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Misano Moto GP Report

September 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

Who’s the Donkey Now? When Valentino Rossi retires from competitive racing I think he should start a promotion agency as the Donkey on his helmet idea, to say yep I was an idiot last weekend, was inspired, and means he can laugh at himself whilst still getting down to the serious business of winning races [...]

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Donington Moto GP Qualifying

July 25th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

In a dry qualifying session Donington ahead of tomorrow’s British GP there were lots of changes of position during the hour, some surprises and some almost foregone conclusions. Early on Jorge Lorenzo was the man to beat, with Casey Stoner close on his tail and Dani Pedrosa who was riding very quick and smooth, in [...]

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Yamaha Factory Riders Dominate Moto GP

July 20th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

Thankfully the weather turned dry for the Moto GP racing at Sachsenring. Valentino Rossi got a good start from pole position and the turn one confusion with riders bashing fairings and running wide meant that from eighth position on the grid Pedrosa was able to power through to second place, Randy de Puniet third and [...]

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Laguna Seca Moto GP Result

July 6th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

Laguna Seca circuit is one of my favourites on the Moto GP calendar mainly because I love the corkscrew part of the track. It can provide some interesting racing, I daresay Moto GP fans have not forgotten last years battle between Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner and there was hope of a rematch. The top [...]

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Mugello Moto GP Report

June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

Mugello was another challenging GP for the riders, but exciting for the fans, as they yet again had to cope with wet race tyres on a drying track and calculate when was the best time to come in and change to slicks. Although Casey Stoner got away to a good start, together with Chris Vermeulan, [...]

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Surprises At Moto GP Le Mans

May 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

Yesterday’s Moto GP was one of the best I have seen in a long time and all thanks to the unpredictable weather conditions. The race was declared wet and all of the front runners chose cut tyres. However it was clear from the off that the track was drying quickly, which meant that tyre deterioration [...]

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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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Factory Teams Surprising Winners In Japan

April 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

Moto GP has been suffering of late both with the weather causing havoc and also with it being a tad boring and predictable. The one tyre rule was supposed to sort out the boring bit and for the first time this season we saw some real evidence of that happening. Valentino Rossi took an early [...]

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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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