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WSB Aragon – Chaz Davies wins both, Kawasaki lock out the rest
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Ducati rider Chaz Davies took an amazing double WSB win at MotorLand Aragón – showing his dominance by crossing the line 6.471 seconds clear of the nearest bike on track in Race 2 after another sublime ride. Kawasaki riders Tom Sykes and Jonathan Rea completed the podium in Spain after being locked in another head…
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Monza dropped from WSB calendar for this year
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Monza is off the WSB calendar according to a report we’ve just been sent by Dorna’s office. Here’s what the notification says. Nope, we don’t think that this is some sort of unfunny April Fool’s, this looks serious to us. 2016 Calendar Update The FIM and DWO would like to announce the cancellation of…
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Guy Martin to get special honour from the Queen – likely to be the Order of Merit for TV work
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Guy Martin is to be honoured by the Queen for services to motorsport. Unless there are objections to the honour, the star of the Speed series on Channel Four is going to be receive the honour from the Honours and Appointments Secretariat office later this year, he will be presented with the honour in…
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MotoGP: Lorenzo and Rossi head to head over fan’s attitude into Argentinian round this weekend
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It looks like things are already coming to a head in the run up to this weekend’s Argentian round of MotoGP with Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi winding each other up. It happened at the pre-event press conference. Lorenzo was asked about how he was dealing with the threat of more booing and animosity from…
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John McGuinness awarded the Segrave Trophy
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The Royal Automobile Club, today, awarded the Segrave Trophy to Isle of Man legend John McGuinness. Acknowledging the Lancashire man’s success, the citation read: “An outstanding contribution to motorcycle road and circuit racing, including setting the outright lap record at the 2015 Isle of Man TT. He is the greatest living exponent of the…
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Number 700! Race 2 in Aragón this weekend marks the 700th race in WorldSBK history
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WorldSBK came to life on the weekend of the 3rd of April, 1988, and exactly 28 years later is set to hit the milestone of 700 races in Race 2 at MotorLand Aragón. To celebrate three decades of the world’s top production motorcycle racing Championship, here’s a look through the landmarks that laid the way…
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Agostini: ‘Audi has made Jorge a super offer to ride Ducati in MotoGP’
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Well, well, well. If anyone out there thinks that Yamaha is the only option for Jorge Lorenzo for next year (or the year after… or the year after that, apparently) then check out what Giacomo Agostini (pictured above) has just said. Ago, the living legend and 15-times world champion, has been talking to Italian…
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WSB Aragon – the stats, facts and figures you need to know for this weekend
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WSB Aragon – the stats, facts and figures you need to know for this weekend. Want to pretend that you’re a WSB expert? Then here’s all you need to know! This is the facts and figures crib sheet that the telly people rely on – and you can have it too. This is how the…
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WSB Preview: Round 3 – MotorLand Aragon this weekend
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MotorLand lies in the Teruel province of Aragón, the crowning glory set in the middle of the dry, arid countryside of the landscape around the city of Alcañiz. Built due to the history of racing in the vicinity, MotorLand is a modern, spectacular and technical track that is often cited by riders as a…
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2016 Mugen Shinden electric TT racer gets power boost to 161bhp
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2016 Mugen Shinden electric TT racer gets power boost to 161bhp. We showed you pictures of the new Mugen Shinden Go electric racebike being put through its on-track paces last week ahead of an official reveal at the Tokyo Motorcycle Show and the bike’s details have now been released by the company. Mugen has shed…
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