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MotoGP
Victory on home soil saw Dani Pedrosa end the 2009 FIM MotoGP World Championship on a high at the Gran…
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Casey Stoner won his second successive race by an impressive 14.666s margin at the rain-soaked Shell Advance Malaysian Grand Prix…
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After another season of drama on the track, Valentino Rossi defended his MotoGP World Championship with one round to spare…
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Casey Stoner's dominance of his home circuit continued on Sunday as the Australian won at Phillip Island for the third…
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Lorenzo has taken victory at the Portugual Grand Prix to close on Valentino Rossi in the MotoGP championship fight.
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World Champion Valentino Rossi delighted the home crowd at Misano on Sunday with his second successive victory at the Italian…
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Qualifying at the Gran Premio Cinzano di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini went down to the wire on…
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Fiat Yamaha's reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi began his quest to repeat his 2008 Misano victory with Friday's fastest practice…
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John Duquenne was capturing all the MotoGP action at Indianapolis Motor Speedway over the weekend! Enjoy!
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Nearly 147,000 fans came to the 100-year-old Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend to see the MotoGP bikes Red Bull Indianapolis…
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The battle for the 2009 FIM World Championship was blown wide open on Sunday at the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand…
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For the sixth time this year a Spanish rider is starting from pole in the MotoGP class ? none of…
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MotoGP qualifying at the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix on Saturday concluded with Spaniard Dani Pedrosa in pole position, following…
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The man setting the best lap of the opening MotoGP practice session of the Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix was…
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Jorge Lorenzo and Yamaha Motor Company have signed a one year extension to the current rider agreement that will see…
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Valentino Rossi got the best of his Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo again at the Cardion ab Czech Republic Grand…
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Andrea Dovizioso closed a MotoGP chapter at Donington Park with his first ever premier class victory. The Repsol Honda rider…
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Valentino Rossi was never under any illusions that he would have it easy in his defense of the MotoGP world…
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· 2010 MotoGP Provisional Calendar Amendments Announced
(Nov 10, 2009)
· Valencia GP: MotoGP Race Results - Pedrosa Takes Second Win Of The 2009 Season
(Nov 08, 2009)
· Valencia GP: MotoGP Starting Line-Up & Race Preview
(Nov 08, 2009)
· Valencia GP: MotoGP Qualifying Results - Strong Stoner Takes Pole
(Nov 07, 2009)
· Valencia GP: MotoGP Friday Practice Results - Stoner Fastest
(Nov 06, 2009)
· Valencia Extends MotoGP Contract Until 2016
(Nov 04, 2009)
· Valencia GP: Multiple Battles To Be Contested At Final Round At Valencia
(Nov 03, 2009)
· 2009 Malaysia GP: MotoGP Race Results - Stoner Wins! Rossi Champion!
(Oct 25, 2009)
· MotoGP: Valentino Rossi - 2009 MotoGP World Champion
(Oct 25, 2009)
· Malaysia GP: MotoGP Starting Line-Up & Race Preview
(Oct 25, 2009)
· Malaysia GP: MotoGP Qualifying Results - Rossi Rockets To Pole & Track Record
(Oct 24, 2009)
· Malaysia GP: MotoGP Friday Practice Recap - Lorenzo Leads The Way At Sepang
(Oct 23, 2009)
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MotoGP Q&A: Dani Pedrosa
The 2009 season was not an easy season for Dani Pedrosa. An accident-filled pre-season, with operations and recovery time included, prevented the Repsol Honda Team rider from arriving at the first race in Qatar with his homework done. Neither the bike nor the rider was ready when, on 13 April 2009, the MotoGP riders took their places on the starting grid to compete in the first Grand Prix of the season that has just ended.
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Silverstone Gearing Up For NEC Bike Show Special
With Silverstone gearing up for the return of MotoGP in 2010, the iconic Northamptonshire circuit has lined up a series of exclusive offers and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for visitors to its stand at this year’s Carole Nash International Motorcycle and Scooter Show.
Silverstone’s attendance at the Show, taking place at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham between 27 November and 6 December, is a first for the circuit, providing show-goers with an opportunity to see what The Home of British Motor Racing is planning for the World’s premier motorcycle championship.
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End of 2009 MotoGP Season: Interview with Andrea Dovizioso
The 2009 season has just ended and the 2010 season is already up and running. It has been a year in which the Italian rider Andrea Dovizioso has taken a qualitative leap in his sporting career by joining the ranks of the Repsol Honda Team, the HRC factory team. In spite of taking a victory this season - the British Grand Prix-, performance has not been what the rider expected. After clocking up the first few kilometres on the Repsol Honda RC212V 2010, and before starting the long winter away from the race track, the Repsol rider says goodbye to the year by analysing what has happened over the last few months.
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Dorna Sports And Nelonen Media Sign Three Year Agreement For MotoGP Broadcast In Finland
Dorna Sports have confirmed a new contract with Nelonen Media, part of the Finnish Media Group, Sanoma Entertainment, for the TV broadcasting rights of MotoGP in Finland for the 2010-2012 seasons.
Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta and Nelonen Media Head of Sports Jorma Paakkari signed the new agreement at the final round of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship, the Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana.
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Amendments To The 2010 MotoGP Provisional Calendar
The FIM today announced amendments to the provisional calendar for the 2010 MotoGP World Championship: the Czech Republic GP will be held on August 15.
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Valencia: Bridgestone MotoGP Test Recap
Bridgestone concludes 2009 with successful test and tyre compound debut
The final grand prix of the 2009 MotoGP season was followed immediately by a three day test at the Valencia circuit at which all of next year’s MotoGP entrants participated. There were four 250cc graduates including recently-crowned World Champion Hiroshi Aoyama, and Superbike World Champion and Valencia Grand Prix wildcard entry Ben Spies.
For those new riders, the test was a valuable chance to familiarise themselves with their bikes and Bridgestone’s tyres amid MotoGP’s strict testing restrictions. During the second and third days of the test, Bridgestone also introduced a new specification rear tyre for all riders that will be used next season.
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Valencia: Honda Gresini MotoGP Wednesday Test Recap
The third day of testing at Valencia was short but intense for Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli, with the track open from 10am to 1pm but action not getting underway until the asphalt was up to an acceptable temperature at around 11am. However, it was a positive couple of hours for the pair, who improved their lap times from yesterday and gathered important information for the future. Melandri improved his lap time and consistency, whilst Simoncelli continued to build up his confidence with the four-stroke machine. The youngster was able to learn more about the working process of Honda's engineers as well as addressing his difficulties in braking and corner exit. Whilst Simoncelli will be eligible to take part in a test exclusively for rookies at a place and time yet to be determined in the near future, Melandri heads for a well-earned break before the first preseason test of 2010 at Sepang, Malaysia, on 4-5 February.
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Valencia: Repsol MotoGP Wednesday Test Recap
The Repsol Honda Team says goodbye to 2009
Today, Wednesday, at 1:00 pm, 2009 came to an end for MotoGP World Championship riders. The third day of testing, only in the morning, has ended and the World Championship says goodbye until next year. The next testing sessions will be held at the beginning of February 2010, on the 4th and 5th. Until then, the MotoGP World Championship riders and teams are banned from testing their bikes.
As regards the weather, today's weather has been the best since the World Championship arrived at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit last week. The sun, the higher temperatures and total lack of wind allowed the riders to use the track an hour earlier than yesterday and Monday, so from 10:30 am, several riders were already out on the track. As for the Repsol riders, Andrea Dovizioso went out for the first time at 10.33am, and Dani Pedrosa at 10.40 am.
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Valencia: Ducati Marlboro MotoGP Wednesday Test Recap
The Ducati Marlboro Team completed its final test session of 2009 in positive fashion today as Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden ended up fastest and third fastest respectively on the time sheets at Valencia.
The pair have been impressed with the updates to their machine brought to the circuit by Filippo Preziosi and the whole team is now looking forward to next season, with preparations due to continue in Malaysia nella during the first week of February.
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Valencia: Pramac MotoGP Wednesday Test Recap
The MotoGP 2009 season ended after three days of testing on the circuit of Valencia, Spain. The riders of the Pramac Racing Team, Mika Kallio and Aleix Espargarò, have closed down with really interesting lap times that give positive hopes for next season. Mika has registered lap times by a second lower compared to Sunday's race and so has done Espargarò significantly improving thanks to greater confidence gained in these three days of work. The Pramac Racing Team will be back on track after the winter break next 3rd and 4th February 2010.
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Valencia: Honda MotoGP Wednesday Test Recap
Honda riders complete successful three-day MotoGP test at Valencia
The final day of the three-day MotoGP test at the 4.005km Valencia circuit was run in warm and sunny spring like weather that raised the track temperature and helped riders get the best from their tyres.
Repsol Honda men, Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso, were the fastest RCV riders on the final day of the test, Pedrosa in second place with a time of 1m 31.94s, just 0.044s off fastest time set by Casey Stoner (Ducati), Dovizioso fourth fastest.
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Valencia: Repsol Honda MotoGP Wednesday Test Recap
The Repsol Honda Team wrapped up the 2009 season with a strong showing on the final morning of MotoGP testing in Valencia. Both Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso made further progress aboard the 2010-spec RC212V, significantly improving their lap times and completing a highly-valuable three days at the Ricardo Tormo circuit, scene of Pedrosa win in Sunday’s final Grand Prix of the year.
Today the track was available to the MotoGP teams from 10am until 1pm, and the factory Honda squad took advantage of the track time to gather further data from next year’s prototype RC212V. Dani Pedrosa was consistently quick and set the second fastest time of the day, fractionally behind today’s fastest rider, Casey Stoner. Andrea Dovizioso was also on promising form, dropping into the 1m 32s bracket for the first time on the new machine.
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Factory Bikes Shape Up Well In Valencia MotoGP Test
The post-season test in Valencia this week provided the teams with a good foundation for further development of their 2010 prototypes over the winter, with the MotoGP riders reporting positively on the initial responses of their new machines.
Casey Stoner was consistently fast on his new Ducati Desmosedici prototype across the three days (Monday and Wednesday were half-day sessions), testing new forks and a new engine configuration as well as a new rear Bridgestone tyre which several MotoGP riders also tried out. Stoner’s lap of 1’31.900 on Wednesday morning was the fastest recorded during the test.
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Valencia: Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Wednesday Test Recap
Álvaro Bautista has completed his first test onboard the Suzuki GSV-R by continuing to improve on his lap-times at a sunny Valencia today.
Bautista recorded a best time of 1’34.163 from his 41 laps during the final morning session of the three-day test, almost half-of-a-second quicker than he managed yesterday. He finished his first experience of riding a MotoGP bike on a very positive level and was extremely pleased with what he had accomplished during such a short spell on the machine. Bautista will now travel with Team Test-Rider Nobuatsu Aoki to Estoril in Portugal for a further three-day test next week.
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Valencia: Honda Gresini MotoGP Tuesday Test Recap
Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli continued to improve their feeling with the bikes they will use to contest the 2010 MotoGP World Championship today on the second day of testing at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia. Taking to the track in the late morning sunshine as track temperatures slowly rose to 23°C, the Italian pair quickly racked up the laps as they evaluated the changes the engineers had made to their machines based on their feedback from yesterday. Melandri continued to work hard to adapt to the bike as opposed to looking for a hot lap time, completing 85 circulations of the Spanish circuit with satisfactory results.
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· MotoGP Q&A: Dani Pedrosa
(Nov 20, 2009)
· Silverstone Gearing Up For NEC Bike Show Special
(Nov 19, 2009)
· End of 2009 MotoGP Season: Interview with Andrea Dovizioso
(Nov 17, 2009)
· Dorna Sports And Nelonen Media Sign Three Year Agreement For MotoGP Broadcast In Finland
(Nov 17, 2009)
· Amendments To The 2010 MotoGP Provisional Calendar
(Nov 16, 2009)
· Valencia: Bridgestone MotoGP Test Recap
(Nov 11, 2009)
· Valencia: Honda Gresini MotoGP Wednesday Test Recap
(Nov 11, 2009)
· Valencia: Repsol MotoGP Wednesday Test Recap
(Nov 11, 2009)
· Valencia: Ducati Marlboro MotoGP Wednesday Test Recap
(Nov 11, 2009)
· Valencia: Pramac MotoGP Wednesday Test Recap
(Nov 11, 2009)
· Valencia: Honda MotoGP Wednesday Test Recap
(Nov 11, 2009)
· Valencia: Repsol Honda MotoGP Wednesday Test Recap
(Nov 11, 2009)
· Factory Bikes Shape Up Well In Valencia MotoGP Test
(Nov 11, 2009)
· Valencia: Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Wednesday Test Recap
(Nov 11, 2009)
· Valencia: Honda Gresini MotoGP Tuesday Test Recap
(Nov 11, 2009)
· Aoyama Congratulated By Prime Minister Of Japan
(Nov 10, 2009)
· Valencia: Repsol MotoGP Tuesday Test Recap
(Nov 10, 2009)
· Valencia: Monster Yamaha Tech 3 MotoGP Tuesday Test Recap
(Nov 10, 2009)
· Valencia: Honda MotoGP Tuesday Test Recap
(Nov 10, 2009)
· Valencia: Ducati Marlboro MotoGP Tuesday Test Recap
(Nov 10, 2009)
· Valencia: Repsol Honda MotoGP Tuesday Test Recap
(Nov 10, 2009)
· Valencia: MotoGP Tuesday Test Results - Lorenzo, Fiat Yamaha Fastest
(Nov 10, 2009)
· Valencia: Fiat Yamaha MotoGP Tuesday Test Recap
(Nov 10, 2009)
· Valencia: Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Tuesday Test Recap
(Nov 10, 2009)
· Valencia: Pramac MotoGP Tuesday Test Recap
(Nov 10, 2009)
· Raffaele De Rosa And Yuki Takahashi Join Tech 3 Moto2 Squad
(Nov 10, 2009)
· Valencia Grand Prix Debrief With Bridgestone MotoGP Boss Tohru Ubukata
(Nov 10, 2009)
· 2010 MotoGP Provisional Calendar Amendments Announced
(Nov 10, 2009)
· Valencia: Repsol MotoGP Test Recap
(Nov 09, 2009)
· Valencia: Ducati Marlboro MotoGP Test Recap
(Nov 09, 2009)
· Valencia: Honda MotoGP Test Recap
(Nov 09, 2009)
· Valencia: Honda Gresini MotoGP Test Recap
(Nov 09, 2009)
· Valencia: Repsol Honda MotoGP Test Recap
(Nov 09, 2009)
· Valencia: Monster Yamaha Tech 3 MotoGP Test Recap
(Nov 09, 2009)
· Valencia: Pramac MotoGP Test Recap
(Nov 09, 2009)
· Valencia: MotoGP Monday Test Results - Stoner, Ducati Fastest
(Nov 09, 2009)
· Valencia: Fiat Yamaha MotoGP Test Recap
(Nov 09, 2009)
· Valencia: Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Test Recap - Bautista Makes Encouraging Debut
(Nov 09, 2009)
· Valencia hosts 2009 FIM MotoGP Awards Ceremony
(Nov 08, 2009)
· Valencia GP: Repsol MotoGP Race Recap
(Nov 08, 2009)
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