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MotoGP Australian GP: Marquez streaks ahead in sole Friday practice session
Marc Marquez dominated a tense Friday Practice session for the Australian Grand Prix, leading his brother and Gresini Ducati team-mate Alex on the final timesheets.MotoGP championship rivals Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia both booked their passages into Saturday’s Q2, though Bagnaia only posted his lap at the last-possible moment in a session that had its complications for both.Among the big ...Keep reading
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2024 Phillip Island Moto2 P1 Results: Aldeguer Leads Canet As Track Dries
2024 Phillip Island Moto2 P1 Results: Aldeguer Leads Canet As Track Dries
Results:
David Emmett Fri, 18/Oct/2024 - 05:37
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2024 Phillip Island MotoGP FP1 Canceled Due To Heavy Rain
2024 Phillip Island MotoGP FP1 Canceled Due To Heavy Rain
After the rain which had been falling during Moto2 free practice became much heavier, the FP1 practice session for the MotoGP class at Phillip Island was first delayed, and eventually canceled altogether due to track conditions. Originally, the afternoon practice session was due to have 20 minutes added on, but in the end it was decided to add an extra 10 minutes to Saturday morning's FP2 session.
David Emmett Fri, 18/Oct/2024 - 05:27
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2024 Phillip Island Moto3 FP Results: Alonso Fastest On A Soaking Track
2024 Phillip Island Moto3 FP Results: Alonso Fastest On A Soaking Track
Results:
David Emmett Fri, 18/Oct/2024 - 05:24
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Phillip Island MotoGP Thursday Round Up: Weather Perils, The Mental Battle, And The Trouble With Shoulders
Phillip Island MotoGP Thursday Round Up: Weather Perils, The Mental Battle, And The Trouble With Shoulders
Phillip Island can be counted on to deliver two things: great racing, and big surprises. This weekend is no different, with the wildcards being the complex interplay between the weather, the new asphalt, and the tires. The new surface is going to be both fast and very hard on rear tires. Michelin have three rear tires to choose from: a soft rear with the normal construction, and a medium and a hard using the heat-resistant construction used at Mandalika.
At any other circuit, the soft would only be used for qualifying with the riders choosing between the medium and hard for the race. But this is Phillip Island, and the forecast is for low temperatures - highs of 15°C on Saturday and Sunday - allied with strong winds. "The harder one I don’t think we will even test," Aleix Espargaro said on Thursday.
So the task for the riders is to decide whether they think they can make the soft last race distance, or are better off using the medium. Normally, they would spend Friday working on this, especially the Friday afternoon practice session. The trouble is, it is raining in Phillip Island, and it looks set to be wet all day. Testing tires is going to be nigh on impossible.
Damp squib
David Emmett Thu, 17/Oct/2024 - 21:37
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Martin and Bagnaia declare caution, giving hope to MotoGP rivals in Australia
As MotoGP title protagonists Jorge Martin and Francesco Bagnaia both admitted a risk-averse approach to this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, the likes of Pedro Acosta, Marc Marquez and others are eyeing an opportunity to grab victory.Martin (Pramac Ducati) leads factory Ducati rider Bagnaia by 10 points heading into the final quartet of races. And in Thursday’s press conference at Phillip ...Keep reading
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How MotoGP’s new star is snatching the show from lengthy title duel
It’s hard to measure exactly what aspect of any given motor race excites punters the most. But if we use the tone of voice adopted by MotoGP’s various television pundits as a yardstick, the answer in Japan was clear: Pedro Acosta.And one suspects that the mixture of volume and reverence among the broadcasters when Acosta was doing absolutely anything on screen was indicative of what was going ...Keep reading
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Bagnaia: Familiar faces will dominate until Valencia
Japanese Grand Prix winner Francesco Bagnaia has warned MotoGP fans not to expect much of a break in the status quo between now and the last race of the season at Valencia.The reigning champion believes the main contenders will be the same ones that dominated the 24-lap race at Motegi on Sunday and currently occupy the first four spots in the championship standings - Pramac Ducati’s Jorge ...Keep reading
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What Honda must do next now it has its ideal MotoGP tech boss
The appointment of Romano Albesiano as Honda's technical director for 2025 has a powerful symbolic charge for a company so faithful to Japanese philosophy. However, the key to the success of the Italian's signing is no longer so much what he can contribute, but what he is allowed to do.Last year, a number of major changes were seen at the top of HRC. However, looking at the effect they have had on ...Keep reading
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Paddock Pass Podcast Episode 443: Perfection, Prangs, And Points
Paddock Pass Podcast Episode 443: Perfection, Prangs, And Points
The Motegi MotoGP round did not live up to its promise, with some perfect riding making for a lack of spectacle. But Neil, Adam, and David still have plenty to talk about after the weekend, including Marc Marquez' stolen pole, Pedro Acosta's many crashes, Pecco Bagnaia's near perfect weekend, and how Jorge Martin salvaged what could have been a disaster. Plus we touch on David Alonso's first Moto3 title, an otherwise thrilling Moto2 race, and Neil's adventures of visiting Japan for the first time. And of course our winners and losers.
David Emmett Sun, 06/Oct/2024 - 14:22
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Quartararo: “Unacceptable” to run out of fuel again in Japanese GP
Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo has described running out of fuel for the second time in three MotoGP races as “unacceptable.”The 2021 world champion lost 11th position in Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix to LCR Honda rival Johann Zarco after running dry on the finishing straight on the final lap.This followed him losing a likely fifth-place finish late in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at ...Keep reading
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Mir fuming at Alex Marquez over "crazy" first-lap Motegi clash
Honda rider Joan Mir was left fuming after being taken out of the Japanese Grand Prix by Ducati rival Alex Marquez on Sunday, in an incident the 2020 world champion labelled “crazy”.Marquez hit Mir from behind on the first lap at Motegi, resulting in the bizarre sight of the Honda towing the Ducati through the gravel trap after Marquez was thrown out of the saddle.“When I was in the middle ...Keep reading
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2024 MotoGP Championship Standings After Round 16, Motegi, Japan
2024 MotoGP Championship Standings After Round 16, Motegi, Japan
MotoGP standings after Motegi:
Zara Daniela Sun, 06/Oct/2024 - 06:30
Round Number
16
Year
2024
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2024 Moto2 Championship Standings After Round 16, Motegi, Jepan
2024 Moto2 Championship Standings After Round 16, Motegi, Jepan
Moto2 standings after Motegi:
Zara Daniela Sun, 06/Oct/2024 - 04:39
Round Number
16
Year
2024
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2024 Moto3 Championship Standings After Round 16, Motegi, Japan
2024 Moto3 Championship Standings After Round 16, Motegi, Japan
Moto3 standings after Motegi:
Zara Daniela Sun, 06/Oct/2024 - 03:13
Round Number
16
Year
2024
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2024 Phillip Island MotoGP PR Results: Gresini Ducati 1-2 As Track Dries At Last
2024 Phillip Island MotoGP PR Results: Gresini Ducati 1-2 As Track Dries At Last
Marc Marquez has topped the only session of practice for the MotoGP class at Phillip Island on Friday, after this morning's FP1 session was canceled due to rain. MotoGP managed to get a full hour of practice despite the impending threat of rain and stray wildlife bringing out the red flags.
David Emmett Fri, 18/Oct/2024 - 05:42
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2024 Phillip Island Moto3 P1 Results: Piqueras Beats Alonso In Tough Conditions
2024 Phillip Island Moto3 P1 Results: Piqueras Beats Alonso In Tough Conditions
Results:
David Emmett Fri, 18/Oct/2024 - 05:35
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2024 Phillip Island Moto2 FP Results: Canet Quickest As Deluge Continues
2024 Phillip Island Moto2 FP Results: Canet Quickest As Deluge Continues
Results:
David Emmett Fri, 18/Oct/2024 - 05:26
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MotoGP Australian GP: FP1 cancelled at sodden Phillip Island
Free Practice 1 at the Australian Grand Prix was cancelled on Friday as the expected heavy rain hit the Phillip Island circuit.Race direction gave the 45-minute session every chance to go ahead, delaying the opening of pit lane multiple times in the hope that the rain would ease enough for the resurfaced track to dry.Things briefly looked positive when, an hour and 40 minutes past the planned ...Keep reading
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Acosta: “It would hurt Ducati if Martin took the title to another factory”
Pedro Acosta has voiced the commonly held paddock belief that Ducati would prefer factory rider Francesco Bagnaia to win this year’s world championship over Aprilia-bound Pramac man Jorge Martin.Acosta made the remark as he reflected on a stunt engineered by MotoGP promoters, in which KTM’s 20-year-old rookie asked a question at the pre-weekend press conference featuring the two title ...Keep reading
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Rins: Leg injury not the reason for poor results
Alex Rins has stressed that his lack of competitiveness at struggling Yamaha has nothing to do with the limp with which he has been walking since his freak accident at Mugello over a year ago.Both Rins and Fabio Quartararo have voiced their disappointment with the lack of grip on the M1 increasingly loudly of late. They have cited multiple problems with the bike, which is the most sensitive on the ...Keep reading
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Motegi MotoGP Race Subscriber Notes, Part 1: Monotonous Motegi - Why Was That?
Motegi MotoGP Race Subscriber Notes, Part 1: Monotonous Motegi - Why Was That?
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At the height of his domination of the 500 grand prix era, when the only question in everyone's minds was who would finish second behind him, Mick Doohan was asked by a journalist if he was worried his stranglehold on the sport was making motorcycle racing boring. "What do you want me to do, slow down?" Doohan retorted.
Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi would have been immeasurably improved if Pecco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin had slowed down. Apart from the first seven or eight minutes, as the grid assumed its natural order, the race was utterly processional. Watching Bagnaia, Martin, Marc Márquez behind them, was like watching Doohan at his peak.
These are riders controlling a MotoGP machine at the highest level imaginable, putting a 300+ horsepower motorcycle in almost exactly the same place for lap after lap. Of the 24 laps of Motegi which Pecco Bagnaia completed, 10 were within one tenth of a second of the lap before, and another 7 were between one and two tenths difference to the previous lap. That is astonishing, metronomic consistency, and a sign of a truly great rider operating almost as close to perfection as is humanly possible.
David Emmett Mon, 07/Oct/2024 - 23:43
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Ducati MotoGP star to pilot Group B WRC rally car
Factory Ducati MotoGP rider Enea Bastianini is set to swap two wheels for four at the Rallylegend festival this weekend. The seven-time motorcycle premier-class race winner is set to pilot a Group B Audi Quattro S1 at the 22nd edition of the four-day celebration of rallying past and present held in San Marino.Bastianini, who finished fourth in last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, will share ...Keep reading
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Motomutterers Standings post Motegi
Motomutterers Standings post Motegi
1. Tony G - 1892 J.Mar - 392 F.Bag - 382 E.Bas - 313 M.Mar - 311 B.Bin - 183 M.Mar - 311 2. Elisabeth Rightwrist - 1892 J.Mar - 392 F.Bag - 382 M.Mar - 311 E.Bas - 313 B.Bin - 183 M.Mar - 311 3. Riesjart - 1892 E.Bas - 313 F.Bag - 382 J.Mar - 392 M.Mar - 311 B.Bin - 183 M.Mar - 311
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Motegi MotoGP Saturday Subscriber Notes: Marquez' Missing Message, Throwing A Race Away, And Managing Fuel And Risk
Motegi MotoGP Saturday Subscriber Notes: Marquez' Missing Message, Throwing A Race Away, And Managing Fuel And Risk
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The forecast was for rain at Motegi on Saturday, and rain certainly fell. Fortunately, most of it fell overnight, leaving MotoGP qualifying and the sprint race dry. Well, almost. The constant threat of rain hung in the air, spots of rain hitting visors in enough numbers to plant the seeds of doubt into the minds of the riders. And sometimes, hard enough to actually suck some of the grip away from the track.
If you are going to end up in those fickle conditions, where the track might be a little damp or it might not, then Motegi is the place to be. It has superb grip in the wet, riders managing 1'55s in absolutely torrential rain here in the 2023 race that was eventually red-flagged. But that doesn't make it any easier for riders to wrap their heads around, when drops start to spatter on their visors.
Those spots of rain ended up having a profound effect on qualifying. And they even had an impact on the race, perhaps denying Pedro Acosta his first sprint victory, though Acosta took all of the blame on his own shoulders.
David Emmett Sat, 05/Oct/2024 - 23:10
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Acosta: “I’m not going to accept that Ducati is better than KTM”
MotoGP rookie star Pedro Acosta has no intention of hiding behind the fact that he’s not on a Ducati following a Japanese Grand Prix weekend on which the KTM rider was quicker than ever but fell twice.Acosta is enjoying a late-season run of form, seizing his first MotoGP pole on Saturday at Motegi. But he tried a fraction too hard in pursuit of a breakthrough win, crashing out of the lead in the ...Keep reading
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2024 Motegi MotoGP Race Result: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered
2024 Motegi MotoGP Race Result: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered
Results and summary of the MotoGP race at Motegi:
Zara Daniela Sun, 06/Oct/2024 - 06:23
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MotoGP Japanese GP: Bagnaia slashes Martin's lead with win, Acosta crashes
Francesco Bagnaia won Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix after leading the race at Motegi from lights to flag, heading home Jorge Martin and thus closing to within 10 points of the Spaniard with four rounds left in the world championship.Martin’s ride from a lowly 11th on the grid to within just over a second of Bagnaia by the end of the race was a successful damage limitation effort after a ...Keep reading
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2024 Motegi Moto2 Race Result: Unexpected Rain Forces A Gamble
2024 Motegi Moto2 Race Result: Unexpected Rain Forces A Gamble
Results and summary of the Moto2 race at Motegi:
Zara Daniela Sun, 06/Oct/2024 - 04:30
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2024 Motegi Moto3 Race Result: The Spectacular Road To Gold
2024 Motegi Moto3 Race Result: The Spectacular Road To Gold
Results and summary of the Moto3 race at Motegi:
Zara Daniela Sun, 06/Oct/2024 - 03:11
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