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MotoGP in-race message dash given the go-ahead. Yeah, messages to the racers live, as they race
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It’s a year since the idea was first suggested, but now it’s been passed for use in the MotoGP and Moto3 classes. Race Direction bosses in the premier class can already send some notifications (like being black flagged) to the dash of MotoGP bikes but the new system expands what can be sent to a…
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MotoGP: Intermediate tyres now ruled out of bounds by Grand Prix Commission
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MotoGP: Intermediate tyres now ruled out of bounds by Grand Prix Commission. There will be no more intermediate tyres in MotoGP after a decision by the Grand Prix Commission. According to an announcement from series owners Dorna the decision to drop the half-way wet tyres was made after a consultation with both the Safety Commission…
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MotoGP: Next generation arcade machine announced
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MotoGP: Next generation arcade machine announced. Do you remember the old arcade game Super Hang On? It was released by computer games giant Sega in the 1980s as a full-on successor to the globally popular Hang On, arguably the first motorcycle computer game that mattered and was something you wanted to play. Super Hang…
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MotoGP: Provisional 2017 MotoGP entry list released by Dorna
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MotoGP: Provisional 2017 MotoGP entry list released by Dorna. We might still have the final round of the MotoGP championship to get past before we can turn out thoughts to 2017’s racing proper, but Dorna has already made public its rider and team list for next year. We’ve posted the list above for you.…
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MotoGP: 2017 calendar announced but Silverstone and Sepang both NOT confirmed yet!
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Don’t go planning your British round of the MotoGP championship 2017 shenanigans just yet – the date still has to be set in stone by MotoGP bosses. The news comes as the provisional calendar for the series is released by Dorna, the company that owns the championship. MotoGP 2017 is, at the moment (although this is…
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MotoGP: Valencia to host MotoGP until 2021
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The season finale of the MotoGP World Championship is set to remain at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Cheste in the Comunitat Valencia for another five years. The agreement to renew Valencia’s place on the MotoGP calendar was reached between the President of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig, the Councillor for Education, Research, Culture and Sport,…
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MotoGP retires Simoncelli’s 58 number from racing competition
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MOTOGP has honoured the memory of Marco Simoncelli by retiring the late rider’s No 58 from the sport’s premier class. The popular Italian died as a result of a crash during the 2011 Malaysian MotoGP race. He was 24 years old. Ahead of this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix, held at the Misano World Circuit named…
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KTM debuts MotoGP bike in full-on race finery. Looks incredible!
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KTM debuts MotoGP bike in full-on race finery. Looks incredible! Check out the awesome-looking MotoGP motorcycle that was debuted by KTM at the Austrian GP round. The bike is a 250bhp V4 which will be raced by Bradley Smith and Pol Espagaro in the Premier League next year. As we told you earlier this year,…
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Riders for Health closes UK operations
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The Riders for Health charity has closed its UK operations and that might mean that there will be no more Day of Champions preview day of fun and fund raising ahead of the British GP. Although MotoGP parent company Dorna is believed to be looking into holding some sort of pre-event day in the UK…
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MotoGP bosses appoint bodyguards to Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez for this weekend’s Mugello round
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MotoGP bosses appoint bodyguards to Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez for this weekend’s Mugello round. MotoGP bosses at Dorna have laid on bodyguards to look after Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez at this weekend’s race event at Mugello, Italy. The move comes after last year’s championship round and the aggressive outpouring from some sectors of…
