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MotoGP Donington Preview - The Heart Of England
By David Emmett on 21/06/2007 23:23:19
Will we see another MotoGP Donington Downpour?
poor results on the Suzuki during the four-stroke era. Kurtis Roberts, however, is keen, and is sure to make a go of riding the bike. The team were slated to be joined this weekend by Jonny Rea, currently riding a Honda in British Superbikes, but Honda
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MotoGP Donington Race Report - Expect The Expected
By David Emmett on 23/06/2008 16:42:47
Expectations were high for the British Grand Prix. Could King James live up to them?
Spies had flown in to ride the injured Loris Capirossi's Suzuki, and impressed the sceptical European fans by qualifying 8th on the grid in a downpour.Spies' World Superbike counterpart could have done with a good deal less of that unpredictability
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MotoGP Assen Preview - No Sleep Till Breukelen
By David Emmett on 25/06/2008 22:37:44
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?
. In the toughest part of the season, with 7 races in 8 weekends, this is probably the toughest part, with the British and Dutch Grand Prix just 6 days apart.It's hardest on the crew members traveling with the trailers, having to make the long trek southwards
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MotoGP Assen Race Report - The Rules Of Racing
By David Emmett on 29/06/2008 23:05:33
MotoGP went to The Cathedral, but would the gods look kindly on the high priests of racing?
. The British rookie is used to racing a Superbike at those tracks, bikes which have less power, more weight and far less powerful brakes, meaning that he has to relearn all the tracks anyway, as braking points and acceleration points are all now in different
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Valencia MotoGP Race Report - The Party's Over
By David Emmett on 27/10/2008 22:03:59
The MotoGP finale at Valencia is supposed to be a celebration of racing. Instead of a celebration, we got a parade.
on with the Desmosedici, and will be working his way back towards the world stage via British Superbikes. He proved at least that nice guys don't necessarily come last, but at Valencia, he was only 6 places ahead of that.Like his Rizla Suzuki team mate, Chris Vermeulen
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MotoGP Catalunya Race - Leading From The Front
By David Emmett on 09/06/2008 12:48:05
Last year, Barcelona brought us a thriller. With the bikes more evenly matched, this year's race had the potential to be better. But would it be?
he had suffered was enough to keep him in hospital and away from the track for the duration.Qualifying practice had seen the balance sway in favor of the Winners. For a long time, it looked like Dani Pedrosa would take pole position in front of his
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Laguna Seca Preview - No Rest
By David Emmett on 18/07/2008 14:17:05
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.
that are difficult to answer. Just look at Tech 3 Yamaha's James Toseland and Alice Ducati's Toni Elias. Toseland shot into the MotoGP firmament with a front row start at his first race, but after qualifying close to last at his home Grand Prix then crashing out
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Sepang MotoGP Preview - We've Been Here Before
By David Emmett on 17/10/2008 00:01:04
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?
at Phillip Island is anything to go by, a battle is exactly what it might turn into. The British Tech 3 Yamaha man gave a lesson in how World Superbike champions ride at Phillip Island last time out - much to the dismay of Dovizioso, who suggested JT might
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MotoGP Season Preview - Won't Get Fooled Again
By David Emmett on 07/03/2008 13:26:39
MotoGP is nearly upon us. Can Stoner do it again, or will Rossi stage a mighty comeback? And how will Toseland fare in the top flight?
, and Ronald ten Kate, who managed both Toseland and Vermeulen in World Superbikes, believes Toseland is the better rider to work with.Realistically, Toseland must be aiming for a place in the top ten at the end of the year, the question is, will the British
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MotoGP Mugello Race Report - Great Expectations
By David Emmett on 02/06/2008 16:24:47
There's no bigger race than your home race. And home races don't come much bigger than Mugello. Will the Italian fans get the winner they crave?
injured ankles. "Porfuera" was now merely "fuera".Next to join Dovizioso and Capirossi were the Tech 3 Yamaha team. James Toseland was first on the Italians, the British former Superbike champion climbing up through the field at yet another track he had
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