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Why MotoGP can't afford a repeat of the Kazakhstan GP fiasco
MotoGP's planned debut at the Sokol International Circuit has become something of a soap opera. At this point, it is quite understandable that most of the paddock's members doubt that the Kazakhstan race will ever take place.The 'show' has offered several chapters. Dorna, the rights holder for the event, first introduced Kazakhstan on the 2023 calendar. Under the slogan "New circuit, new ...Keep reading
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Kazakhstan GP replaced by second Misano MotoGP round
The Kazakhstan Grand Prix will be replaced on the 2024 MotoGP calendar by a second round at Misano, it was announced on Monday.The news means it is the third time the Kazakhstan race has been postponed since it was originally included on the calendar.First scheduled to make its debut in 2023, the Sokol event was postponed until July this year because the circuit was not ready in time.But flooding ...Keep reading
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2024 Donington World Superbike Race Two Result: Exciting Race But Not Very Exciting
2024 Donington World Superbike Race Two Result: Exciting Race But Not Very Exciting
The day got warmer, up to 21ºC, as the World Superbike grid lined up for twenty three laps. The weekend attendance was 52,743 fans through the gates. Alvaro Bautista dropped his bike on the way to the grid and his team frantically dragged lumps of Leicestershire from his plastics as everyone else relaxed.
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Jared Earle Sun, 14/Jul/2024 - 13:56
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VR46 "doesn't agree" with Ducati on reducing factory MotoGP bikes in 2025
Valentino Rossi’s VR46 squad “doesn’t agree” with Ducati’s decision to cut down the supply of factory MotoGP bikes to just three next season.Team boss Alessio ‘Uccio’ Salucci has expressed his disappointment over Ducati only providing the outfit with a single example of the GP25 in 2025, when Pramac has enjoyed two of the latest-spec bikes in the last two seasons.VR46 had originally ...Keep reading
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2024 Donington World Superbike Race One Result: Speeding Ticket Issued
2024 Donington World Superbike Race One Result: Speeding Ticket Issued
World Superbike's opening race of the weekend was blessed with warm, if not actually hot, weather, climbing to 22ºC during the race. The race was twenty three uninterrupted laps of Donington, with a threat of rain coming to nothing.
Jared Earle Sat, 13/Jul/2024 - 14:04
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2024 Donington World Superbike Superpole Result: Moved Goalposts
2024 Donington World Superbike Superpole Result: Moved Goalposts
World Superbike Superpole qualifying follows Remy Gardner setting a new lap record in this morning's warmup. Fifteen minutes would determine the grid for this afternoon's feature race and tomorrow morning's Superpole sprint race.
Jared Earle Sat, 13/Jul/2024 - 10:41
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2024 Donington World Supersport Superpole Result: Rain Disrupts Play, Red Flag Ends It
2024 Donington World Supersport Superpole Result: Rain Disrupts Play, Red Flag Ends It
World Supersport qualifying took place under a grey sky that loomed ominously over the track. The air temperature was a deceptive 16.7ºC with a 23ºC track. Red on white flags welcomed the rain a couple of minutes in and twenty minutes into the session, the limited adhesion flags came back out as the rain gently wandered by.
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Jared Earle Fri, 12/Jul/2024 - 15:52
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2024 Donington World Supersport FP Result: Montella Beats Lap Record Ahead Of Navarro And Booth-Amos
2024 Donington World Supersport FP Result: Montella Beats Lap Record Ahead Of Navarro And Booth-Amos
Yari Montella set a new lap record, a 1’28.907, over three quarters of a second quicker than Jorge Navarro and Tom Booth-Amos with fourth-quickest Lucas Mahias over a second off Montella's pace.
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2024 Donington World Superbike FP1 Result: Razgatlioglu Quickest on Damp Track
2024 Donington World Superbike FP1 Result: Razgatlioglu Quickest on Damp Track
Toprak Razgatlioglu opened the typically British grey weekend on top, holding off Danilo Petrucci and Garrett Gerloff. While the track had damp patches in all sectors, the speed wasn't affected too much and Razgatlioglu set progressively quicker times as the session progressed.
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Gresini or VR46? Aldeguer hopes for 2025 MotoGP team decision in summer break
Moto2 frontrunner Fermin Aldeguer is still waiting for Ducati to decide the team with which he will make his step up to MotoGP in 2025.Aldeguer had been expected to join Pramac after he signed a MotoGP contract directly with Ducati at the start of his third season in Moto2.But Pramac’s decision to break a long association with Ducati and join the Yamaha fold next year has complicated matters for ...Keep reading
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Vinales can't "comprehend" Aprilia's disappearing MotoGP practice pace
Maverick Vinales has conceded he can’t “comprehend” how Aprilia goes from running at the front in Friday practice to being 10 seconds off the pace over the course of a MotoGP race weekend.Since Vinales’s emphatic victory in the Americas Grand Prix in April, Aprilia is yet to add another podium finish to its tally and is fighting to remain second in the manufacturers' standings with KTM.In ...Keep reading
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Has Martin given Ducati another reason to bet everything on Bagnaia in MotoGP?
"If anyone thinks that a factory is going to allow a satellite team rider to win the world championship, they don't have a clue where they are," a former rider and current team manager of a MotoGP told this writer on the condition of anonymity.And that was before Jorge Martin found out that Ducati had picked Marc Marquez over him for the second factory seat for 2025, prompting him to switch to ...Keep reading
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Acosta: First half of rookie MotoGP season "4.5/10"
KTM protege Pedro Acosta has given himself a 4.5 grade out of 10 after the opening half of his rookie MotoGP season.Tech3 GasGas rider Acosta made a storming debut in MotoGP at the start of the year, as he outperformed all his KTM compatriots and finished on the podium in only his second grand prix at Portimao. Another trip to the rostrum at Austin only cemented the belief that he is a ...Keep reading
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Alex Marquez: "Dream" podium with brother Marc trumps previous MotoGP achievements
Gresini MotoGP rider Alex Marquez says he would trade all his previous 42 grand prix podiums for the one he achieved in last weekend’s German Grand Prix with elder brother Marc.Alex and Marc Marquez shared a podium in MotoGP for the first time in Sunday’s race at the Sachsenring after finishing third and second respectively behind race winner Francesco Bagnaia (factory Ducati team).It was a ...Keep reading
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Bagnaia was expecting last-lap German GP showdown before Martin crash
Francesco Bagnaia believes the German Grand Prix would have gone down the wire had Jorge Martin not crashed on the penultimate lap and handed him an easy MotoGP win.Pramac rider Martin was circulating comfortably in the front as the Sachsenring race neared its conclusion, having started from pole position and retaken the lead from title rival Bagnaia on lap 7 of 30.But the Italian appeared to have ...Keep reading
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Kazakhstan MotoGP Round Finally Canceled - Misano To Replace
Kazakhstan MotoGP Round Finally Canceled - Misano To Replace
The 2024 MotoGP calendar shuffle continues unabated. We had known for some time that the Kazakhstan round of MotoGP was to be canceled due to a range of issues at the Sokol International Racetrack. But Dorna had struggled to find a replacement circuit to host a race.
That struggle is at an end. Today, the FIM announced that Misano is to take the place of the Kazakhstan GP on the calendar. The Emilia-Romagna GP is to take place from 20th-22nd of September.
This means that there will be two rounds in three weeks at the Italian circuit. The Gran Premio di San Marino e della Riviera di Rimini is due to take place on the weekend of September 6th-8th, with a MotoGP test due on the Monday after the race. Now, the paddock will remain in Italy, and return to the track after a weekend off.
David Emmett Mon, 15/Jul/2024 - 09:53
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2024 Donington World Supersport Race Two Result: Red Flags, Green Paint, Red Faces
2024 Donington World Supersport Race Two Result: Red Flags, Green Paint, Red Faces
World Supersport lined up in order of their best laps in yesterday's race for nineteen laps of racing. A red flag would cut it down to twelve laps to close off the day's racing.
Jared Earle Sun, 14/Jul/2024 - 15:12
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2024 Donington World Superbike Superpole Race Result: Grey Skies Loomed
2024 Donington World Superbike Superpole Race Result: Grey Skies Loomed
The weather, a regular character in British racing, was promising to try and visit once again, and with an air temperature of just 18ºC, the ten lap sprint would be keeping its eye on the sky.
Jared Earle Sun, 14/Jul/2024 - 10:38
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2024 Donington World Supersport Race One Result: A Bit Of How Do
2024 Donington World Supersport Race One Result: A Bit Of How Do
Rain threatened once again, as World Supersport lined up for nineteen laps of Donington Park as the temperature dropped to 18.8ºC. Once again, it held off and let the racers race.
Jared Earle Sat, 13/Jul/2024 - 14:53
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Ducati admits reaction to Marquez MotoGP decision has been "divisive"
Ducati says its decision to sign Marc Marquez for its factory MotoGP team in 2025 has garnered a “divisive” response in Italy.The marque has admitted that it has received a bit of criticism for choosing six-time champion Marquez over Jorge Martin as Francesco Bagania’s team-mate for next season.Ducati had initially zeroed in on last year’s runner-up Martin to replace Enea Bastianini as ...Keep reading
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2024 Donington World Superbike FP3 Result: Gardner Sets New Record
2024 Donington World Superbike FP3 Result: Gardner Sets New Record
With the top seven laps set by BMWs and Yamahas, Remy Gardner set a 1'25.823 outright lap record ahead of Toprak Razgatlioglu and Scott Redding.
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Jared Earle Sat, 13/Jul/2024 - 09:56
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2024 Donington World Superbike FP2 Result: Razgatlioglu Remains Quickest
2024 Donington World Superbike FP2 Result: Razgatlioglu Remains Quickest
Everyone but Garrett Gerloff improved on their morning's time as Toprak Razgatlioglu remained quickest, joined by Danilo Petrucci and Nicolo Bulega in the top three. Rein threatened but didn't show up until after qualifying.
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Alex Lowes, Alvaro Bautista and Andrea Iannone crashed out, while Razgatlioglu saved a turn twelve crash on his knee.
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Jared Earle Fri, 12/Jul/2024 - 15:19
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Cormac Shoots The Sachsenring: A Waterfall Full Of Surprises At The German GP, Part 2
Cormac Shoots The Sachsenring: A Waterfall Full Of Surprises At The German GP, Part 2
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Champ. Pecco Bagnaia did the business at the Sachsenring, with a little help from his main rival Jorge Martin
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Espargaro: My job at Aprilia is done, now I want to help Honda win again in MotoGP
Aleix Espargaro feels his ‘job at Aprilia is done’ and he now wants to help Honda return to winning ways in MotoGP in his role as a test rider.Espargaro has been a key pillar of Aprilia’s MotoGP programme since 2017 and widely hailed for transforming the RS-GP from a perennial backmarker to a multiple race-winning bike.But instead of continuing his relationship with the Noale-based marque ...Keep reading
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Cormac Shoots The Sachsenring: A Waterfall Full Of Surprises At The German GP, Part 1
Cormac Shoots The Sachsenring: A Waterfall Full Of Surprises At The German GP, Part 1
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He looked like Mr Perfect at the Sachsenring. But Jorge Martin was only Mr 50%
David Emmett Thu, 11/Jul/2024 - 21:22
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Paddock Pass Podcast Episode 419: Patreon Questions - Is MotoGP A Ducati Cup? And Are You Tired Of Tyres?
Paddock Pass Podcast Episode 419: Patreon Questions - Is MotoGP A Ducati Cup? And Are You Tired Of Tyres?
Fresh back from the Sachsenring (or in the case of David, on his way back), Adam, Neil, Steve and David answer Patreon questions after the German GP. Can Marc Marquez win on the GP23 vs the GP24s? Is MotoGP turning into a Ducati cup? Will the tyre pressure misery ever go away? Why did Maverick Viñales and Enea Bastianini join KTM, and what can we expect from them? Plus, Neil speaks to Joe Roberts after the race on Sunday.
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Marquez: Staying third in MotoGP standings "won't be easy"
Marc Marquez has set out a goal of finishing inside the top three in the MotoGP standings this year, as he admits keeping factory Ducati rider Enea Bastianini behind “won’t be easy”.Gresini rider Marquez has been a part of MotoGP’s 'big three' group this year alongside reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia and Pramac ace Jorge Martin, with the trio locking out the podium at Le Mans and ...Keep reading
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Has Morbidelli found his MotoGP mojo again after years of struggles at Yamaha?
Pramac rider Franco Morbidelli showed glimpses of his former self as he battled team-mate Jorge Martin and reigning champion Francesco Bagnaia for a podium in last weekend’s German GP.While his strategy to play aggressive early on ultimately and dropped him to fifth at the finish, there were only positives to take for a rider who is rebuilding his career after going from fighting for the ...Keep reading
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Nine things we learned from the 2024 MotoGP German Grand Prix
Francesco Bagnaia’s victory at the Sachsenring on Sunday elevated him to top of the standings by 10 points over Pramac Ducati rival Jorge Martin, who had things under control until his surprise crash on the penultimate lap.Marc Marquez couldn’t add another win to his Sachsenring tally, but was delighted with second place after a horrible weekend - especially after brother and Gresini ...Keep reading
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Motomutterers Standings post Sachsenring
Motomutterers Standings post Sachsenring
1. Yud77 - 1031 E.Bas - 155 F.Bag - 222 M.Mar - 166 J.Mar - 212 P.Aco - 110 M.Mar - 166 2. Kailas - 1031 M.Mar - 166 F.Bag - 222 J.Mar - 212 E.Bas - 155 P.Aco - 110 M.Mar - 166 3. JayLaw - 1030 F.Bag - 222 J.Mar - 212 B.Bin - 108 M.Mar - 166 P.Aco - 110 J.Mar - 212
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