Valentino Rossi has urged MotoGP bosses to speak to Alvaro Bautista after the Italian was almost caught up in a first lap incident with the Gresini Honda rider for the second race in succession in Barcelona yesterday. Rossi and Bautista collided on the opening lap of the nine-times world champion’s home race in Mugello earlier this month and both crashed ...
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- MotoGP
- 17 June 2013
Valentino Rossi’s love affair with the Catalunya track near Barcelona continued today when then Italian topped the practice leaderboard to deny home heroes Jorge Lorenzo, Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez. The nine-times world champion has an incredible record at Catalunya with 10 MotoGP podiums, including six wins, and the 34-year-old shone in scorching hot conditions today. A best lap of ...
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- MotoGP
- 14 June 2013
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- 12 June 2013
An all-new 850cc street-focused triple for just £6799? Meet the future of Yamaha… Yamaha have released details of one of their most important new bikes in decades, the MT-09. It’s an all-new naked middleweight designed specifically for the European market with a brand-new 850cc transverse three-cylinder engine, upright riding position, distinctive styling – and a hugely attractive price tag of ...
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- New bikes
- 11 June 2013
In this week's MCN, out June 12, we have the round-up of TT fortnight, with all the latest news. McGuinness takes maybe his greatest win ever, as the old master proves he's still fast. Also this week: We have an exclusive on Yamaha's new 850cc triple and we test BMW's F800GS Adventure. In sport: As well as all the latest ...
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- General news
- 11 June 2013
Suzuki will get a clear understanding of the size of the task it faces to be a competitive force in MotoGP again when it pitches its new 1000cc MotoGP contender against Honda and Yamaha in Spain next week. Randy de Puniet completed a successful shakedown of the new bike in Japan recently and Suzuki is poised to kick off a ...
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- MotoGP
- 11 June 2013
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- 06 June 2013
- Rate My Bike
- 05 June 2013
Bradley Smith ended the toughest weekend of his MotoGP career with a gutsy ride to ninth place before heading off to fix up his battered and bruised body. Huge high-side crashes on cold tyres in Friday’s FP2 and yesterday morning’s pre-race warm-up session meant Smith started the 23-lap feeling like he’d been in a bar room brawl. The most severe ...
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- MotoGP
- 03 June 2013
Marc Marquez bounced back from the fastest and scariest crash of his career in Mugello to claim sixth place on the grid for tomorrow’s Italian MotoGP clash. The Repsol Honda rider miraculously escaped serious injury after he lost control of his RC213V machine at 210mph as he entered the braking zone at the end of the super fast Mugello start/finish ...
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- MotoGP
- 01 June 2013
