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Mandalika MotoGP Preview: Aprilia Country, Damage Limitation, And Why Unity Is So Difficult

So Mandalika is hot, dusty, and dirty. It is used, but not frequently, so the track is dirty when MotoGP arrives. Like Termas de Rio Hondo in Argentina, that means the riders spend the first day ...
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Official At Last: David Alonso To LCR, Diogo Moreira To Honda HRC Factory Team

Diogo Moreira has won the battle for promotion to the factory Honda team. In press statements today, Honda announced that it would be Brazilian rider Diogo Moreira who gets the seat in the factory ...
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OPINION: Should MotoGP Go To Qatar?

The Amir's comments, whether misinterpreted or not, do not mean that Qatar is at immediate risk of attack. But the situation is clearly unstable, the political and military climate febrile. Qatar is a ...
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Mandalika MotoGP Saturday Subscriber Notes: Mandalika Weirdness, First Corner Pile Ups, And Pole Position Privileges

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Mandalika MotoGP Post-Race Subscriber Notes: Good Weekends, Bad Weekends, False Starts, And Tire Troubles

Was this a good weekend for Aprilia? Two bikes in the top four in the sprint race (after two Aprilias crashed out at the start) and then the top four places on Sunday, plus pole position and second on ...
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2026 WorldSSP Championship Standings After Race 23, Jerez, Spain

2026 WorldSSP Championship Standings After Race 23, Jerez, Spain By David Emmett | Sat, 17/Oct/2026 - 14:51 ...
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2026 Jerez World Superbike Superpole Race Result: No Rain Yet

The last World Superbike Superpole race of the year would determine the grid of the last race of the year. Everyone started the race on the outgoing Pirelli SCX tyre with the SC1 front under a cooler ...
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2026 Jerez World Superbike Race Two Result: Late Rain Added Spice

After a season-closing Fani Munoz Flamenco performance on the grid ahead of the last race of the year, with a weekend attendance of 40,824, we say goodbye to Pirelli tyres as World Champion Nicolo ...
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Mandalika MotoGP Friday Round Up: Fast Aprilias, Honda And KTM Go Missing, And Quartararo's Big Crash

The big surprise is Fabio Di Giannantonio. The Pertamina VR46 Ducati rider may only have been sixth quickest, but on the soft ...
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2026 Jerez World Supersport Race One Result: Don't Get Complacent

The penultimate World Supersport race of the year and, while the top two places in the championship are decided, third place behind champion Albert Arenas and runner-up Valentin Debise is still up for ...
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New 2027 MotoGP Weekend Schedule - Less Practice, More Qualifying, No Warm Up

The MotoGP weekend schedule will look slightly different from 2027. As previously reported by Motorsport.com's Oriol Puigdemont, MotoGP is to introduce a second separate qualifying session from next ...
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2026 Mandalika MotoGP Race Result: The Fantastic Four Strike Back

After a fairly disappointing Saturday for Aprilia, their fortune turned completely on Sunday, when they hogged the limelight and the top 4 positions. Marco Bezzecchi and Raul Fernandez successfully ...