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22 October 2017

12 Fast MotoGP facts

Marc Marquez Marc Marquez starts from pole for the fourth successive year in Australia. From his previous three MotoGP poles at Phillip Island he has had one win in 2015 and he has crashed out twice when leading the race. [caption id="attachment_21881" align="aligncenter" wid

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21 October 2017

Moto2 rider Marcel Schrotter broken scaphoid bone

Moto2 rider Marcel Schrotter credited a new Suter chassis for his career-best second-place qualification, because of better stability in corner entry. But the German was battling another problem – persistent pain from the wrist fracture that ruled him out of several races after

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21 October 2017

Michelin confirmed as MotoGP tyre supplier until 2023

Michelin, title sponsors of the Australian GP, will be the MotoGP class’s control tyres until 2023, extending their current three-year contract by a further five years. The agreement was announced at Phillip Island on race eve by Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta and Michelin motor

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21 October 2017

Main race time changes

The MotoGP race at next year’s Australian GP could take place an hour earlier, if a repeat of an already standing request via the Safety Commission does not again fall on deaf ears.

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21 October 2017

Caricasulo Takes Jerez Pole In WorldSSP

A narrow Superpole win for Federico Caricasulo (GRT Yamaha Official WorldSSP Team) gave him the best possible start for Sunday’s 19-lap race at Jerez.

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21 October 2017

Rea Wins Again As Melandri Strikes Out

WorldSBK RACE ONE

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21 October 2017

MotoGP Saturday wrap up

The sun came out for qualifying after an iffy start to Saturday – and shone on Marc Marquez, as the Repsol Honda rider surged back to the top at the close of a lively Q2 session for the premier class.

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21 October 2017

JACK MILLER MOST POPULAR WITH AMCN READERS

In the days leading up to this year’s Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, we asked our online AMCN reader to tell us which rider they would be cheering loudest for at this weekend’s MotoGP event. Not surprisingly, Aussie hero Jack Miller

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21 October 2017

Ducati’s Aussie Woes

Despite having six bikes in the MotoGP class, including the two highly fancied Ducati Factory bikes in the hands of championship contender Andrea Dovizioso and multiple world champion Jorge Lorenzo, things are looking pretty glum for  fans of the Italian machines.   When the r

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21 October 2017

Marquez on pole, Miller fifth fastest

If qualifying is any indication of the action we will see during tomorrow’s Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix, we are in for an incredibly tight race.

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21 October 2017

Aero body work at MotoGP

Unlike Motegi, aero bodywork remained mainly in abeyance at Phillip Island, with cornering fidelity more important than wheelie control at the flowing circuit with only two slow corners.

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21 October 2017

New MotoGP rules for next season

Further restrictions in MotoGP testing – aimed at cutting the advantage of big-budget factory teams – were announced on the eve of the Australian GP, with the number of tests and their timing restricted more than at present from the 2019 season. The news came after a Moteg