Sunday Summary at Valencia: Fantastic Racing, Great Champions, & Tough Passes
I knew it was going to be a big day at Valencia when I found myself taking two hours to get into the circuit on Sunday morning instead of twenty minutes. After years of relatively light traffic on the...
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Yamaha Confirms Silvano Galbusera as Rossi’s New Chief
With the news that Valentino Rossi would not be continuing with Jeremy Burgess as his crew chief for the 2014 MotoGP season, rumor has been rife as to whom would replace the Australian pit boss. With...
View ArticleMotoGP: Aoyama Named as Honda’s Test Rider for 2015
Hiroshi Aoyama is to become a test rider for Honda in 2015. The future of the Japanese rider was uncertain after Eugene Laverty was signed to race with the Aspar team for next year, and Aoyama’s...
View ArticleThursday Summary from Valencia: Miller vs. Marquez, Team Orders, & New Bike...
The last race of the season is always a little bit special. They are even more special when riders are still scrapping over the spoils, battling for titles, for positions, for honor. There is much at...
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Friday at Valencia with Scott Jones
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View ArticleFriday Summary from Valencia: New Bikes, New Collaborations, & A...
Valencia is always an incredibly busy weekend. The last race of the year means a chance to look back at the season which is almost past, and the last chance before the winter break to present projects...
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MotoGP: Qualifying Results from Valencia
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View ArticleSaturday at Valencia with Scott Jones
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View ArticleSaturday Summary from Valencia: Rossi vs. Lorenzo, Miller vs. Alex, & Marquez...
It has been four-and-a-half years, or 87 races between Valentino Rossi’s 49th pole position and his 50th. The last time Rossi started a race from the first spot on the grid was at Le Mans in 2010,...
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MotoGP: Race Results from Valencia
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Sunday at Valencia with Scott Jones
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Sunday Summary from Valencia: Of Dodgy MotoGP Weather, Fuel Issues in Moto2,...
It was a fitting finale to one of the best season in years. The arrival of Marc Marquez in MotoGP has given the series in a boost in the arm. Not just in the premier class, the influence of Marquez...
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Valentino Rossi Appeals Sepang Penalty to CAS, Asks for Suspension of Penalty...
Valentino Rossi has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the penalty imposed upon him at Sepang for his role in the incident between Marc Marquez and himself. Rossi...
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MotoGP: Ezpeleta & Ippolito Will Meet with Teams & Riders
In another twist to the Rossi vs. Marquez tale at Sepang, the FIM today announced that all of the teams and riders in MotoGP have been called to a special meeting with the Permanent Bureau on Thursday,...
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Preview of the Valencian GP: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over
Here is the one thing which everybody has wrong about Valencia: the 2015 MotoGP championship isn’t over by a very long chalk. Whether Lorenzo qualifies on pole or the front row, whether Valentino Rossi...
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Rossi to Start from Back of Grid, As CAS Rejects Injunction
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected Valentino Rossi’s request for a stay of his penalty, given to him at Sepang. The three-point penalty, handed to him at Sepang for the incident he was...
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Thursday Summary at Valencia: Strange Days in MotoGP
Thursday at Valencia was one of the strangest days in MotoGP that I have known since I first started covering the sport professionally. Maybe it’s just the fact that the usual schedule was disrupted....
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Friday at Valencia with Tony Goldsmith
Dani Pedrosa continued his recent fine form to finish Day 1 with the second fastest time. Jorge Lorenzo was all smiles at the start of FP2. Andrea Iannone was third fastest today at Valencia. Valentino...
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MotoGP: Qualifying Results from Valencia
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Saturday Summary at Valencia: A Brilliant Pole Lap, & A Wide Open Championship
There is nowhere left to hide. On Sunday, it is time for the men and women of Grand Prix racing to stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood, and lend their eyes a terrible aspect. Much is at stake: a...
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