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Rossi signs new two-year deal with Movistar Yamaha – 39 years old now, still MotoGP-ing it when he’s 41…
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Valentino Rossi has signed a new two-year deal to continue in MotoGP with the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP team. The announcement will see the 39-year-old compete in a record 24 seasons of Grand Prix racing and continue his association with the Japanese manufacturer in the premier class for 15 years. Rossi’s first season with Yamaha was 2004, where…
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VR VIDEO: On-board the Team Ecstar Suzuki GSX-RR MotoGP machine with Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins
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Team Suzuki Ecstar has released a couple of incredible VR 360-degree videos of Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins on the GSX-RR MotoGP machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4t1AFEbcI4 While virtual reality hasn’t exactly been embraced by the average consumer, it’s becoming more advanced, and more affordable, at every turn. And to give us a taste of the future, Ecstar…
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Get your hands on a front fairing from Kevin Schwantz’s 1988 Pepsi Suzuki RGV500
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If you want to get your hands on a rare piece of motorcycle racing history, a genuine Suzuki RGV500 fairing from Kevin Schwantz’s 1988 French Grand Prix machine is up for sale on eBay. 1988 was a big year for Kevin Schwantz. To kick it off, he won the Daytona Superbike race with a broken…
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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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Valentino Rossi makes HUGE retirement statement: “I’ll probably race for the next two years then talk about running a Yamaha satellite team after that.”
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Earlier this year Valentino Rossi said he could retire after the first three races of 2018, and now it looks like the Yamaha-shaped carrot that has been dangled in front of the nine-times world champ is just too tasty to leave the MotoGP party for. After Tech 3 and Yamaha announced that they were parting ways…
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VIDEO: Casey Stoner gets to grips with the new Ducati Panigale V4
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Casey Stoner has been out to Valencia to ride the new Ducati Panigale V4, the first mass-produced Ducati to be equipped with a 4-cylinder engine, derived from the Desmosedici of the MotoGP. And he’s really impressed. Check out the video below to find out why… https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=-zF9y72Hv8Q For more information on the new Panigale V4, click…
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VIDEO: Lewis Hamilton takes to the track with Cal Crutchlow
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Three-time Formula One World Champion Lewis Hamilton has been out to Southern California with his MotoGP mate, Cal Crutchlow – taking to Chuckwalla Valley Raceway on a Kawasaki ZX-10R. https://www.facebook.com/LewisHamilton/videos/1957563197658332/ Hamilton has long been a fan of motorcycle racing and has enjoyed a fruitful collaboration with MV Agusta recently, helping to design several motorcycles including…
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Pol Espargaro to miss Thai MotoGP test with herniated disc spinal injury
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Pol Espargaro (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing) will be forced to sit out the upcoming test at Chang International Circuit in Thailand, having been diagnosed with a hernia in his fourth lumbar vertebra. The Spaniard was left reeling after a 250kmh crash at Turn 4 at the second day of last month’s Sepang MotoGP test,…
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MotoGP heads to Thailand for first test
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MotoGP testing heads for Buriram, Thailand – the newest venue on the race calendar for 2018. New country, new culture, new challenge… It’s time for Chang International Circuit in Buriram to debut in MotoGP, with a three-day test giving the grid their first taste of the track ahead of the first ever PTT Thailand Grand…
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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…
