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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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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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Pramac Racing Press Release: Unfortunately, the pain felt by the Ignite Pramac Racing Team rider at the end of the warm up during last weekend in Austin (Texas), has had more serious consequences than expected. As a result, Ben Spies will not be able to race at the next round of the Championship, held on [...]
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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 has never been so talent-rich as now. The past had great champions, but mainly in ones and twos: Kenny Roberts, Freddie Spencer, Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, Mick Doohan. This past Sunday, one of four riders would win at the Losail International Circuit in Qatar, the first MotoGP race of 2013. Would it be the [...]
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We want our countryman, Ben Spies, to do well in his switch from Yamaha to Ducati in MotoGP, but we know enough to worry. Owing to slow-healing scar tissue from his off-season shoulder surgery, Spies sat out part of the first Sepang, Malaysia, pre-season test and could ride with only slightly less difficulty in the [...]
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We’ve all seen the lap times and read the comments from the most recent MotoGP test at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia. There were no big surprises: Dani Pedrosa on the dominant make, Honda, was fastest most of the time, but the current world champion, Jorge Lorenzo, on a factory Yamaha, ended up with the [...]
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HJC Helmets Press Release: HJC America is proud to reveal the new racer-replica helmets of HJC MotoGP riders Ben Spies and Jorge Lorenzo. These replicas are HJC RPHA 10 models, the helmets both racers will wear in MotoGP competition. These racer replica helmets will be available in March. HJC’s RPHA 10 Features: – Advanced PIM [...]
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Ben Spies is looking forward to his first ride on a Ducati MotoGP bike this week at the Sepang Circuit in Malaysia after spending the past few months sitting on a couch with his arm in a sling. Three days after crashing out of last October’s Malaysian GP, the 28-year-old Texan underwent a 90-minute procedure [...]
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Ducati Corse Press Release: Last September Ducati Corse announced that Ben Spies had been signed to race for the Pramac Racing Team in the 2013 MotoGP World Championship. Last night, the American’s Ducati Desmosedici GP13 was officially unveiled at Wrooom 2013, the traditional Press Ski Meeting in Madonna di Campiglio that symbolically launches the forthcoming [...]
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