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MotoGP: It’s Silverstone this weekend and here’s a bucketload of stats about it.
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This is the tenth year that Silverstone has hosted a Grand Prix event since the motorcycle world championship series returned to the circuit in 2010 after a gap of 23 years. The first Grand Prix event held at Silverstone in 1977 was also the first motorcycle Grand Prix to be held on the British mainland.…
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MotoGP: Top flight RACING returns to Finland. Testing at the KymiRing gets underway.
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MotoGP has returned to Finland for the first time since 1982, with testing kicking off at the KymiRing yesterday. Despite conditions being far from ideal, Mika Kallio, Stefan Bradl, Bradley Smith, Michele Pirro, Jonas Folger and Sylvain Guintoli were on hand to put the KymiRing circuit through its paces – and it was local lad…
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TT 2019: Bruce Anstey and Dean Harrison TOP opening QUALIFYING sessions at the Classic TT.
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Bruce Anstey and Dean Harrison kicked off their Classic TT efforts last night – taking the fastest laps in the Lightweight and Superbike classes respectively. Following this weekend’s spluttering start, the Classic TT officially got underway last night – and it was the Superbikes and Lightweight machines out first on the Mountain Course. Having won…
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BMW joins the FIM Endurance World Championship for 2020. And it’ll be racing factory-backed S1000RR’s.
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BMW Motorrad has announced its intentions to race a factory-backed BMW S1000RR in the 2020 FIM Endurance World Championship. Of course, BMW’s have been competing in the FIM EWC for years – but they’ve never had a proper factory supported team. But that’s all set to change, with BMW Motorrad announcing it’s set to get…
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TT 2019: ITV4 coverage confirmed for the Classic TT. And here’s EVERYTHING you need to know to catch the action on the box.
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ITV4 will be screening two hour long programmes featuring the best of the action from the Classic TT – showing some top level racers, including John McGuinness, Conor Cummins, James Hillier, Dean Harrison and Michael Rutter going head to head on some historic machinery. If the schedule all goes to plan, the first programme will…
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TT 2019: Bad weather and marshal shortages halt PRACTICE at the Classic TT. Action set to resume TODAY.
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Saturday night’s Classic TT practice didn’t go ahead due to rain falling on the Mountain Course – and then the rescheduled practice on Sunday was cancelled due to a shortage of marshals. The opening sessions of the Classic TT were delayed on Saturday evening in order to move marshals around the course – and after…
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WSB: Eugene Laverty joins BMW for the 2020 season.
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Eugene Laverty will be riding a BMW S 1000 RR for the official BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team in the 2020 Superbike World Championship. Laverty has raced for a string of manufacturers in the past, including Yamaha, Aprilia, Suzuki and Ducati – but next year, he’s heading to BMW. The Irishman will be replacing German rider…
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OFFICIAL documents confirm that TWO new Ducati Scramblers are on the way.
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According to EPA documents that have been filed in the States, Ducati’s going to be adding two new Scramblers to its line-up for 2020. Since its introduction in 2014, the Ducati Scrambler has gone from strength to strength to become the best-selling series in the iconic Italian factories range. And it looks like the Icon,…
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MotoGP: KTM withdraws from Moto2. Husqvarna returns to Moto3.
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The Austrian-based duo of KTM and Husqvarna are shifting the focus for racing in 2020. KTM is sticking to MotoGP and Moto3, while Husky is gearing up to get involved in Moto3 once again. KTM has announced it will no longer be involved in Moto2 racing – taking the decision to focus on MotoGP next…
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BSB: King of the Mountain: Monster weekend for Brookes at Cadwell Park
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Josh Brookes claimed the Monster Energy King of the Mountain title at Cadwell Park by claiming the second Bennetts British Superbike Championship race victory of the weekend in Lincolnshire and put himself back at the top of the standings ahead of Oulton Park. Tommy Bridewell had got off to a flying start in race two,…
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