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06 May 2019

Back on track: MotoGP Jerez test

Premier class will partake in a one-day official test in Andalucia on Monday after the Spanish GP

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05 May 2019

Opening lap crash for Remy Gardner

Remy Gardner’s front running start to the 2019 FIM Moto2 World Championship came to a premature end in the fourth round held earlier today at the Circuito de Jerez Angel Nieto in Southern Spain following a turn one crash for the 21 year old Aussie. Fastest overall after the th

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05 May 2019

Marc Marquez wins home race at Spanish GP

Fine weather, a sun-soaked crowd of more than 75,000 and an all-Spanish MotoGP podium party made a fine climax to a record-breaking weekend of racing at Jerez. It hadn’t always looked so rewarding, with a premier-class procession for the first third or so of the 25-lapper. B

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05 May 2019

Zarco not pleased with KTM

Battered by two Friday crashes at a track where last year he scored a podium on a Yamaha, new KTM rider Johann Zarco let rip to his team, before qualifying 18th, one place behind team-mate Pol Espargaro. This was a further indignity, after Espargaro had finished a best-yet eig

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05 May 2019

Moto2 issues for KTM

Austrian manufacturer KTM's Moto2 experience was not bringing happiness, as Kalex was preparing to consolidate its position as the dominant factory by clocking up a century of wins. Chief rivals KTM are struggling to regain momentum after a slow start to their third season in the

SPORT / Motogp
05 May 2019

New surface for faster times at Jerez

As predicted by Michelin, Jerez’s new surface and an extra allocation of tyres saw the outright lap record smashed to smithereens, with cool overcast conditions contributing further to a string of new best times, each one topping the last. The previous best lap, set by Cal C

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04 May 2019

Fabio Quartararo MotoGP polesitter

Rookie makes history as he takes pole in Jerez

SPORT / Motogp
03 May 2019

More Aero Packages

After the failure of the four-factory protests following Ducati’s use of a swing-arm “tyre-cooling” attachment at the opening round in Qatar, there is now almost a full house of the under-belly scoops. Aprilia, Suzuki, Honda and KTM had joined to protest the device, with

SPORT / Motogp
03 May 2019

Honda Questions

Mystery surrounds … part 94. As ever with Honda, only hints and persiflage were forthcoming to questions about the factory team’s double non-finish at the last round in Texas, and a new carbon-coated chassis that appeared for the first time at Jerez. The Texas question cen

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03 May 2019

Dani Pedrosa Corner

Goodbye Dry Sack, hello Dani Pedrosa Corner. The hairpin at the end of the back straight at Jerez was rechristened on race eve in honour of the recently retired former 125 and 250 champion, three times MotoGP runner up, and thrice Jerez MotoGP winner. The career-long Honda rid

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03 May 2019

SPANISH GP – DAY ONE FREE PRACTICE WRAP

Perfect weather and a resurfaced track saw fast times but no new records on the first day of practice for Sunday’s Spanish GP … and a surprise name at the top of the time-sheets. It was Mission Winnow Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci, whose afternoon time of 1m 37.909 put him

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02 May 2019

Schwantz on Rins 

Alex Rins made a huge impression on Suzuki icon Kevin Schwantz and proud Texan with his near flawless ride to a career-first MotoGP victory at the Circuit of the Americas. Schwantz was instrumental in the design of CotA in his home town of Austin and also in passing on some