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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Testing has finally concluded for the MotoGP class for this year - or rather, almost, as Alvaro Bautista will be testing in Estoril next week, while Hiroshi Aoyama will have a test in Sepang a few days before Christmas, the two rookies being allowed extra tests to acclimatize to the MotoGP bikes. But the regulars go home with plenty to think about. Fastest of the three-day test was the man who had...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
The Spanish magazine Motociclismo will be publishing a list of riders in the Moto2 class in the latest issue of the magazine due to hit the newsstands on Wednesday. The list is still very much a work in progress, but given the strength of the Spanish influence in the class, and the outstanding connections which Motociclismo has within the paddock, it is by far the most authoritative list to be issued...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Less than 24 hours after the 2009 season ended, the MotoGP riders were back out on the track, turning laps in preparation for the 2009 season. The weather was a little warmer than yesterday, but the wind was just as bad as it has been all weekend, sapping the heat out of both track and tires. The field was a real mixture, with the veterans out along with a gaggle of new bugs finding their feet on...
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Valentino Rossi - MotoGP 2007 (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
Race results from the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, round 15 of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship. Casey Stoner wins home race for third year in a row; Jorge Lorenzo hits back of Nicky Hayden and crashes out at turn one; Rossi builds title lead to 38 points over Lorenzo; James Toseland given jump start [...]
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009
The long awaited press release from Ducati is finally here, and it contains the news that many fans around the world have been waiting for: Casey Stoner will be back and ready to race at Estoril. The press release also contains the most detailed explanation of Stoner's medical situation yet to be released by either Ducati or the Australian World Champion, but the diagnosis remains unclear. No viral...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
The MotoGP silly season is just about played out. With four races left in the season, the rider line up for 2010 is almost complete. As expected, once Jorge Lorenzo finally made up his mind, the remaining pieces in the puzzle fell into place, leaving just a few gaps to fill. All of the factory seats are now full, and largely unchanged, with Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo back at Yamaha, Casey Stoner...
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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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SPEED (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
In was little consolation but Nicky Hayden could see the lighter side of his innocent, but brutal, exit from the San Marino Grand Prix just seconds after the start.
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/05/2009
The intense rivalry between Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo continues apace, the next instalment taking place on Saturday morning during the second session of free practice for the MotoGP class. After Rossi took first blood yesterday, Jorge Lorenzo set about extracting revenge, but that would be no easy task. Rossi and Lorenzo swapped the lead multiple times during the session, with Dani Pedrosa...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Ever since Casey Stoner decided to pull out of three MotoGP races due to ill health, a tsunami of speculation concerning the state of the Ducati squad has washed over the internet and the written press, with millions of fans and journalists venturing opinions on the subject, while only a few actually had any facts to base those opinions on. None of the protagonists have been particularly easy to reach,...
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Indy Star (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Nicky Hayden will be returning to Ducati's MotoGP program next season after all. Less than a week after conceding a contract wasn't going to be offered, Hayden was confirmed Thursday to the Italian manufacturer for at least one more season. He signed an extension to remain the teammate of Australian Casey Stoner.
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SPEED (Free subscription) | 09/04/2009
Nicky Hayden is relieved to be a Ducati rider again in 2010, never liking the idea of starting somewhere else new after just one year on the bucking and weaving red GP9.
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
Silly Season is just about over in MotoGP: With the announcement that Ducati have just offered Nicky Hayden a new one-year contract for 2010, the available factory seats are all filled, with the notable exception of Honda. Andrea Dovizioso has admitted he is very close to a new deal with Honda, but most of the media and fan attention has been focused on the future of Dani Pedrosa. At Indianapolis,...
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MotoGPMatters.com (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
What was expected at Indianapolis appears to have been delayed a week to Misano. MotoGP's silly season, blocked for so long by Jorge Lorenzo, is starting to move again, with a spate of riders slotting into place for next season. The biggest (official) news so far is that Ducati have decided to exercise the option they have on American rider Nicky Hayden, extending his contract for another year through...
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