’s the dates
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Here we got then, the calendar has just come in from the FIM. Everything kicks off at Qatar on March 8 for the evening race and TWENTY venues later it comes to an end in Valencia on November 15. One point to note though and that’s the Finland date on July 12, the KymiRing is…
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MotoGP: Video – is this Ducati’s Holeshot GP system being tested?
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Here’s a nifty bit of video that’s emerged after the pre-season tests (this video was shot on the last day of the Sepang test at the tail end of last year) – and those in the know reckon it might give a very visual pointer to a so-called ‘Holeshot’ system on the GP20 Ducati racebike.…
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MotoGP: Jack Miller auctions helmet for bushfire crisis
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The 24-year old raised $18,000 for his helmet to raise funds to fight the bushfires currently ravaging his homeland Jack Miller (Pramac Racing) has become the latest sporting star to raise funds for the New South Wales Rural Fire service, which is currently engaged in fighting the bushfires ravaging large parts of Australia. The one-time…
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MotoGP: LCR boss: “Cal Crutchlow’s crashes cost us up to $1m a year”
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It’s a helluva figure that the Italian-run MotoGP squad have admitted to, but then Cal is a helluva rider who’s one of the best five motorcycle competitors on the planet. Yes he is. The actual budget to repair or replace crash damage throughout a season is bracketed at between 600,000 and 1,000,000 dollars. Cal has…
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MotoGP: Lorenzo to RETURN to the paddock for 2020?
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Following Jorge Lorenzo’s retirement at the end of the 2019 MotoGP season, there’s been a lot of speculation about what the three-time World Champion will be doing next year. And it looks like he’ll be back in the paddock for 2020. During an interview on Austrian TV, Lorenzo said that he expects to be back…
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NEW GEAR: AGV’s MotoGP derived helmet for the ROAD – the K6.
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AGV’s recently revealed its full range of new kit for 2020 – and our pick of the bunch is its newest lightweight lid, the K6. Claimed to be “the lightest full-face road helmet in the world” – AGV’s new K6 aims to pack top level technology into a more affordable package. And the Italian brand…
