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MotoGP: Dovizioso takes first honours of 2018 in Qatar
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Andrea Dovizioso took the first victory of the new MotoGP season at the Losail International Circuit – just 0.027 seconds ahead of Marc Marquez in second place. Opening the season with a sensational final lap performance, Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) beat Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) to the line at the Losail International Circuit by just…
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MotoGP: Johann Zarco takes surprise pole position and sets new lap record in Dubai
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Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) has taken pole position at the Grand Prix of Qatar – setting a new lap record for the Losail Circuit, with a lap time of 1.53.680. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) will line up in second position on the grid, with the reigning world champion putting in a time…
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MotoGP: Dovizioso, Rossi, Marquez top the pile in FP1
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Battle has commenced as action kicks off for the start of the MotoGP season at Losail International Circuit in Dubai. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) went fastest in FP1 in Qatar, showing good form to start the season – the first in which he says he can be called a title contender from Day 1. But…
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MotoGP: Zarco, Rossi and Dovi rise to rule day three at Qatar
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Johann Zarco (Monster Yamaha Tech 3) left the Qatar MotoGP test as the fastest man on track, with the Frenchman just over a tenth over Jorge Lorenzo’s 10-year-old pole lap record to top the test with a 1:54.029. Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) shot back up into the higher echelons on day two to get…
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Video: Marquez and Pedrosa explore aerodynamics in a skydiving simulator
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Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa have been exploring the importance of aerodynamics ahead of the MotoGP season kicking off – by jumping in a skydiving simulator together. Marquez and Pedrosa donned their flight suits, and jumped in the simulator at Madrid Fly – which is basically a glass tube in which the air circulates at…
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MotoGP Sepang Test: Lorenzo dominates third and final day
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Five-time World Champion Jorge Lorenzo put in the fastest ever lap of Sepang, during Day Three of the MotoGP Test. Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) decimated the competition on the third and final day of the Sepang MotoGP Test, setting the fastest ever lap around the Malaysian venue; an impressive 1:58.830. His closest challenger was Repsol…
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MotoGP Sepang test: Viñales and Rossi reign on Day 2, Cal third quickest
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Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) went quickest on Day 2 at Sepang International Circuit, just beating teammate Valentino Rossi to the top late on as the Yamaha duo put in some timeattack laps. Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) was third quickest, with the top three split by less than a tenth as the timesheets were…
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Agostini: “I think Márquez will be able to match or exceed my record of titles”
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Legendary racer Giacomo Agostini has revealed that he reckons Marc Márquez is capable of winning the MotoGP championship again and again, eventually knocking him off the title top spot. Agostini currently holds the record for the highest number of Grand Prix victories (123 in total) and the highest number of world titles (he’s won 15).…
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Valentino Rossi nominated for ‘Comeback of the Year’ at the Laureus Awards 2018
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Valentino Rossi is set to be the only representative from the world of motorcycling at the Laureus World Sport Awards 2018 – with his nomination for ‘Comeback of the Year’, which he also won back in 2011. For the uninitiated, the Laureus World Sport Awards are widely considered as the Oscars of the sporting world…
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Video: Marquez vs Pedrosa on Honda Super Cub 110’s
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After a hard-fought MotoGP season, it was time for World Champion Marc Marquez and teammate Dani Pedrosa to let off some steam racing mopeds in Japan. The Honda mopeds were fully decked out in Repsol livery just like the championship-winning Honda RC-V race bikes used in MotoGP. The Super Cub 110 machines they’re riding are…
