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Honda takes its 800th grand prix victory
Honda won its first grand prix at Montjuic Park, Barcelona, in the spring of 1961, with Aussie Tom Phillis riding a 125 four-stroke twin. Jaume Masia’s Teruel Moto3 victory was…
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Dovizioso’s dream is over
Last weekend was the end of Andrea Dovizioso’s hopes of winning the 2020 MotoGP world championship, indeed of ever winning the MotoGP title. The man who finished runner-up to Marc…
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Is a winless MotoGP champion a worthy champion?
This maddest of mad MotoGP seasons reaches its climax next month, with back-to-back races at Valencia and the season-finale at Portimao. So far Fabio Quartararo has won the most races,…
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Honda’s MotoGP ‘comeback’
Honda is having its toughest season since it returned to grand prix racing with the fabulous oval-piston NR500 in the late 1970s and early 1980s. With its two fastest riders…
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Morbidelli's Aragon MotoGP win: ‘It really was a trip!’
The stupidest journalist questions can sometimes elicit the best answers. I discovered this some time ago, on the eve of the 1991 French Grand Prix, when Wayne Rainey had qualified…
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Is this the weirdest MotoGP season ever?
Surely, this is the weirdest MotoGP season ever. I’ve been in the paddock for roughly half the 72 seasons since the world championships were born and I can’t remember a…
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Öhlins shocker – Suzuki’s other MotoGP winning secret?
The Suzuki GSX-RR’s ability to keep the Michelins inside their sweet spot is one reason why the factory is leading the way in MotoGP. Could the other reason be Suzuki’s…
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2020 Aragon MotoGP: slowest bike wins the race
Suzuki took the lead in the four-stroke MotoGP world championship for the first time at Aragon on Sunday. The last time the company led a premier-class title chase was way…
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MotoGP’s fall world championship: title race turns frosty
As you read this there will be lots of MotoGP riders and teams nervously eyeing the weather forecast for this weekend and beyond. The global Covid pandemic has done strange…
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Why Crutchlow, Lowes and Dixon are doing something special
I’ve always had special respect for British riders who break out of road-bike racing to have a crack at MotoGP. Since the mid-1980s, most Britons start out racing road bikes…
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A Rossi landmark: his first-ever third consecutive crash
Valentino Rossi crashing out of three races in a row? That’s unheard of! In fact it has happened twice before in his career, but neither of those black runs were…
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Why MotoGP's V4s dominated rain-lashed Le Mans
Ducati, Honda and KTM locked out the top eight positions on Sunday's MotoGP French Grand Prix, because when the rain comes down, point and squirt is the way to go