Moto2
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Zarco announced as Tech 3 rider for 2017
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We told you yesterday that the Moto2 defending champion was going to ditch his Suzuki MotoGP plans and take up a ride with Yamaha in the Tech 3 squad instead – and that has just been announced officially. Here’s the official release from the squad: The Monster Yamaha Tech3 team is pleased to announce the…
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Johann Zarco a Suzuki rider for 2017? Nope, looks like he’s off to Tech 3…
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Johann Zarco a Suzuki rider for 2017? Nope, looks like he’s off to Tech 3… So it looks like Johann Zarco, one of the darlings of the Moto2 class and the reigning champion, will end up on a Tech 3 Yamaha for 2017. That’s the story that’s going around the paddock (despite it seeming an…
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Sam Lowes interview: ‘After Assen it’s my first ride on the Aprilia MotoGP bike!’
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Sam Lowes interview: ‘After Assen it’s my first ride on the Aprilia MotoGP bike!’ Sam Lowes has been doing the PR-bit with the powers-that-be at MotoGP and has given this interview to them about his first upcoming official test on the Aprilia RS-GP MotoGP machine that he will be riding in 2017. It makes for…
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Luis Salom’s Moto2 team releases crash data to explain fatal fall
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Luis Salom’s SAG Team has released a statement about the crash which claimed the youngster on Friday, June 3. The team says that Salom, who died as a result of injuries sustained during a crash at turn 12 during the Free Practice 2 session in Catalunya, Spain, was into the turn later on the brakes…
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Moto2: Zarco romps to Catalan GP win with late move
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All eyes were on the leading two on the Moto2 World Championship grid, pole setter Johann Zarco (Ajo Motorsport) and Alex Rins (Paginas Amarillas HP 40) having set the pace on the new layout. Conditions continued to heat up, the track at 43°C just ahead of the lights going out for round seven of the…
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Luis Salom has died following Moto2 crash in today’s practice session in Spain
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Luis Salom has died following Moto2 crash in today’s practice session in Spain. Following an incident during today’s Moto2 Free Practice 2 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, it has been announced that Luis Salom (SAG Team) has died. The session was red flagged with just under 25 minutes remaining after the Spanish rider fell…
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Luis Salom rushed to hospital after Moto2 crash in Spain
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A crash for SAG Team rider Luis Salom ended the second Moto 2 free practice session at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with the Spanish rider taken to hospital from the scene. Mallorca native Salom, 24, fell at Turn 12 with more than half of the 45-minute FP2 session remaining. With the crash bringing out the red…
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Pol Espargaro to join KTM in MotoGP alongside Bradley Smith
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Austrian manufacturer KTM has been busy testing with a variety of former World Championship riders in order to prepare the KTM RC16 for its World Championship debut in 2017 but has also remained focus on signing an all-star line up for 2017. At the start of the 2016 season, they announced Bradley Smith as their…
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MotoGP bosses appoint bodyguards to Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez for this weekend’s Mugello round
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MotoGP bosses appoint bodyguards to Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez for this weekend’s Mugello round. MotoGP bosses at Dorna have laid on bodyguards to look after Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez at this weekend’s race event at Mugello, Italy. The move comes after last year’s championship round and the aggressive outpouring from some sectors of…
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And here it is! Vinales CONFIRMED as Yamaha rider for 2017/18 alongside Rossi – Iannone switches to Suzuki
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Lovely stuff. As we outlined and dated a week ago. Here’s the announcement: Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd announce the signing of Maverick Viñales to ride for the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team for 2017 and 2018. Viñales, who is presently fifth in the MotoGP Championship standings, will partner nin-time World Champion Valentino Rossi, whose contract…
