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MotoGP: Team Roberts out for 2008
By Mike Scott on 31/03/2008 12:48:04
King Kenny's MotoGP team unlikely to make an appearance this year but are planning 2009 comeback
manager (to American 125 rider Steve Bonsey), and he did not rule out a possible return, even during this season. The team has been in negotiation for more than a year now with an American group, F1-Maxx, planning a triple-header sponsorship programme
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MotoGP: Melandri on his last chance
By Mike Scott on 30/06/2008 15:41:22
Team Marlboro Ducati line up Sete Gibernau
after Melandri's disastrous season with Ducati continued to deteriorate at Assen. While team-mate Stoner has been making hay, Melandri has completely failed to gel with the factory Marlboro Ducati Desmosedici, qualifying and finishing consistently
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MotoGP: Rossi to end career with Yamaha
By Mike Scott on 06/05/2008 12:10:20
Team manager reveals Valentino's wishes to finish his illustrious career with Fiat Yamaha
FIAT YAMAHA team manager, Davide Brivio, has revealed Valentino Rossi is set to work out a deal with Yamaha that will see him finish his career with the company.The seven-time world champion has stated a desire remain with Fiat Yamaha until
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MotoGP: Gibernau return announced at Valencia
By Mike Scott on 22/10/2008 16:54:48
Sete to join new second satellite Ducati team, sponsored by Onde 2000 and managed Pablo Nieto
will be the rider in a new second satellite Ducati team, to be sponsored by Onde 2000 and managed by current 125 rider Pablo Nieto, son of legendary 13-times champion Angel.Earlier in the week, Gibernau was unwilling to comment, other than to say: “If a situation
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MotoGP: Rossi - Bridgestone was the right move
By Mike Scott on 06/05/2008 12:00:42
Valentino chuffed with podium performances but says team needs to work hard before next round of championship
SEVEN-TIME World Champion Valentino Rossi has stated it took longer to get used to Bridgestone tyres than he expected but believes he made the right decision in switching from Michelin."The set up is very different but we do two podiums, which is good for us. We have time to impr...
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MotoGP: Spies denies Ducati move
By Mike Scott on 03/06/2008 11:35:05
AMA Superbike champ says he's not spoken to Ducati over 2009 MotoGP contract
THE SILLY season has started exceptionally early, with rumours of 2009 rider deals surfacing, sometimes on the flimsiest of pretexts – such as one linking US Superbike champion Ben Spies with a switch to Ducati, and another putting Colin Edwards
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Mike Scott Column - Aug 2006
By Mike Scott on 10/08/2006 12:22:39
All the inside racing gossip that's fit to print from Mike Scott, TWO's GP paddock oracle
-rims.What price your own factory MotoGP team? Cheaper by the year, thanks to a bargain precedent set by Rizla Suzuki.Rumours of the actual price run between £1.5-mill for two years and double that figure. Either way, it's a record low for full livery. All
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Mike Scott Column - Apr 2006
By Mike Scott on 01/04/2006 12:12:21
Biaggi gets a rough ride, Pedrosa gets to grips with the new RCV and Paul Denning washes his own underpants - Mike Scott explains what it's all about
, in a row, that it starts to hurt. Anyone brave enough to bet against Rossi again?BETTER HURRY - the wonder boy is off to F1 soon, by the look of it. He's wanted for 2007 after some impressive Ferrari tests, and has been told to make his mind up even
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MotoGP: New-spec Bridgestone rubber pays off
By Mike Scott on 19/05/2008 12:38:07
Rossi pilots new compound tyre to scintillating GP win
in their allocation,” he said.Ubukata was proved right when Valentino Rossi crossed the finishing line over 10 seconds ahead of nearest rival and team-mate, Jorge Lorenzo
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MotoGP: Ducati - No new bike in the pipeline
By Mike Scott on 03/06/2008 11:22:16
Factory deny rumours over new MotoGP machine
No new bike, despite poor performance, say DucatiDUCATI TEAM chief Livio Suppo denied that Ducati will rush out a new bike before the end of the year, squelching rumours that poor results for all the Italian factory’s riders except Stoner had
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