FTR Honda rider Maverick Vinales took his fourth Moto3 victory of the season at Mugello after a hard race long battle. Despite running wide in the latter half of the final lap, Vinales managed to hold on to his lead ahead of Italian Romano Fenati to tkae victory by just two hundredths of a second. KTM rider Sandro Cortese finished ...
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- 15 July 2012
Kalex rider Pol Espargaro will start tomorrow's 21 lap race from pole position after stealing the top spot from title rival Marc Marquez in the dying moments of qualifying. Despite setting the third fastest time of the session, Johann Zarco will start from 18th place on the grid after receiving a penalty from race direction. Zarco crashed into Espargaro during ...
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- 14 July 2012
All new BMW motorcycles will come with ABS as standard when the 2013 models go on sale. BMW has opted to fit all their models with ABS from 2013 due to the European Union's requirement that all motorcycles sold within Europe should come with ABS as of 2016. Other than the addition of ABS, most of BMW's range get slight ...
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- 11 July 2012
SBK Generations, £29.99Time played: One month What's good? The career mode is improved from last year. You now start in 2009 and have up until the end of the 2012 season to win the WSB title. So this means you start racing Crutchlow in WSS, before moving through the ranks if you’re good enough. In previous years you started in ...
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- 09 July 2012
In this week's MCN, out July 4, we have all the information on the new BMW F700GS and F800GS. With the Triumph Tiger 800 eating into BMW's market share, the German manufacturer has revamped its middleweight adventure bikes, but will it be enough? We ride the relaunched MV Agusta F3 to find out if MV really have fixed the fuelling problems. ...
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- 03 July 2012
Suter rider Marc Marquez has extended his championship lead with victory in the Moto2 race at Assen after two of his championship rivals failed to score points. Fellow Spaniard Pol Espargaro - who was just six points behind Marquez going in to today's race - crashed out of the lead on only the second lap, leaving his bike in pieces. ...
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- 30 June 2012
FTR Honda rider Maverick Vinales has moved to the the top of the Moto3 championship after a hard fought victory at Silverstone today. Vinales now leads KTM rider Sandro Cortest by two points after six races. Alexis Masbou got the holeshot to lead the front group of nine riders - all easily in with a chance of a podium position. ...
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- 17 June 2012
Spaniard Pol Espargaro followed on from his first ever Moto2 pole position with a dominating performance in the Moto2 race at Silverstone to take his second Moto2 victory. Brits Scott Redding and Bradley Smith both got excellent starts, Smith especially as he took the outside line from the second row of the grid to take the lead ahead of Redding. ...
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- 17 June 2012
Spaniard Pol Espargaro has taken the first Moto2 pole position of his career at Silverstone in a windy qualifying session. Brit Scott Redding spent the majority of the session at the top of the timesheets, with Espargaro at the top, but struggling in the final sector. Espargaro went top with a lap of 2'08.011, six tenths faster than Redding. Andrea ...
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- 16 June 2012
Trials Evolution, 1200 Microsoft Points (about £12)Time used: Three weeks What's good? Pretty much everything. This is the sequel to the hugely popular and brilliant Trials HD, and as such takes everything that was good about that and takes it up to 11. Levels are bigger, more fun/frustrating and the skill games have been taken to another level entirely, with ...
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- 15 June 2012
