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Ciao Marco

November 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Joolz says...., Motorcycle Racing

Its a strange thing being affected by the death of a complete stranger. But that’s exactly what happened a couple of weeks ago. Marco Simoncelli, Moto GP racer, sadly lost his life at the Malaysian GP. The motorcycle racing world lost an excellent talent and someone who would definitely have been competing for the title [...]

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Indianapolis Moto GP – an armchair review

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

Indianapolis Moto GP and 125cc race reviews After the Moto GP at Brno you could have been forgiven for thinking that Valentino Rossi was sure to retain the championship this year. His main challenger, teammate Jorge Lorenzo, has failed to finish the last two races and was trailing 50 points behind. Casey Stoner, the only [...]

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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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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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Sete Gibernau surprised as team withdraw from Moto GP

July 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle Racing

Ducati satellite team Grupo Francisco Hernando have announced their departure from MotoGP, leaving Sete Gibernau in the lurch and without a ride in his comeback season. The team have stated that the current economic climate required an immediate cessation of their involvement in the series. The team were newcomers to the premier class and many [...]

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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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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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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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