Moto2
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MotoGP morning gossip: Vinales signed the Yamaha contract last Friday, Ducati decides on Dovi, Iannone and Rins scrapping it out for Suzuki seat
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More information has come through this morning about the merry-go-round in MotoGP and it makes for interesting reading. As Morebikes told you yesterday, the deal for Maverick Vinales (above) to become Valentino Rossi’s Yamaha team-mate for 2017 and 2018 has been done. It’s signed away and will be announced officially on Thursday this week ahead…
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FIM GP Commission BANS winglets from Moto3 from now
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FIM GP Commission BANS winglets from Moto3 from now. The FIM Grand Prix Commission has brought forward a ban on winglets in the Moto3 championship – anything acting like a winglet is, from now, outlawed. Originally, winglets were banned in Moto2 after the group decided to void them following the Qatar season opener, the Moto3…
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Johann Zarco gets factory Suzuki call up for MotoGP test in Japan and the Suzuka 8-Hour
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Johann Zarco gets factory Suzuki call up for MotoGP test in Japan and the Suzuka 8-Hour. Johann Zarco is to test the MotoGP Suzuki in Japan later this year – and he’s now been asked to ride a factory Suzuki in the massively-important to the factory Suzuka 8-hour race too. The Frenchman, who is currently…
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Preview: WSS in Sepang
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Kawasaki Puccetti Racing rider Randy Krummenacher had led the WorldSSP Championship since the Swiss rookie crossed the line to take his first victory in the class, in Round 1 at Phillip Island. The race win on his first outing and a DNF for his teammate after a tyre issue took the pressure off a…
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Preview: WSB Sepang – this coming weekend
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Set south of the city through the administrative capital of Putrajaya, the circuit is a perfect 5.5km test track for a motorcycle, taking in the two long straights separated only by the final hairpin, and the wider, sweeping corners that see side-grip tested to the limit. That’s not the end of the challenge in Sepang…
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MotoGP Le Mans: The weekend’s preview
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Consistency has so far helped three riders stand out in the premier class, a tricky Le Mans circuit will test their ability to the limit. Now back in Europe, the MotoGP World Championship settles into a familiar rhythm with a steady stream of race weekends. The season has well and truly begun and leading the…
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Moto2 Jerez: Sam Lowes takes first win of 2016 with perfect Spanish GP
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He may have had to fight in the opening laps, but once Lowes was ahead he was untouchable. Folger and Rins joining him on the podium. The sun blazed down on the thousands of fans gathered at the Circuito de Jerez to witness the Moto2 World Championship race at the Gran Premio Red Bull de…
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Lowes leads Moto2 World Championship! Rins takes Texan win
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Alex Rins and Sam Lowes were in a league of their own in America, the Spaniard taking his first win of 2016 from Lowes as Zarco ends third. Starting in pole position for the first time in 2016, Alex Rins (Paginas Amarillas HP 40) looked to be back to his best as the Moto2 World…
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MotoGP Wings – to be knifed in the back this weekend in Texas?
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MotoGP Wings – to be knifed in the back this weekend in Texas? Marc Marquez has said that he and other riders are going to talk to the MotoGP Safety Commission this weekend over whether or not the ‘Wings’ on current machines are to continue – after Marquez was hit in the back with one…
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WSB Preview: Round 3 – MotorLand Aragon this weekend
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MotorLand lies in the Teruel province of Aragón, the crowning glory set in the middle of the dry, arid countryside of the landscape around the city of Alcañiz. Built due to the history of racing in the vicinity, MotorLand is a modern, spectacular and technical track that is often cited by riders as a…
