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Mid-Season Racing Notes – Old Man Rossi, Stupid Summer Breaks & BSB’s Breakthrough…

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Alan Dowds

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16th July 2018

Quick warning – spoilers lay inside regarding yesterday’s MotoGP race in Germany – you’ve been warned! Anyway, with all major racing series now on a hiatus, let’s just have a quick look at a few points of interest… Old Dog – New Tricks One must simply give props (say the kids, in the ‘90s…) to…
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MotoGP 2018 – Assen – Notes

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Alan Dowds

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2nd July 2018

Good old Assen – no matter the series or class, chances are you’ll always get a good race around there! It’s often the way with the older tracks, the ones with fast, flowing corners, and this year we finally got a multi-rider MotoGP scrap (nearly) all the way to the flag… Qualifying had been tight…
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WSB 2018 – Laguna Seca – 10 Things!

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Alan Dowds

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20th June 2018

With WSB hotting right up at the moment, here’s 10 important things to know before the Superbike boys hit Laguna Seca’s hallowed tarmac – will we see a seventh winner of the year in the USA?! 1- Alex Lowes (Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team) became the 74th race winner in WorldSBK history at Brno. He…
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WSB 2018 – Jonny Rea Signs With Kawasaki For Two More Years!

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Alan Dowds

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11th June 2018

Jonny Rea has seen the light, as most expected he would, and turned down any offers for a second-rate MotoGP ride and other offers from within the WSB paddock to remain with Team Green another two seasons! Really, where else would he go? Even with the ever so slightly annoying performance balancing system (that handicaps…
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WSB 2018 – More Revs for BMW, Honda & MV Agusta

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Alan Dowds

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8th June 2018

At last in WSB this year we’ve seen some rev-limits altered to try and balance out performance, with the three manufacturers deemed to be under-performing being given an extra 250rpm to add to their red-limiters. With BMW, MV Agusta and Honda barely getting a sniff of the podium thus far in 2018, they’ve now been…
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MV Agusta Returns To Grand Prix Racing!

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Alan Dowds

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6th June 2018

An astonishing forty-two years down the line since they last competed in Grand Prix racing, MV Agusta are making a return with the Forward Racing squad in the Moto2 series for 2019. We’ve expected as much for a while, but it’s nice to get official confirmation regardless! With Triumph next up to become the sole…
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Jorge Lorenzo Signs With Repsol Honda!

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Alan Dowds

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6th June 2018

And there it is, two big surprises in one week nobody really saw coming – Jorge Lorenzo winning on a Ducati, and then being signed up by Repsol Honda to replace Dani Pedrosa – wow… HRC are certainly one of few who can afford him, and Pedrosa’s time there was always on a knife edge…
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MotoGP 2018 – Mugello – Notes

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Alan Dowds

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5th June 2018

MotoGP at Mugello is always an entertaining and emotional event, and this year around was no exception, with the winner a very, very big surprise to all! First off, it’s always great when a rider under pressure (no matter who it is), surprises everyone and smashes the field. Fair play to Jorge Lorenzo, nobody saw…
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WSB 2018 – Donington – 10 Things!

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Alan Dowds

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22nd May 2018

With WSB heading to UK shores this weekend at Donington, here’s some interesting facts and figures to whet your appetite before the hammer goes down, direct from the WSB press office – aren’t they nice?! 1. With his double win at Imola, Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) is now the undisputed leader of doubles…
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WSB 2018 – Imola – 10 Things!

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Alan Dowds

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9th May 2018

With the Imola round of WSB incoming this very weekend, here’s some interesting facts and figures about the venue and it’s WSB history, direct from the WSB press office – those nice people! 1. With his win in Race 2 at Assen, Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) ended a drought of six races outside…
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WSB 2018 – Assen – 10 Things!

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Alan Dowds

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20th April 2018

With practice at Assen’s WSB round in full swing already, here are 10 things to know before the racing begins Saturday morning, direct from the WSB press office! 1. All eyes will be on Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) at Assen, as he has won the last seven races here – eleven in total.…
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WSB 2018 – Aragon – 10 Things!

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Alan Dowds

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11th April 2018

With WSB visiting Aragon in Spain this weekend, in a jam-packed weekend of racing with BSB also running at the same time, we’ve ten facts to whet your appetite for you, straight from the WSB press office! 1. Hard times for the World Champion: Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) has managed just two podiums…
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WSB 2018 – Round 1 – Phillip Island Musings…

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Alan Dowds

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26th February 2018

Finally we’ve had some mainstream racing to watch in 2018, with WSB’s first round at Phillip Island kicking things off nicely under the new rule-set, although not quite to the standard we’ve been used to in recent years… With the new technical rules now in play, everyone was curious as to how things would pan…
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WSB 2018 – Phillip Island In Numbers!

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Alan Dowds

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12th February 2018

The start of the racing season is now oh so close, with WSB Round 1 at Phillip Island a mere couple of weeks away – hurry up already! With that in mind here’s some stats and figures direct from the WSB press office to whet our appetites and, as nearly every year has proved, the…
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WSB 2018 Jerez Testing – Kel Edge Gallery & Notes

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Alan Dowds

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26th January 2018

The first bout of 2018 testing is complete for WSB, held at Jerez, as the circus prepares to move to Portimao for another couple of days whizzing round before jetting off to Oz for round one – just a single month away! So find here a lush gallery of snaps from Jerez, by the man…
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