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Simoncelli claims pole at Assen
By Visordown News on 24/06/2011 13:58:08
Simoncelli, Spies and Stoner line-up on the front row for tomorrow's race
Team MotoGP 1'36.590 1.872 0.01014. Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1'36.820 2.102 0.23015. Loris CAPIROSSI ITA Pramac Racing Team 1'37.130 2.412 0.31016. Toni ELIAS SPA LCR Honda MotoGP 1'37.651 2.933 0.52117. Kousuke AKIYOSHI JPN San Carlo
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Bradley Smith for Moto2 in 2010
By Ben Cope on 10/08/2009 10:19:47
Young-gun will be leaving the tiny capacity bikes behind and moving up a gear
and there is an option for me to go to Moto2 on the 600. There are some other rumours going around about where I might end up next year but ideally I would like to stay with the Aspar team because I have a lot of faith in their competitiveness and professionalism.”
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Lorenzo passes his bike test
By Visordown News on 08/03/2012 09:27:33
2010 MotoGP champion now allowed to ride bikes up to 47bhp
2010 MOTOGP CHAMPION Jorge Lorenzo has passed his practical exam for his A2 driving licence, meaning he can now ride bikes up to 47bhp.Lorenzo admitted to 20minutos.es that he was nervous ahead of the exam as he wasn't used to being tested. He also
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Aprilia to return to MotoGP?
By Visordown News on 28/06/2010 09:46:24
Our MotoGP mole reckons Aprilia are lining up a return to GPs. Bring on another Cube!
APRILIA IS expected to return to MotoGP in 2012, if the 1000cc rule is introduced. The company is currently concentrating on World Superbikes, but is said to have already decided to make a GP return.
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Catalunya Moto2 crash gallery
By Robin Goodwin on 05/07/2010 10:07:57
The Catalan round descended in to first corner pile-ups and smouldering wreckages at the seventh round of the championship
load of crashes during the race.The victims of the motorcycle racing version of cattle slaughter were:A first corner pile-up with the domino effect started when Alex Debon ran too hot in to the corner and collided into Mike Di Meglio, and unlucky for
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MotoGP: Kenny Roberts to run Moto2 team in 2010
By Visordown News on 08/07/2009 07:26:34
Former 500cc champ plans two-rider line-up using chassis designed in England
FORMER 500CC World Champion Kenny Roberts Snr. will be back in competitive racing in 2010; this time as the head of a new Moto2 team.Roberts is undoubtedly fired up over the new project, planning to recommission chassis building equipment, which
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Schwantz gets one-off Moto2 team
By Ben Cope on 17/06/2010 10:29:26
1993 500cc Grand Prix World Champion and Arthur Macdonald lookalike, will front up new wildcard team
KEVIN Schwantz will head up a new Moto2 team at the 2010 Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix.The team is backed by American Honda and will field a Honda-powered Moriwaki MD600. The bike is to be ridden by 27-year old Roger Lee Hayden who's currently
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Second Rossi operation a success
By Visordown News on 07/06/2010 17:58:58
"We used a short general anaesthetic and when he woke up he was in good shape"
VALENTINO ROSSI has undergone a second operation, following the MotoGP world champion's hospitalisation after crashing at Mugello circuit, Italy.Dr. Roberto Buzzi, head of Trauma at the CTO Careggi (Centro Traumatologico Ortopedico) in Florence
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Barbera signs for new Ducati MotoGP squad
By Ben Cope on 13/08/2009 15:25:49
GP250 hotshot takes step up to MotoGP after five years in 250s
IT'S ALL go in MotoGP as the 2010 riders are decided. The latest to join the big league is GP250 stalwart Hector Barbera.Barbera, who is currently third in the GP250 championship, has signed for the new Ducati satellite squad, Aspar Ducati
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Honda and Yamaha offers for Burgess
By Visordown News on 15/09/2010 09:30:34
Honda and Yamaha teams to attempt to break up Burgess/Rossi partnership with lucrative deal
REPORTS from the MotoGP paddock suggest Yamaha or Honda could offer Rossi's chief mechanic, Jerry Burgess, a sizeable wage increase to lure the Australian away from joining the Italian at Ducati in 2011.Burgess, one of the most successful
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