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The Wrooom - Press Ski Meeting 2010 officially kicked off this week in the Dolomites, with the Ducati Marlboro Team introducing their 2010 riders lineup. The two riders, Casey Stoner and Nicky Hayden, arrived at the Madonna di Campiglio ski resort in northern Italy via ...
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Hiroshi Aoyama will switch to MotoGP racing next season, but he will not take with him the #4 he took to the world title in the 250cc class last season. The Japanese rider will have to change bike numbers for his maiden campaign in the premier motorcycle class, as ...
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Dani Pedrosa will be hoping to turn the table in the MotoGP championship next year, despite the fact that he is not currently listed as a main contender for the title in 2010. Looking at some tough competition from Yamaha duo Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, as ...
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Reigning MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi could have really spiced up his motor racing programme for the 2010 season with a tremendous debut in the famous Le Mans 24 Hours Race. As confirmed by the Italian rider himself, former Grand Prix racer Jean Alesi offered ...
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Wilco Zeelenberg to Take FIAT Yamaha Role in 2010?MOTO GPWhen Daniele Romagnoli left the FIAT Yamaha Team at the end of last year, it wasn't only the Italian squad that lost a valuable member of their management team, but also the Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo. The two-time 250cc champion used to compete under his guidance from early 2008, and his leaving Yamaha left the Spaniard defenseless prior to the 2010 season. During his time at Yamaha, Romagnoli witnessed no less than 20 victories from both Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo. Yet he decided to leave the Italian outfit because of some presumed disagreements with Lorenzo's crew chief Ramon Forcada, as reported by German magazine Speedweek. However, according to some recent reports from Motorcyclenews.com, it seems Romagnoli might be replaced by a Yamaha official just as competent. ... >> Read more |
Valentino Rossi might just have had his most successful season in the MotoGP series. Apart from clinching his 9th world title in the FIM World Motorcycle Championship (and 7th in the MotoGP), the Italian rider also received a bunch of awards for his impressive campaign ...
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With the majority of the MotoGP riding seats for the 2010 championship already secured, San Marino's Alex de Angelis decided to take a year off the premier class and step down to the inaugural Moto2 series. After two years in the MotoGP, De Angelis announced he has ...
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Jorge Lorenzo insisted that, while not regarding his runner-up spot in the 2009 MotoGP standings as a personal failure, he doesn't look at the 2010 title as a necessity. The Spaniard will enter his final year of contract with Yamaha next season, and clinching a ...
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The International Motorcycle Federation (FIM) has finally made it official. The MotoGP bikes next season will benefit from 1000cc power plants, a move that was initially agreed upon by the bike manufacturers in the series a few weeks ago. During Friday's meeting of the ...
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Colin Edwards' switch from Yamaha's factory team to their satellite Tech 3 outfit a couple of years ago seems to be the best thing that happened to the French organization in years. And it's not us talking, but team boss Herve Poncharal. In an exclusive interview ...
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Nine-time FIM world motorcycle champion Valentino Rossi once again stressed out the need to have competitive riders inside the MotoGP series, rather than electronic-packaged bikes one would use to win championships.
Amid reports that the MotoGP series are ready ...
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Valentino Rossi completed his journey through the world of the four-wheelers last weekend, with an honorable runner-up finish in the Monza Rally Show. Ever since it was announced that he will compete in the aforementioned event, all eyes were set on his project ...
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The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup will enter its fourth season next year, featuring 25 riders from 15 nations, KTM announced. As we can see in the provisional calendar, the number of races for the coming season has been increased to 10 so the riders have the ...
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The Piaggio Group might have announced their immediate quit from the Moto2 championship a couple of days ago, but their explanation was not even close to satisfying 125cc, 250cc and now MotoGP team boss Jorge Martinez 'Aspar'. The Spaniard was looking forward to ...
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The British and worldwide fans of the MotoGP series will “angrily” find out that the series promoter Dorna decided to once again deprive them of live coverage of the MotoGP races on Eurosport.
In 2009, Dorna decided to switch strategy in terms of ...
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Italian bike manufacturer Aprilia today announced it will not compete in the newly-formed Moto2 series next year, as it considers the FIM programme to be detrimental to the image of the company. Although winning a multitude of titles in the MotoGP feeder series in ...
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After Valentino Rossi, now Jorge Lorenzo issued an ultimatum of his own to his current team Fiat Yamaha Racing. The 2-time world champion in the quarter-litre class and currently vice-champion of the MotoGP series announced that his initial plan is to stay with the ...
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Randy de Puniet has finally taken some time off to get 100 percent physically fit for the upcoming campaign of the MotoGP championship. Although the Frenchman didn't miss a single race throughout the 2009 season, he competed the second half of the year partially ...
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Valentino Rossi finished a successful weekend at Vallelunga with Ferrari, as the 9-time MotoGP champion clinched a great 3rd place in the GT class of the Vallelunga Six Hours on Sunday. The Italian rider was even in pole position for a runner-up spot in his class ...
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The 9-time MotoGP champion continues to be rewarded for his achievements. Recently, German carmaker BMW presented Valentino Rossi with a brand new BMW M3 sedan and let him take a few hot laps in the new 2011 BMW M3 GTS.“With his fleet of cars acquired through the ...
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