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MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo pulls the trigger for pole
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The Spaniard grabbed his first Ducati pole to fend off Marquez in a frantic qualifying session Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) secured a tantalising first pole position since Valencia 2016 at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya in a spectacular Q2 session, with Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) within a whisker of the fellow Spaniard…
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MotoGP: Ducatis 1-2 in FP3, Marc Marquez out of top 10
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Dovizioso leads Lorenzo ahead of qualifying, as Marquez crashes and misses out on automatic Q2 place. Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) left it late to set the fastest time of the weekend at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, his 1:38.923 was 0.007 seconds faster than teammate Jorge Lorenzo’s time from FP2 – the two…
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MotoGP: Hammer down: Jorge Lorenzo fastest, Marc Marquez 12th
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Mugello race winner Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) was the man to beat on the opening day at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, ending FP2 top of the timesheets after setting a 1:38.930 – the only rider to step under the 1:39 bracket. The Spaniard improved his time by over 0.8 seconds from…
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MotoGP: Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis: “Our policy has NOT changed. There will be no third official Yamaha in 2019”
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Whilst some in the MotoGP paddock were quick to reckon on another factory Yamaha being made available in a satellite team for Jorge Lorenzo (how quickly that story was proved wrong with Lorenzo’s leap to Honda confirmed earlier this week) the truth of the matter is that there will be NO third Yamaha for next…
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MotoGP: Lorenzo’s land: Mugello hosts the return of a king
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A first imperious win for Ducati in a 1-2 for the team sees the five-time World Champion reign in Italy, with Rossi completing the rostrum Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) has taken his first win in red as he led a 1-2 for the Ducati Team at Mugello, uncatchable and untouchable to cross the line over…
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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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MotoGP: Iannone, Pirro, Dovizioso top opening session
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Andrea Iannone (Team Suzuki Ecstar) was the quickest man in this morning’s Gran Premio d’Italia Oakley FP1 session, the Italian shooting to the top of the time sheets on his final run to go 0.550 clear. Ducati Team test rider Michele Pirro led for most of the session, he finished P2, with his teammate for…
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MotoGP: Marquez equals Stoner as Rossi gets back on the podium
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Marquez equals Stoner as Rossi gets back on the podium The Championship leader matches the Australian’s premier class win record with victory in Le Mans Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) took a record-breaking victory at the HJC Helmets Grand Prix de France, which sees the reigning World Champion equal Casey Stoner’s 38 premier class wins…
