Valentino Rossi said he was lucky to emerge unscathed from a crash in the fastest corner in an incident-packed qualifying session ahead of tomorrow's Spanish MotoGP showdown at Jerez. The Italian fell heavily at the first fast right-hander in the final section at Jerez and while his factory Yamaha YZR-M1 suffered extensive damage, he walked away unhurt and still managed ...
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- MotoGP
- 04 May 2013
BT Sport’s successful bid for the live MotoGP TV rights in the UK in 2014 will be confirmed this week, with MCN learning the multi-million pound deal will be formally announced in London on Thursday. BT’s new dedicated sports channel, which is due for launch in August, has beaten off tough competition from the likes of the BBC and Sky ...
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- MotoGP
- 04 May 2013
Bradley Smith’s rookie MotoGP campaign continues to be a baptism of fire after the British rider ended the opening day of practice in Jerez today in 14th position. The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider was a lowly 17th in this morning’s FP1 session but he was able to improve by almost a second in hotter conditions during FP2 to move ...
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- MotoGP
- 03 May 2013
Cal Crutchlow’s brilliant start to the 2013 MotoGP campaign continued today after the British rider set the third fastest time on the opening day of practice at the Jerez track in Spain. A best lap of 1.39.733 left the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider only 0.171s adrift of factory Yamaha rival Jorge Lorenzo and only 0.029s behind Repsol Honda rider ...
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- MotoGP
- 03 May 2013
Valentino Rossi might have ended the opening day of practice for the Jerez MotoGP clash just outside of the top three, but the Italian fears he lacks the speed over race distance to fight Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa for victory in Sunday’s 27-lap race. The nine-times world champion set a best time of 1.39.874 to finish 0.312s behind factory ...
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- MotoGP
- 03 May 2013
Valentino Rossi and Cal Crutchlow have played down speculation that they are to join forces in a factory Yamaha dream team to compete in the Suzuka 8-hour endurance race in late July. Just hours after 1993 world 500cc champion Kevin Schwantz announced that he will make a shock return to racing in the 8-hour in a team with Yukio Kagayama ...
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- MotoGP
- 03 May 2013
British rider Cal Crutchlow is bidding to challenge the elite factory four in this weekend’s Jerez MotoGP race to continue his brilliant start to the 2013 world championship campaign.Crutchlow finished fifth behind reigning world champion Jorge Lorenzo, Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa in the floodlit season opener in Qatar last month.And he was a fantastic fourth in the ...
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- MotoGP
- 02 May 2013
Where British fans will be watching Cal Crutchlow and Valentino Rossi racing in MotoGP next year is about to become clearer, with the hot rumour suggesting the BBC will lose the UK TV rights to the new BT Sport digital channel.The BBC’s five-year contract expires at the end of 2013 and while lengthy negotiations have taken place over an extension ...
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- MotoGP
- 02 May 2013
Michael Laverty is hoping an updated electronics package will boost his hopes of a maiden points scoring finish in the first European MotoGP clash of 2013 at the Jerez track in Spain on Sunday.The Paul Bird Motorsport rider had a tough debut in Qatar last month but showed signs of significant progress with the new British-built PBM chassis in Texas ...
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- MotoGP
- 02 May 2013
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa has spoken of his disappointment at recent comments attributed to American legend Kevin Schwantz that were critical of the Spaniard and his long-serving manager and mentor Alberto Puig. French and Spanish media outlets quoted Schwantz casting doubt over Pedrosa’s ability to win the MotoGP world title in 2013. This year is Pedrosa’s eighth in Honda’s ...
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- 26 April 2013
