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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MotoGP: That Elbow Marc Marquez: “I like the elbow, because when I feel it touch, I go down a bit more.”

Marc Marquez and-Dani Pedrosa

Marc Marquez was naturally asked about his elbow-on-the-pavement riding style in the MotoGP press conferences last weekend at Circuit of The Americas. Who remembers today, but Jean-Phillipe Ruggia first did this on a 250cc GP bike back in 1988. Marquez replied that, “I like the elbow, because when I feel it touch, I go down [...]

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Ben Spies Explains Chest Injury American MotoGP rider will miss Spanish race.

Ben Spies

Ben Spies will miss the third round of this year’s MotoGP world championship in Jerez, Spain, due to an injury sustained last weekend at his home race in Texas, the inaugural Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas. Ducati test rider Michele Pirro is expected to take Spies’ place on the Ignite Pramac Racing V-Four. [...]

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MotoGP: Top Ten Quotes Insider insights from Circuit of The Americas.

Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa

What’s the best part of a MotoGP race weekend? The racing, of course! Conversations with riders, engineers, team managers and other journalists, however, run a very close second because they frequently reveal what is actually happening on track. Here are points of emphasis from the inaugural Red Bull Grand Prix of The Americas, Round 2 [...]

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MotoGP: Marquez Leaves His Mark On Texas Spanish riders rule inaugural Grand Prix of The Americas.

Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez

Twenty-year-old MotoGP rookie sensation Marc Marquez and his Repsol Honda teammate, Dani Pedrosa, dominated Sunday’s race at Circuit of The Americas near Austin, Texas. Yet they did not win by the crushing 15 seconds that had looked likely after practice and qualifying ended on Saturday afternoon, when the Hondas appeared all but out of reach. [...]

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