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Blacklisted by Ducati: MotoGP factory team's PR crew closes door to our reporter
Oh dear, I’m in trouble with the factory Ducati team’s PR people for writing things they don’t like, so I’ve been blacklisted. Boohoo!
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MotoGP title fight: from advantage Quartararo to advantage Bagnaia
The pendulum swung again at Buriram: no points for Fabio Quartararo, a week after Pecco Bagnaia crashed out at Motegi and two weeks after Quartararo was knocked out at Aragon. And just three MotoGP races to go…
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The tiny gadget that will transform MotoGP in 2023
MotoGP’s minimum tyre pressure rules will be enforced for the first time in 2023, which will have a huge effect on the racing. For a start, top engineers believe there will be less overtaking and more crashes
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'The Bol d’Or 24-hour race and Glastonbury share much in common' — Mat Oxley
On September 17 and 18 the world’s biggest 24-hour motorcycle race celebrated its centenary. The Bol d’Or is to motorcycling what Glastonbury is to music festivals – and the two…
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MotoGP signs up with the Saudis
MotoGP looks set to become the latest series to race in Saudi Arabia with the announcement of a Memorandum of Understanding between MotoGP commercial rights holder Dorna and the Gulf…
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Super-typhoon blows Bagnaia’s MotoGP title plans off course
It’s been a tough two weeks for MotoGP’s top title contenders: at Aragon it was Fabio Quartararo’s turn to crash out, at Motegi it was Bagnaia’s, while Aleix Espargaró had his own kind of bad luck
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Moto2: ‘Now it can be a bit too intense for riders and teams’
Cameron Beaubier’s crew chief Stuart Shenton has won world titles with Freddie Spencer and Kevin Schwantz. So how much has grand prix racing changed since those days?
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Aragon MotoGP: ‘Bagnaia is a better Biaggi, Bastianini is like Stoner’
Everything happened at Aragon: Sunday’s MotoGp race was the metronome versus the magician, Enea Bastianini ending Pecco Bagnaia’s winning streak, while title leader Fabio Quartararo crashed out in a collision that also ended Marc Márquez’s comeback
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What to expect from Márquez’s latest MotoGP comeback
Marc Márquez races again at Aragón this weekend, so how will he go? And does it really matter? Because all that really matters is 2023, right?
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What do MotoGP fans really, really want?
The findings of Dorna’s MotoGP fans survey landed at Misano, as did Pecco Bagnaia’s controversial helmet and the announcement that MotoGP will race in Saudi Arabia. What to make of it all?
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Misano MotoGP: Perfect Pecco has a knife to Quartararo’s throat
“I had the knife here,” said a weary-looking Fabio Quartararo outside Yamaha’s Misano garage on Sunday afternoon. The man who has led the 2022 MotoGP championship since April’s Portuguese GP…
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What was MotoGP like 50 years ago?
They say history is another country, and MotoGP in the early 1970s was so different to its modern-day counterpart to be barely recognisable
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What does Honda need to do to win again in MotoGP?
With Marc Márquez lost to injury and post-op rehab, Honda is struggling like never before in MotoGP, so what does grand prix racing’s most successful manufacturer need to win again? Plus Márquez’s plans to race again, possibly in October
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Who can stop Ducati's MotoGP juggernaut?
Pecco Bagnaia scored his third consecutive victory on Sunday, chased by miracle-maker Fabio Quartararo, while third title contender Aleix Espargaró struggled
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Michelin to start testing new MotoGP front slick next month
MotoGP action has suffered in recent years due to an overloaded front tyre. Next month factory team test riders will get the chance to evaluate Michelin’s long-awaited solution to this problem
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MotoGP’s sprint races – good or bad idea?
A hundred years or so ago the world was accelerating faster than ever, thanks to the arrival of the internal-combustion engine, the telephone, electricity and other new technologies that turbocharged…
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“For Marc Márquez this latest operation is his last roll of the dice” Mat Oxley
MotoGP has lost its two greatest stars this season: Valentino Rossi, who has switched to cars, and Marc Márquez, who is once again recuperating from major surgery. Márquez has suffered…
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