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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…
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Cal Crutchlow slams Freddie Spencer

Legendary champion Freddie Spencer’s new role as chairman of the new FIM Stewards Panel, formed to relieve race direction of having to police race offences, got off to a shaky…
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Remy rises to the top

Remy Gardner can’t be far from joining the select seven-strong group of father-son GP winners – which includes Valentino Rossi. But the 21-year-old, whose never-give-up riding style demonstrates that the…
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Augusto Fernandez free practice fractures

Spaniard Augusto Fernandez was ruled out of the Argentine and possibly the next race as well after breaking bones in his left wrist in a spectacular free practice crash right…
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Steven Odendaal on the mend

Steven Odendaal was again absent from the NTS Moto2 team, as he recovers from complications to a toe injury sustained in testing. This became infected while he was on holiday…
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Ducati swing-arm an aerodynamic aid ?

The difference lay in the wording of the application, and revealed a loophole in the guidelines to the regulations. On the first application, on Thursday, Honda said the device was…
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Argentine GP Qualifying

With threatening forecasts of storms tomorrow, the weather stayed dry for qualifying at Termas de Rio Hondo. And Marc Marquez made the most of it, running a hectic two-stop/three run…
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Ducati’s Aero Swingarm

With the mass protest against Ducati’s swing-arm aero device comprehensively defeated at the Court of Appeal, and the protesters – Aprilia, Honda, KTM and Suzuki – left with egg on…
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ARGENTINE GP- DAY ONE FREE PRACTICE WRAP

With spots of rain a possible portent of a tricky Saturday to come, MotoGP’s second free practice burst into frantic life in the last ten minutes, ending up with two…

MotoGP Frienemies

The first person to beat is your teammate. Seldom has the cliché been more piquant than for Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez on the class-leading Repsol Hondas. In some 40…