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12 August 2017

AUSTRIAN GP QUALIFYING

Austrian GP - Fears of bad weather melted away at the Red Bull Ring. The morning stayed dry, allowing a more predictable top ten for Q2, but then a muggy afternoon complicated matters, with the favoured soft tyres not working for everyone. Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda) took contr

Sport
12 August 2017

Hard Enduro

Hard Enduro. Yep, it’s a thing. It’s a bruising, bloody and brutal series where only the toughest of racers dare to do battle

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12 August 2017

JASON DOYLE: LESSONS LEARNED

World Championship leader Jason Doyle insists his 2016 FIM Speedway Grand Prix heartbreak taught him “a life lesson” as he pledged to take things round-by-round in his quest for gold.

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12 August 2017

Is Marquez a master tactician ?

Marc Marquez denied that he had deliberately slowed before his lap-two pit stop at last week’s Czech Republic GP in order to avoid letting the faster riders see that he was going to switch to slick tyres. “If it had been deliberate, I would have only dropped back maybe fou

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12 August 2017

Safety issues at the Red Bull Ring

Safety issues at the Red Bull Ring remained on the back-burner, and the strength of the riders’ Safety Commission likewise, with no changes to the areas of the track that caused disquiet. Asked at the pre-event conference, senior riders Rossi and Pedrosa admitted that the ma

SPORT / Motogp
12 August 2017

Jack Miller is on the brink of a big adventure. Again.

Jack Miller from outside of Townsville is to switch from Honda – who plucked him straight out of Moto3 three seasons back – to join the Pramac Ducati team.

SPORT / Motogp
12 August 2017

Day one at the Austrian GP

Day one at the Austrian GP - It’s always possible for things to change from Friday afternoon to Saturday morning, but for yet another race changeable weather made the likelihood the more acute in Austria, and times for Friday afternoon’s FP2 all the more critical. Should t

SPORT / Motogp
11 August 2017

Ducati’s new “box-kite” fairing

Dovizioso used Ducati’s new “box-kite” fairing for the first time at Brno tests on Monday after the race, and was cautiously positive. Today in Austria he had them from the start, and all caution was abandoned, as he used them to go fastest, and came home with a glowing rep

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11 August 2017

John McPhee aiming to keep the momentum going after slicing through the field at Brno

John McPhee had a tough Saturday at the Czech GP, ending up P19 on the grid - but the story was far from over. Staging a great comeback on Sunday, the Scot moved through the field to just behind the podium group, crossing the line in sixth. Now it's time for the Austrian GP, and

SPORT / Motogp
10 August 2017

Jack Miller joins Octo Pramac Racing for 2018

Australian Jack Miller announced in the Italian squad from next season - contracted directly to Ducati

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10 August 2017

“Very, very fast”: Riders weigh in on high-speed Spielberg

Pre-event Press Conference rounds up the Brno test, what the weather may bring, and the spectacular and speedy Red Bull Ring

Sport
10 August 2017

Check out Pedrosa's licence to thrill ahead of the Austrian GP

Dani Pedrosa as we have never seen him before, becomes agent 026