Eugene Laverty

  • Crutchlow wins Czech GP – first Brit to win premier league race since Sheene, 35 years ago

    Crutchlow wins Czech GP – first Brit to win premier league race since Sheene, 35 years ago

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    After a torrential Moto2 race at the Automotodrom Brno, it was the turn of the MotoGP machines to head out as the rain was just starting to stop – leaving the prospect of a flag-to-flag hanging over the race. In the end it wasn’t to be, and it was Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda) who sliced…

  • Shoei X-Spirit III helmet gets 5-star SHARP rating

    Shoei X-Spirit III helmet gets 5-star SHARP rating

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    Shoei’s new top-of-the-range X-Spirit III helmet has just been through the government introduced SHARP testing, and received a five-star rating. Not only did the helmet receive five stars, which is the highest SHARP rating that can be awarded to a crash helmet, it also scored the highest marks (very good) in every single impact test…

  • Marco Melandri being courted by Ducati to sign alongside Chaz in WSB

    Marco Melandri being courted by Ducati to sign alongside Chaz in WSB

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    So here’s another name in the frame to ride alongside Chaz Davies on the WSB Ducati next year – Marco Melandri. The news has been confirmed by Paolo Ciabatti who has thrown the Italian’s name into the mix of three riders who may end up alongside the talented Welshman. Ciabatti said: “It’s true that we…

  • MotoGP test in Austria: Ducati strongest so far – Dovi, Iannone, Stoner top three at the moment, Rossi sixth

    MotoGP test in Austria: Ducati strongest so far – Dovi, Iannone, Stoner top three at the moment, Rossi sixth

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    The first day of testing at the Red Bull Ring in Austria for the MotoGP masses has proved the Ducati point we raised this morning when we brought you what Danilo Petrucci said about Casey Stoner. You remember that, right? How it was that Stoner wants to race at the MotoGP round at the track…

  • WSB preview: Round 9, Laguna Seca – the stats that matter

    WSB preview: Round 9, Laguna Seca – the stats that matter

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    Ahead of this weekend’s WSB round at Laguna Seca, California here’s a vast stack of excellent stats to get your bike racing brain firing on all cylinders. Check out the amount of time that Tom Sykes appears in the important-stats list! 17 – A European rider won here for the first time after 16 races:…

  • MotoGP Jerez: Rossi wins in style “I think that this was the perfect weekend!”

    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…

  • Marc Marquez looking for another win this weekend in Texas

    Marc Marquez looking for another win this weekend in Texas

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    Marc Marquez has never been defeated at the Circuit of the Americas which is where MotoGP rolls into this weekend in Texas and that’s a statistic he’s keen to keep as he seeks to extend his championship lead. It was a dramatic weekend at the Termas de Rio Hondo last Sunday, safety concerns forcing riders…

  • Marquez clinches victory and championship lead in Argentina

    Marquez clinches victory and championship lead in Argentina

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    A faultless flag-to-flag race by Marc Marquez saw him dominate the Argentina GP, running away with victory from Rossi and Pedrosa. The Spaniard now leads the championship by 41 points. Issues with the rear tyre of Scott Redding’s (Octo Pramac Yakhnich) Ducati during Free Practice 4 on Saturday saw a raft of changes brought in.…

  • Video: Alpinestars – Fast film released, watch it here

    Video: Alpinestars – Fast film released, watch it here

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    Video: Alpinestars – Fast film released, watch it here. Check out this huge video montage from Alpinestars which has been put together as a group-love in for racing and the season that’s about to kick off. Over forty of the racing world’s top racers on four wheels and two were sat down and spoke about…

  • MotoGP test day two: Top three split by 0.1s, Vinales quickest

    MotoGP test day two: Top three split by 0.1s, Vinales quickest

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    The second day of testing in Qatar saw three manufacturers split by under 0.1s at the top of the timesheets with Maverick Viñales back to his best. Once again it was Hiroshi Aoyama and Michele Pirro who were the first out of the pits at the Qatar Test, the rest of the field beginning to…

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