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Unexpected Result At Last Donington Moto GP

July 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

Yesterdays last Moto GP at Donington race track certainly threw up an unexpected result. With weather conditions tricky all weekend and a wet practice on the morning of the race, the race itself was declared wet despite very little falling rain and the track being visibly dry in a lot of places. Ducati decided to [...]

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Secret to Yamaha Moto GP riders success?

July 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Joolz says....

It seems that the secret to the on track success of Yamaha Moto GP riders Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Colin Edwards and James Toseland is that they work in the offices at Yamaha USA between races. I kid you not… Check out the video below of their typical day in the office. Very funny guys!

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Honda on Pole at Le Mans GP

May 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

Going into the Moto GP qualifying session at Le Mans, Colin Edwards on the Tech 3 Yamaha was fastest, from the morning practice times, with Valentino Rossi way down in eleventh, so the usual suspects were not running at the front, this looked interesting. The morning’s practice saw a drying track with wet patches in [...]

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Spanish Moto GP Show Pleaser On The Cards

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

Valentino Rossi was widely predicted to take pole position at yesterday’s Moto GP qualifying session from Jerez, following his form in friday’s practice. However, Spaniards Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa had other ideas, bouyed up by their home crowd. Both riders rode blistering laps and were the only two to get into the 1.38s. In [...]

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Rain Stops Moto GP Qualifying

April 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

More rain for the Moto GP (who says it only rains in Britain?) has gifted Valentino Rossi the pole position for this round from Motegi in Japan. When Moto GP Qualifying was unexpectedly cancelled due to the inclement weather the resulting times from the Friday practice were taken as the pole positions for tomorrow mornings [...]

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New Monster livery for Tech 3

March 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

The Yamaha Tech 3 Moto GP team have unveiled their new livery at Jerez. The French team who are now sponsored by Monster Energy displayed their new black and yellow livery on the new 2009 YZR-M1 Yamaha GP bikes together with the green Monster scratches graphics that signifys the start of their two year deal [...]

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Injured Stoner still takes Valencia pole

October 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

Injured Stoner still takes Valencia pole Despite a painful wrist problem Casey Stoner was still able to set a blistering time in qualifying at Valencia ahead of Dani Pedrosa who qualified second at his home circuit. Mixed weather conditions saw riders using their qualifying tyres ahead of the usual last ten minutes dash when they [...]

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Rossi takes 150th podium but the action was further back

October 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

At one of the, if not the, hottest race of the year, Valentino Rossi secured his 150th career podium. The race itself was a test of endurance not only for the riders but also for the tyres with air and track temperatures well in excess of 40 degrees Celsius. Dani Pedrosa took an early lead [...]

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Pedrosa storms to Sepang Pole Position

October 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

There was an unusual qualifying session at the Malaysian GP in Sepang, due to the weather conditions that saw the 125 qualifying session being run in the wet and the 250 session being cancelled. Anthony West emerged quickest in free practice due to his team making the decision to run the final lap on a [...]

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