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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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Crashes Dominate At Soggy Sachsenring Qualifying

July 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

The Moto GP qualifying at Sachsenring today was decidedly WET. With driving rain and lots of standing water on the track, conditions were horrible and there were lots of crashes. Casey Stoner who looked better, health-wise, than he has for a while went out early in the session and was soon on pole-setting pace. After [...]

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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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Yamaha Duo Have Epic Battle at Catalunya Moto GP

June 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

Yamaha teammates Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have no doubts about who is their biggest challenger to the Moto GP Championship in 2010 – each other. In qualifying for the Catalunya race Rossi held the top spot for most of the latter part of the session and no other rider seemed to be able to [...]

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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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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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