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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Casey Stoner continued his domination of the MotoGP class during the first session of free practice at Valencia, coming in fresh from victory at Sepang to top the timesheets during practice. The Ducati rider took his time, though, spending most of the session as 2nd fastest behind Jorge Lorenzo. With 5 minutes to go, the Australian finally found the extra pace he was looking for, putting nearly four...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Yet another unmissable charity event with a MotoGP connection, but this time in the dirt rather than on tarmac. Valentino Rossi is helping to organize a charity motocross event to be held on November 15th at the Crossodromo di Cavallara, in Mundavio, not far from Pesaro on Italy's Adriatic Coast. The event is due to feature a host of big names from the MotoGP world, including Andrea Dovizioso, Marco...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
No motorcycle has acquired quite such a fearsome reputation as the Ducati Desmosedici GP9. Though there are no doubts about the speed of the Ducati - Casey Stoner has proved the bike is fast over and over again - there are huge question marks about its ridability. Loris Capirossi went from being a title candidate to an occasional podium visitor on the 800, Marco Melandri turned from podium regular...
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Casey Stoner,
Gabor Talmacsi,
James Toseland,
Jorge Lorenzo,
Loris Capirossi,
Marco Simoncelli,
Niccolo Canepa,
Nicky Hayden,
Pol Espargaro,
Randy de Puniet
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 08/30/2009
The news that the MSMA is moving closer to allowing engines to be leased has been received with enthusiasm both inside the paddock and out. The move is aimed at reducing costs and expanding the grid, and word from inside the paddock is that it might just work. The proposal is due to come into force in 2011, but rumors are rife that it could happen before then. It seems that Yamaha could lease one...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
The past few days have been a veritable whirlwind of news, or more accurately, rumor and speculation, about the future of Jorge Lorenzo. The Spaniard has been holding up the MotoGP transfer market since early July, when he held off on signing a new contract with Yamaha over the conditions of the deal, and explored the options on offer to him from the other manufacturers. He had, as he took pleasure...
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Valentino Rossi - MotoGP 2007 (Free subscription) | 08/16/2009
Race results from the Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno, round eleven of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship. Jorge Lorenzo crashed out of the lead with five laps to go, just one lap after overtaking team-mate Valentino Rossi. Rossi’s title lead over Lorenzo has now doubled to 50 points. Mika Kallio and Marco Melandri collided on the [...]
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
There are a lot of badly kept secrets in the paddock, and one of the very worst kept was the fact that Marco Melandri would be making a return to the Gresini Honda team next season. Since the rumors started to emerge - at about the same time as Marco Simoncelli announced his signing for the Gresini team at Assen - Melandri has tried to play them down, quipping that although journalists were writing...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 08/14/2009
Yesterday, Dorna released a list of engines presented to MotoGP's Technical Director Mike Webb to be officially sealed. The seals are placed to comply with the engine limit which comes into effect at Brno, which stipulates that each rider is only allowed to use 5 engines until the end of the season. The teams only needed to submit 1, or at most 2 engines to be sealed before practice started, but instead...
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Andrea Dovizioso,
Casey Stoner,
Chris Vermeulen,
Colin Edwards,
Gabor Talmacsi,
James Toseland,
Jorge Lorenzo,
Loris Capirossi,
Mika Kallio,
Niccolo Canepa,
Nicky Hayden,
Randy de Puniet,
Toni Elias,
Valentino Rossi
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Valentino Rossi - MotoGP 2007 (Free subscription) | 07/26/2009
Race results from the British Grand Prix at Donington Park, round ten of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship. 1. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 48min 26.267 sec 2. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 48min 27.627 sec 3. Randy de Puniet FRA LCR Honda MotoGP 48min 27.867 sec 4. Alex de Angelis RSM San Carlo Honda Gresini 48min 35.225 sec 5. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 48min 47.889...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2009
The radical drop in the size of the MotoGP grid has everyone inside MotoGP worried. First Kawasaki officially withdrew, leaving only Marco Melandri on the Hayate in the class, then Grupo Francisco Hernando pulled out of sponsoring Sete Gibernau's GFH team, dropping the number of entries from 18 to 17. Add to that the shenanigans surrounding Yuki Takahashi's replacement by Gabor Talmacsi, after Talmacsi...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 07/22/2009
The Rossi Leg Wave At every press conference, in every interview, in fact just about any time Valentino Rossi answers questions in public, the same question comes up again and again: "Why do you stick your leg out when you're braking for a corner?" And every time, Rossi shrugs and explains that he doesn't really know; "it just feels natural to do" is the answer he usually gives....
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 07/18/2009
Jorge Lorenzo led the field during the second session of free practice for the MotoGP class at the Sachsenring, crushing the opposition by dipping under the 1'22 barrier, and finishing nearly 4/10ths ahead of Casey Stoner. The Fiat Yamaha rider had struggled yesterday, but was clearly a good deal more comfortable on the second day of practice. Behind Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa took the 3rd time, ahead...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 07/17/2009
A drying track turned the first session of free practice for the MotoGP riders into a confusing and thrilling chase for times, lap times tumbling throughout. On the damp track, it was the Ducatis of Nicky Hayden and Casey Stoner that led the charts, with Marco Melandri and Andrea Dovizioso constantly close. Around the halfway mark the track began to dry properly, and the top spot started swapping...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 07/12/2009
It's been a tough season so far for MotoGP, with the withdrawal of Kawasaki before the start of the season, the Japanese factory finally yielding to pressure from Carmelo Ezpeleta and Dorna to provide machinery and limited support for a single season for Marco Melandri. Then came the rider switch at Team Scot, Gabor Talmacsi stepping in, bringing Hungarian oil money to rescue the team which was close...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 07/05/2009
Casey Stoner was fastest in this morning's warm up session at Laguna Seca, seemingly unhampered by the injuries he suffered in the highside during yesterday's qualifying practice. Stoner hobbled to his bike, looking very stiff, but once aboard, was flying. He took the fastest time within the first ten minutes of practice, then went back into the pits and did not emerge again. The other of the walking...
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