2018
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MotoGP: Iannone, Marquez and Dovi top Warm Up
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A Spaniard amongst the Italians on Sunday morning – with polesitter Rossi in P7 Andrea Iannone (Team Suzuki Ecstar) once again topped a session at his home Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley, ahead of Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) and Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team). The three start from P4, P6 and P7 respectively – with the…
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IOM TT 2018: Birchalls smash records in sidecar race 1
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Ben and Tom Birchall took their seventh Isle of Man win on Saturday evening when they blitzed the record books in the opening Locate.im Formula Two Sidecar race at the 2018 Isle of Man TT Races fuelled by Monster Energy, shattering both lap and race records. The Mansfield brothers broke their own lap record on…
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MotoGP: Che spettacolo! Poetry in motion as Rossi takes pole
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The ‘Doctor’ rides a stunner through the yellow haze of the Tuscan hills for an incredible pole position number 65 Frenetic, electric, high-octane, tense and down to the absolute wire: that was qualifying for the Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley. And as the yellow haze clears, it’s Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) who’ll be starting from…
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MotoGP: Marquez beats record in FP3, Rossi in close pursuit
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The Spaniard sets a new circuit record to go fastest in FP3, with big names failing to make an automatic Q2 spot. Behind enemy lines, Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) set a new circuit lap record of 1:46.439 around the Autodromo del Mugello to head into qualifying as the fastest rider on track. After unveiling…
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MotoGP: Dovi sets a new speed record as Iannone stuns Mugello
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A record gets broken and an Italian tops the timesheets on home turf in an incident-packed Day 1 at the Italian GP It was a dramatic Friday at the Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley, with some big headlines, a shake-up on the timesheets and a record broken as Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) became the fastest man…
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IOM TT 2018: ACU announces change to red flag procedure
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In light of an incident involving Steve Mercer and a course car on the Mountain Course yesterday evening (Wednesday) which has left Mercer in a critical condition, the ACU – racing’s governing body – has issued the following statement in relation to all racing now on the Isle of Man: “Gary Thompson, MBE, Clerk of…
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IOM TT 2018: Steve Mercer confirmed as second rider who fell last night
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A statement from the ACU has just confirmed that the second rider to fall last night during Superbike qualifying is Steve Mercer. Mercer, 36, was riding for Jackson Racing having been recently fine-tuning the factory Fireblade as a possible replacement for Honda man Ian Hutchinson if injuries prevented Hutchy from taking part in the TT…
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IOM TT 2018: Dan Kneen has died during Superbike qualifying session this evening
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Popular, fast and stylish racer Dan Kneen has died following an incident at the Isle of Man TT this evening. The 30-year-old Manxman, from Onchan on the Island, fell from the Tyco BMW at Churchtown on the opening lap of today’s Superbike/Supersport/Supersport session. It’s believed that Dan died at the scene. Dan made his…
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Toyota and the Alan Turing Institute reckon they can predict and avoid traffic jams using AI
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The Toyota Mobility Foundation and the Alan Turing Institute have developed a new project that aims to make life easier for people, through the prediction and even avoidance of awkward traffic jams. Snappily titled “Optimization of flow in mobility systems with artificial intelligence (AI)”, the project was born from the need to change the way…
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IOM TT 2018: Dean Harrison SMASHES 133mph barrier in qualifying
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Dean Harrison set the 2018 Isle of Man TT Races, fuelled by Monster Energy, alight on Tuesday evening with a stunning lap of 133.462mph, which unofficially broke the Superbike lap record and also saw him become the second rider to lap the Mountain Course in less than 17 minutes. The Silicone Engineering Kawasaki rider laid…
