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WSB: All eyes are on Jerez for the penultimate meeting of the year
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WSB: All eyes are on Jerez for the penultimate meeting of the year. In four days time WorldSBK heads to the famous sherry producing region in the heartland of Andalusia for Round 12 of the Superbike World Championship. Located some 10km north east of the town Jerez de la Frontera, the Circuito de Jerez is…
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Jorge Lorenzo completes debut F1 test with Mercedes at Silverstone
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Jorge Lorenzo completes debut F1 test with Mercedes at Silverstone. Reigning Moto GP champion Jorge Lorenzo made his Formula One test debut in Mercedes’ 2014 world championship-winning W05 at Silverstone yesterday. Lorenzo, who has three MotoGP titles to his name, got behind the wheel of the same F1 car that Lewis Hamilton used to secure…
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MotoGP: Mick Doohan says Oz GP could be prime for Miller
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Marc VDS Honda rider Jack Miller (above left), broke through for a memorable maiden MotoGP win in dreadful conditions at the Dutch TT at Assen in June, and five times world champion Mick Doohan (above right – that’s Casey Stoner standing between them) says the Honda rider is capable of adding to that success at…
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MotoGP: 2017 pre-season test dates and venues announced
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The 2017 pre-season is set to begin in traditional style with the Valencian post-GP test, which will take place on the 15th and 16th November and see riders debut their colours for the season ahead – including Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) getting his first taste of his new Ducati. After December and January see…
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MotoGP: Lorenzo to test Hamilton’s F1 title winning Mercedes car
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Jorge Lorenzo (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) is set to swap two wheels for four in an exploratory test of a pukka F1 car. The 3-time MotoGP World Champion is going to test drive Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes W05 Formula 1 car, with which Hamilton took his second Formula 1 crown in 2014. According to motorsport.com, mutual sponsor…
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WSB: Davies on Fire in WSB at Magny-Cours as Friday’s Fastest Overall
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Chaz Davies was the man to beat on Friday at Magny-Cours, after finishing at the top of the time sheets in both practice sessions. The Aruba.it Racing – Ducati rider consistently put in faster and faster lap times that saw him break into the 1’37 bracket to earn the first seeding to Tissot-Superpole 2 qualifying on Saturday.…
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BSB: It’s Assen time again – Dutch for the lads this weekend
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By Philip Wain This weekend sees the MCE British Superbike Championship make its annual visit overseas with the penultimate round of the series taking place at Assen in Holland. The Circuit van Drenthe, or ‘Cathedral of motorcycling’, as it is also known, has hosted a BSB round since 2012 and this year will again see…
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WSB: French round’s stats and facts that matter
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Here’s the stats that matter most ahead of this weekend’s French round of the World Superbike championship at Magny Cours. For six years it’s been the Brits who have ruled qualifying – so finger’s crossed the lads can keep up the charge. Here you go then, here’s the stats so that you can know more…
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AGV reveals next-generation top lid, the Pista GP is all-new and has a ‘hydration channel’ like the MotoGP rider’s lids
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Helmet maker AGV has shown its next generation helmet – the Pista GP. The helmet is the first to feature a hydration channel, basically a route for a tube to be run from the specially-made Dainese leather suit with a camel pack mounted into the back hump. From there the drink tube travels through the…
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WSB: It’s the Magny Cours-this-weekend ‘everything’ guide – on and off track
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WSB: It’s the Magny Cours-this-weekend ‘everything’ guide – on and off track. Are you heading to the WSB penultimate round this weekend? If you are popping across the channel and taking in the proddie-based championship then here’s a handy run-down of what’s happening. The information comes courtesy of the WSB organisers, so everything that’s happening…
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