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MotoGP: Viñales and Rossi chase Marquez in FP1 at Assen
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Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) was quickest in FP1 at the Motul TT Assen this morning, but the number 93 had some close company in the form of Movistar Yamaha MotoGP duo Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi – with both looking for the first Yamaha win since the TT Circuit Assen played host last season.…
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Valentino Rossi on a 10th crown: “Three MotoGP podiums in a row make us believe”
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“To have had a year without a win is difficult,” says Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) as the rider from Tavullia sits down with Movistar for an interview on the eve of action opening at Assen this weekend. It’s not just roughly a year either – the most recent victory for the number 46 was…
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MotoGP: Jorge Lorenzo hammers home his pace with a sublime win in Catalunya
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The Spaniard secured an incredible second consecutive win to beat Marquez and Rossi on home soil. Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) hammered home the race victory at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya in flawless style, taking victory by over four seconds to secure his second consecutive win. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) crossed the…
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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: Marc Marquez and Takaaki Nakagami make it into Q2 battle
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The Championship leader topped Q1, with Takaaki Nakagami joining him in Q2. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) was the fastest man in the first qualifying session at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, setting a quickest time of 1:39.217 to finish ahead of fellow Honda rider Takaaki Nakagami (LCR Honda Idemitsu) – the Japanese…
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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: Valentino Rossi tops opening session in Barcelona
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Valentino Rossi (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) topped FP1 at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, his 1:39.456 that was set on soft compound tyres was 0.347 quicker than second place Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team), who set his quickest time with a hard rear tyre. Third fastest in the opening session of the weekend was Mugello…
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MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa hits Barcelona saying: “I can’t say anything yet” about his future. Rumours of retirement still bubbling along with WSB and other things
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So here we are them it’s Friday, the bottom of the ninth and all the bases are loaded. We’re very sure that phrase makes sense to our American cousins (does it? tell us). It’s Barcelona and it’s MotoGP. Honda man (but only a factory Honda man for the rest of this season after being…
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MotoGP: Dani Pedrosa to announce retirement at Catalunya GP this Thursday (rumour)
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We brought you this story last week but given all the TT news that was happening around it, figured a few of you might have missed it. In case you did, here’s the hot-trot rumour going around MotoGP paddock right now… There’s been no official confirmation or denial so far from Dani Pedrosa or any…
