For the second time in three years, Saturday's race action at the International North West 200 fell victim to the weather as torrential rain led to just two laps of racing being completed. The rain that began to fall overnight ceased to stop falling, getting heavier as the day wore on, and a final course inspection by Event Director Mervyn ...
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- TT & road races
- 18 May 2013
Marc Marquez stormed to his second pole position of his career, in only his fourth MotoGP race, ahead of Spanish championship rival Jorge Lorenzo. Marquez just pipped the reigning world champion, taking pole by only 0.03 seconds, having recovered from a heavy crash at turn one in the previous FP4 session. However, the real shock of the session was Andrea ...
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- MotoGP
- 18 May 2013
Michael Dunlop took victory in Saturday's North West 200 Supersport race although heavy rain meant conditions were treacherous and the result declared at the end of the second lap after four riders crashed out, fortunately without injury. "A win's a win, I guess," said Dunlop "but it was hard going and there's no grip at all. I tried to take Station ...
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- TT & road races
- 18 May 2013
Maverick Vinales has continued the run of form that saw him take hisfirst win of the season at Jerez two weeks ago to finish qualifying top of the time sheets at Le Mans. Blitzing the fastest time from free practice, he took the pole by a tenth of a second from Miguel Olivera's Mahindra. German Jonas Folger was third, creating a ...
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- MotoGP
- 18 May 2013
British rider Scott Redding’s stunning start to the 2013 world championship campaign continued in Le Mans today when the Marc VDS Racing rider dominated the opening day of Moto2 practice. Redding had already controlled this morning’s FP1 in sunny but extremely cool conditions to top the timesheets with a lap of 1.38.809 when he improved to a 1.38.283 this afternoon ...
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- MotoGP
- 17 May 2013
There’s not always enough cable on a battery charger to reach from the plug to your bike, which is why charging specialist CTEK has added an extension lead to its range. The 2.5-metre cable extends the range of the CTEK XS 0.8 charger to allow for wall-mounting of the charger or for those who want to charge their bike’s battery ...
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- Parts & accessories
- 17 May 2013
In the beginning came the Honda CB500F naked and CBR500R sports, now here's the adventure-styled 'X' version of Honda's new twin. Was it worth the wait? brightcove.createExperiences();
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- First rides & tests
- 17 May 2013
Boosted by his first win of 2013 in Jerez earlier this month, Dani Pedrosa continued his impressive run of form in France today to top the opening day of practice at the historic Le Mans track.A best lap of 1.34.035 put the Repsol Honda rider just 0.134s clear of world championship leader and teammate Marc Marquez in cool but dry ...
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- MotoGP
- 17 May 2013
The Manx government has said there are no plans for a national speed limit after a coroner accused it of “putting innocent lives at unacceptable risk”. Coroner of Inquests John Needham said the government had a duty “to protect all people sometimes from risks that they wish to impose upon themselves”.He was speaking at the inquest of a motorcyclist who ...
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- General news
- 17 May 2013
Minor traffic offences will be dealt with by new dedicated courts under plans announced by the Government today.Setting up special traffic courts will free up magistrates to deal with more serious cases, according to the Ministry of Justice.About half a million traffic cases are heard by magistrates each year, often taking longer to process than major offences, the department said.The ...
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- 17 May 2013
