Le Mans MotoGP Race Wrap-Up After back-to-back wins, Spanish Honda rider Dani Pedrosa takes over championship lead.

Andrea Dovizioso and Dani Pedrosa

In Northern Europe, the best-laid plans of MotoGP teams can always be washed away by rain. Current series champion Jorge Lorenzo said after practice at Le Mans that his main task was “to improve the bike to keep a more consistent pace. I think we’ve got it.” In dry qualifying, however, Repsol Honda’s Marc Marquez [...]

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MotoGP: Jerez Wrap-Up Dani Pedrosa wins in Spain, but new championship-leader Marc Marquez writes the headlines.

Marquez - Pedrosa - Lorenzo podium

Well, what are we seeing? One popular theory is that MotoGP rookie phenomenon Marc Marquez has redefined everything, but clearly, his Repsol Honda teammate, Dani Pedrosa, has other plans, as the race finish this past weekend in Jerez, Spain, was Pedrosa, Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo (with Marquez dramatically bouncing off Lorenzo in the middle of [...]

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Nicky Hayden Top Ducati Qualifier at Jerez American is “hopeful” for Sunday’s Spanish MotoGP race.

Ducati Team's Nicky Hayden

Nicky Hayden will start Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez from seventh place on the grid, his best qualifying position thus far this season. The American’s quickest lap was a 1:39.6, less than a second slower than the pole-winning time of reigning MotoGP World Champion Jorge Lorenzo. Hayden’s factory Ducati teammate, Andrea Dovizioso, will start [...]

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Anatomy Of A Racetrack Ben Spies breaks down Circuit of The Americas.

Ben Spies

Everything is bigger in Texas, or so goes the saying. Circuit of The Americas certainly meets that criteria: 3.4 miles in length, 20 turns, an elevation gain of 133 feet and its .745-mile front straight is the longest on the MotoGP calendar. After the final qualifying session for April’s inaugural Red Bull Grand Prix of [...]

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Mahindra Moto3 Roadracer Indian-funded single-cylinder motorcycle is now competitive in Grand Prix racing.

Efren Vazquez and Miguel Oliveira

Mahindra is India’s 21st-largest corporation, manufacturing cars, trucks and the tractors that are being exported to (and built in) the U.S. For the leadership of such large corporations, having something international, like Tata Motors’ ownership of Jaguar/Land Rover, confers satisfying special prestige. For Mahindra, that prestige is its Moto3 team, which, at the first Grand [...]

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