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SHEENE – BT Sport Films Pays Homage to Barry Sheene
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Sheene, the latest documentary from the award-winning BT Sport Films series, will premiere on BT Sport 2 at 10pm on March 26. The documentary celebrates the life of two-time world champion biker Barry Sheene, paying homage to his trailblazing career. Sheene charts his remarkable journey, from humble beginnings to a legendary status that transcended the…
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Mooney VR46 Racing Team: Season 10!
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The Valentino Rossi team have a momentous year ahead, with both Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi aiming for success in the MotoGP. It’s time: the Mooney VR46 Racing Team is here with their 10th season in the Championship and their second in MotoGP™ with Ducati. Since 2014, they have been growing, rising in status from…
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Fuel of the Future? (And it’s not electric)
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Race-ready ethanol fuels could be coming to the road British firm Triumph has announced that it’s looking at ways to run its Grand Prix race engines on more sustainable fuels. Following the news that MotoGP bosses plan to run ethanol-rich E40 fuel in Moto2 by 2024, Triumph has set up a dedicated testing programme for…
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Return of the screamer
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The VJMC’s Steve Cooper remembers… If the 1996 season had been anything it had been prophetic and 1997’s was going to be the true validation of HRC’s relentless pursuit of Grand Prix domination. The top five places were all Honda’s with two more inside the top 10. Neither Yamaha nor Suzuki had anything or anyone…
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Tangerine Dream
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More power, less weight, upgraded electronics … and the first 30 buyers get to play with it on track in Valencia too. The Austrian factory’s Moto2-inspired track bike is back for 2023, with another 200 models going into production. Revealed last year, the first generation RC 8C (which was inspired by KTM’s now defunct Moto2…
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2001: Rossi ruffles feathers in the final 500cc year
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VJMC’s Steve Cooper looks back..The 2001 season might have marked the coming to an end of the 500cc era, but it always was going to go out with a bang. Honda’s sullen 2000 was forgotten as the motorcycle giant went for it big time. There were some seven riders on the fearsome NSR500 and another…
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VR: New Kid On The Block
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The new millennium delivered a few surprises in the world of MotoGP along with one confirmation – KRJR (Kenny Roberts Jnr.) was capable of winning the world championship just like his old man. Building on a second place in the standings the previous year, Kenny took the premier title for Suzuki. And amazingly, despite four…
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GasGas, Tech 3 and Pol Espargaro..
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Following the news that GASGAS will be joining the MotoGP paddock for next season, it’ll likely come as no surprise that the KTM and Husqvarna-affiliated firm has just announced it’ll be working with Tech3. The Austrian connection doesn’t end there, because it’s been confirmed that the GASGAS Factory Racing Team will be led by none…
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Gardner to Join Yamaha in WorldSBK from 2023
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Yamaha has announced that 2021 Moto2 World Champion Remy Gardner will contest the FIM Superbike World Championship with Yamaha from 2023, after an agreement was reached this week with the 24-year-old Australian. This comes in the same month as Gardner was axed by KTM who told the rider he ‘wasn’t professional enough’. Gardner has previously…
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Racing – 1999: The New World Order
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VJMC’s Steve Cooper takes a look back: 1999 saw a change in what had been the established order of things – Mick Doohan retired. A crash during a wet practice session at the Jerez circuit ahead of the Spanish GP saw the five-times world champion with more serious leg injuries ending his career. No one…
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