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Bautista unstoppable with 11 wins from 11

Alvaro Bautista (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) now has enough WorldSBK trophies to build his own static football team, his 11th win of the season coming after an early struggle with…
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Problems for Lorenzo

Jorge Lorenzo suffered a costly replay of two problems that have previously afflicted his new Repsol Honda team-mate Marc Marquez, both of them coming at once. Firstly, having got through…
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KTM carbon-fibre scoop

The swing-arm spoiler took another turn on Saturday, with KTM fitting a carbon-fibre scoop visually similar to that used the day before by Honda, as the companies that had joined…
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Seventh consecutive pole for Marquez

There was to be no surprise after fans had waited through a barren morning for MotoGP qualifying. As every year since the first visit to CotA in 2013, it was…
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FP3 sessions were cancelled at Austin

Bad weather and cautious local regulations meant that after a morning of waiting all Saturday morning FP3 sessions were cancelled at Austin. Although a biblical deluge had abated by the…
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Straight talking Jack Miller

Straight-talking Australian Jack Miller raised a laugh at the pre-race press conference when asked what had made the difference, after his very strong start to the year. “It’s the big…
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CotA Bumpiness

Bumps, bumps and more bumps – interspersed with low grip – were the talk of track at CotA, with riders universally bemoaning that the fantastic layout was spoiled by a…
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Riders Views on Crutchlow Argentina Jump-Start Penalty

While jump-start victim Cal Crutchlow insisted he had “moved on” from the ride-through penalty that robbed him of a podium finish in Argentina, rival riders were torn between approval of…
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Repsol Honda with a copy of Ducati’s controversial swing-arm scoop

Back at the dawn of their invasion of the motorcycle industry, the Japanese mantra was “copy, but improve”. Honda have clearly not forgotten the value of this. On the first…
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MotoGP retires Nicky Hayden's #69 in Austin ceremony

Nicky Hayden’s famous racing number 69 – inherited from his father Earl Hayden – has been retired from MotoGP. A ceremony on Friday, attended by his family and friends, marked…
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GP OF THE AMERICAS - FREE PRACTICE WRAP

Marc Marquez’s domination of the Circuit of the Americas came under threat on the first day of practice, in a hectic end as riders scrambled to secure a top ten…
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2019 MotoGP World Championship season

I only met Mr Honda once, back in 1984, not long before the great man’s death. But I have never forgotten his response, when asked to predict the next day’s…