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MotoGP Ducati reduces gap from the top of the standings

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Dovizioso closes the tenth round of the 2020 MotoGP season in seventh place, recovering from thirteenth on the grid; the rider from Forlì keeps himself in the fight for the title as he is now fourth […]

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WorldSBK 2020 season ends with another spectacular one-two

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

The last race of the 2020 WorldSBK season gave a great emotion to the Aruba.it – Racing Ducati team that won for the first time the title in the team classification (introduced in 2011) thanks […]

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Top 10 for BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team WorldSBK season

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Estoril. An unusual and truncated 2020 season in the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) has come to end after just eight rounds. The BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team completed the final weekend at Estoril (POR) with […]

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Toprak Leads Historic All-Yamaha WorldSBK Podium at Estoril

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla riders Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Michael van der Mark celebrated an historic Yamaha podium lockout, alongside GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Junior Team’s Garrett Gerloff, in the FIM Superbike World Championship […]

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Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 Team Celebrates Historic Double Podium

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

The 13th round of the FIM MX2 World Championship in Lommel, Belgium, was one for the history books with the Hans Corvers led Monster Energy Yamaha Factory MX2 team toasting an unforgettable first-ever double […]

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bLU cRU’s Sofuoğlu Seals Third in the 2020 WorldSSP300 Championship at Estoril

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Biblion Motoxracing Yamaha WorldSSP300 Supported Team’s bLU cRU rider Bahattin Sofuoğlu secured third in the FIM Supersport 300 World Championship standings, after an incredible charge to fourth in the final race of the season at […]

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Enthralling FIM Supersport World Championship finale at Estoril

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

In an enthralling FIM Supersport World Championship finale at Estoril, Evan Bros Yamaha WorldSSP Supported Team’s Andrea Locatelli backed up his Race 1 victory with a battling ride to second on Sunday, as he bows […]

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Difficult race on Cold Tires Challenged Ducati at Aragón MotoGP

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Danilo Petrucci will start from the third row of the grid in the MotoGP Aragón Grand Prix scheduled for tomorrow at the MotorLand Aragón circuit in Alcañiz, Spain. As he was eighteenth at the end […]

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Exciting comeback for Ducati at Estoril WorldSBK Race

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Thanks to an exciting comeback, Chaz Davies conquers the second step of the podium in Race-1 of the Pirelli Estoril Round thus obtaining the third place in the final classification of the 2020 Superbike World […]

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BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team fights with blunt weapons at WorldSBK Estoril

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Estoril. The 2020 season in the FIM Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) is approaching its conclusion and the first race of the final weekend at Estoril (POR) is over. The two BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team riders, […]

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Thrilling Moto3 Race at Aragon with 3/10th Separating Top 7

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

The Sterilgarda Max Racing Team brought their Husqvarna FR 250 GPs to the fourth Grand Prix of the year to take place on the Iberian Peninsula. Alonso Lopez and Romano Fenati started Free Practice in […]

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Perfect 50-point score for Yamaha at EMX250 Championship in Lommel

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Hutten Metaal Yamaha Official EMX250’s Thibault Benistant was flawless at the ninth and penultimate round of the EMX250 Championship in Lommel, Belgium, posting two race wins for a perfect 50-point score. The GYTR YZ250F mounted […]

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Usual 1 Hour Delay Delays MotoGP Aragon Start

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Team Suzuki Press Office – October 17. Grid positions for Aragon GP: Joan Mir: 6th – 1’47.679 Alex Rins: 10th – 1’48.035 Saturday morning’s FP3 session at Aragon was pushed one hour later than usual […]

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We Have Winners after 15 rounds of epic Progressive American Flat Track action

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October 18, 2020) – Following 15 rounds of epic Progressive American Flat Track action, Briar Bauman (No. 1 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance FTR750) successfully completed his bid to repeat as AFT SuperTwins presented […]

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Yamaha dominated FIM WorldSBK race at Circuito Estoril

Oct 18, 2020 Michael Le Pard

Toprak Razgatlıoğlu dominated today’s opening FIM Superbike World Championship race at Circuito Estoril, leading from start-to-finish for the Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team with Rizla. It couldn’t have gone much better for the 24-year-old, as […]

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