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BSB Oulton: Haslam and Cooper win in the damp – Iddon leads the championship!
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BSB Oulton: Haslam and Cooper win in the damp – Iddon leads the championship! By Philip Wain If there’s one thing to upset the applecart in the MCE British Superbike Championship, it’s the good old UK weather. The second round at Oulton Park saw every kind of condition the UK has to offer…
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Car leasing company starts short term motorbike leasing plan
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Yorkshire based national car leasing company expands into short term motorbike leasing. A national short term car leasing company based in West Yorkshire has launched what it claims is the UK’s only ‘truly short term’ motorcycle leasing service as it continues to expand its business model. Cars on Demand, headquartered in Wakefield, has teamed…
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World Superbikes at Imola – the riders with form (and those you can expect do well)
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World Superbikes at Imola – the riders with form (and those you can expect do well). Jonathan Rea is the most successful rider at Imola, alongside Carlos Checa, and arrives in Emilia-Romagna as a fan of the track and the winner of the last four races held at the circuit. As the only rider in…
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Preview: World Superbikes round five – Imola
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Preview: World Superbikes round five – Imola. Everything happening during the Motul Italian Round, on the track and at the circuit this weekend. It’s a guide. Beginning on Thursday (tomorrow) with a pre-event and the Open Paddock, the track action gets underway on Friday to kick off a weekend of on-track thrills and off-track entertainment.…
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Preview: British Superbikes round two – Oulton Park
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Preview: British Superbikes round two – Oulton Park. By Philip Wain The 2016 MCE British Superbike Championship heads to Oulton Park this weekend for round two and after an intriguing season opener at Silverstone three weeks ago, predicting an outcome is anyone’s guess. Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne (pictured above) currently leads the standings after a…
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Spied: Rossi’s next phase of MotoGP bike development spotted in Jerez. And Lorenzo hasn’t got this on his bike!
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A keen-eyed snapper for website GPOne.com caught this new bit of kit on Valentino Rossi’s factory Yamaha at Jerez. It’s a sensor that’s been fitted to the clutch on the nine-times world champion’s bike. The arm, and data-logging equipment that goes with it, was only fitted to Rossi’s bike and wasn’t seen on Lorenzo’s machine. Given…
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MotoGP Jerez: Rossi wins in style “I think that this was the perfect weekend!”
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Valentino Rossi took a sensational first win of 2016 with a flawless performance at the Gran Premio Red Bull de España in Jerez. With the three biggest names in the MotoGP World Championship all starting on the front row of the grid, the Spanish GP was set to be a very special race. For Valentino…
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Michelin boss: MotoGP tyre tore itself apart because of A: the track, B: the temperature and C: Scott Redding’s weight
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Michelin Technical Director Nicolas Goubert has talked about the recent tyre issues in MotoGP. And he says that – in part – Scott Redding’s weight was something to do with the tyre tearing itself apart in Argentina. Talking about the tyre issues suffered at the Argy round, where Redding’s tyre was graphically destroyed at…
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Maverick Viñales: I want to be MotoGP champion in two or three years!
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With the interest ramping up ahead of this weekend’s Spanish GP round, the subject of much speculation about the future – Maverick Viñales – is upping his ante. With the Spaniard currently being courted by Yamaha to line up alongside Valentino Rossi for the next couple of years as a natural replacement for the now Ducati-bound…
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Rea romps to two second Assen weekend win in WSB
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KRT rider Jonathan Rea took a second incredible WSB win in the Netherlands in Race 2 as a half-wet half-dry race saw tyre decisions play the key role. Joined on the podium by teammate Tom Sykes and local lad Michael van der Mark. Sunday morning initially brought better weather to the TT Circuit Assen, with…
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