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Column: David Emmett
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Saving MotoGP Part 3 - Avoiding The Traps Of The P
If MotoGP is too expensive and proposals made so far will only make things worse, how should it be fixed? In the last of the series, we explain how radical changes are the only solution to making MotoGP cheaper, and more exciting to boot.
16 January 2009
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Saving MotoGP Part 2 - How To Encourage The Cheats
There have been a range of proposals to cut costs in MotoGP, including banning electronics, introducing budget caps and extending engine life. Today, we explain why that will make MotoGP more expensive
15 January 2009
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Saving MotoGP Part 1 - Why Is MotoGP So Expensive?
The first of a three-part series on how MotoGP needs to solve its current crisis, we explore just how MotoGP got into the financial pickle it finds itself in.
14 January 2009
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Valencia MotoGP Race Report - The Party's Over
The MotoGP finale at Valencia is supposed to be a celebration of racing. Instead of a celebration, we got a parade.
27 October 2008
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MotoGP Valencia Preview - End Of An Era
The end of the 2008 MotoGP season beckons, but before that, there's a race to run. With little to gain, there's nothing to lose either, and only pride at stake. That is surely the best recipe for some great racing.
24 October 2008
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MotoGP Sepang Race Report - Under The Weather
The MotoGP riders were greeted by hot, humid conditions at tropical Sepang. It was to be a war of attrition.
21 October 2008

Sepang MotoGP Preview - We've Been Here Before
MotoGP heads to the torrid heat of Sepang, and the threat of biblical deluge. Will West and Vermeulen profit, and will Casey Stoner's scaphoid hang on for two more races?
17 October 2008

MotoGP Phillip Island Race - The Art Of Racing
The rolling hills of Phillip Island provide a perfect setting for racing. Could anyone stop the runaway train that is Casey Stoner in front of his home crowd?
07 October 2008

MotoGP Phillip Island Preview - A Southern Romance
After taking the title from Casey Stoner at Motegi, Valentino Rossi heads to Stoner's home circuit. It's a track where Rossi dominated, but Stoner will surely be out for revenge.
02 October 2008
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MotoGP Motegi Race Report - The Top Step
MotoGP went to Japan, where Valentino Rossi had his first chance of securing the 2008 title. But Casey Stoner wasn't about to give up his crown without a fight.
30 September 2008

Motegi MotoGP Preview - Own The Racetrack
After the hurricane at Indianapolis, MotoGP goes to Japan, amidst a political whirlwind. Can Rossi claim the title, and make us all forget about tires for a while?
26 September 2008

MotoGP Misano Race Report - Fairy Tale
After Casey Stoner's crash at Brno, would he be back, and ready to ruin Valentino Rossi's fairy tale of getting a record-equalling 68th win at the track just a stone's throw from Rossi's home?
01 September 2008

MotoGP Misano Preview - History In The Making
MotoGP hits Valentino Rossi's back yard, just as The Doctor can put his name in the record books. But there's a bright red Ducati parked squarely in his path. Can he push it aside for the third time running?
29 August 2008

MotoGP Brno Race Report - Turning Point
Hopes were high after the MotoGP thriller at the Dry Lake in California. Would the Wet Woods in the Czech Republic live up to its predecessor?
18 August 2008
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MotoGP Laguna Seca Race Report - Crunch Time
The MotoGP race at Laguna Seca looked like turning into the Stoner Show all over again. How wrong we all were...
22 July 2008
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Laguna Seca Preview - No Rest
A battered, bruised and exhausted MotoGP paddock heads to Laguna Seca for the US Grand Prix. But there's no laid-back Californian lifestyle waiting, instead they face one of the busiest tracks on the schedule.
18 July 2008

MotoGP Sachsenring Race Report - The Equalizer
The MotoGP teams came to the Sachsenring two by two, a smart move as it turned out. Who would survive the Deluge?
14 July 2008
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MotoGP Sachsenring Preview - Hard Left
From the fast and sweeping Assen, to the tight and tortuous Sachsenring, the MotoGP circus moves from one extreme to another. Will it make chasing Casey Stoner any easier?
10 July 2008

MotoGP Assen Race Report - The Rules Of Racing
MotoGP went to The Cathedral, but would the gods look kindly on the high priests of racing?
29 June 2008

MotoGP Assen Preview - No Sleep Till Breukelen
A quick hop across the North Sea sees MotoGP hit the halfway point. Rossi once closed a title deficit of over 45 points, but can Casey Stoner do the same?
25 June 2008

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