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MotoGP: Some Wild Predictions For 2007
By David Emmett on 15/01/2007 17:09:09
Whither MotoGP in 2007? Our Crystal Ball reveals all ...
which isn't working. This will turn out to be the most underestimated factor in MotoGP for 2007.How Fast?Here's a bold prediction (well, not that bold): The 800s will start breaking lap records almost from the word go. The race record won't fall
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MotoGP Qatar Race Report - Plus Ca Change
By David Emmett on 10/03/2008 22:44:32
MotoGP is back, but will night racing mean closer racing?
Yamaha team mate's previous pole record by over a second. For a rookie to grab the pole on his first attempt struck a chord: the last time that happened was 1998, and another 250 world champion in the shape of Max Biaggi then went on to win the race
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MotoGP Le Mans Race Report - Battle Of Nerves
By David Emmett on 19/05/2008 15:49:18
Le Mans is about as historic a track as you can get. Would the MotoGP race live up to the location?
up the inside of Casey Stoner in an attempt at the lead, at the same time as Valentino Rossi attempted the same maneuver on his former team mate Colin Edwards. The difference was timing. Their moves had been simultaneous, but Pedrosa had fewer yards
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MotoGP Phillip Island Preview - A Southern Romance
By David Emmett on 02/10/2008 23:47:57
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.
and the vast frozen wastes of Antarctica, the weather at Phillip Island is unpredictable at best. The race has been run in the pouring rain, with teams wearing their warmest woolen longjohns in an attempt to stave off hypothermia, and in the blazing sunshine
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MotoGP Misano Preview - History In The Making
By David Emmett on 29/08/2008 01:13:18
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?
was reversed in an attempt to improve safety - a concession to get MotoGP to return after a crash there in 1993 left Wayne Rainey in a wheelchair - the circuit has lost many of the other features that gave it its character and made it special. Before
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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?
second or more every time the cross the line. To them, their pleasure in racing is in watching a motorcycle being ridden as fast as humanly possible, the rider attempting to ride the bike at its very limit every inch of the track. For these fans, riders
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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.
practice, his crew had clearly found something during the warm-up as he was on a charge. Though he'd had a peek at Capirossi going into Turn 1, he was just too far back for a viable attempt at a pass. But three corners later he pounced, diving up the inside
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2007 MotoGP Qatar Race Report - Meet The New Boss
By David Emmett on 10/03/2007 21:34:03
First MotoGP race of the season at Qatar, and what a race!
to blow this myth out of the water, for by the time we reached Sepang in February, records were being smashed both on race tires and on qualifiers. It's not just that the bikes are lapping quicker, but the place where they are making up the time
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MotoGP Jerez Race Report - Pride Of A Nation
By David Emmett on 31/03/2008 16:44:01
MotoGP visits Jerez, can Pedrosa and Lorenzo cope with the pressure?
practice, where he had been banging in lap after lap at record pace. The Fast And The FuriousA home win finally looked like it might be on the cards. And it couldn't be more welcome, as Juan Carlos, the King of Spain, was in attendance to hand out
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MotoGP Sepang Race Report - Under The Weather
By David Emmett on 21/10/2008 00:04:30
The MotoGP riders were greeted by hot, humid conditions at tropical Sepang. It was to be a war of attrition.
Motorcycle racing - in case you hadn't noticed - is an outdoor activity. And despite the Herculean efforts of the organizers to attempt to control as many aspects of the sport as possible in the name of safety, cost and spectacle, that still leaves
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