MotoGP: Marc Marquez Shines at Losail

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Repsol Media Press Release: The slimmest of margins allowed Marc Marquez to take the fastest time in free practice for the Qatar Grand Prix. The Repsol rider led the standings on Friday, just a thousandth of a second ahead of Jorge Lorenzo. He was 0.242 quicker than Cal Crutchlow, who placed third on a night [...]

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MotoGP: Yamaha Report – Qatar Free Practice

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Yamaha Factory Racing Press Release: The opening round of the 2013 MotoGP Championship began this evening at the Losail Circuit in Qatar. The first free practice wound up with Yamaha leading the class and dominating the top of the time sheets. Reigning World Champion Jorge Lorenzo was quick to find a set up on his [...]

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MotoGP: Repsol Report – Qatar Free Practice

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Repsol Media Service Press Release: After over two months of preseason testing, today the opening round of the 2013 MotoGP World Championship finally got underway. On the first night of free practice for the Grand Prix of Qatar, at the Losail International Circuit, Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa placed fourth and eighth, respectively. It was [...]

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MotoGP: Akrapovic and Yamaha Renew for 2013

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Akrapovic Press Release: Akrapovič is pleased to announce its continued support to Yamaha Factory Racing as an Official Sponsor during its bid to secure the 2013 FIM MotoGP title. The third successive year of this illustrious partnership was formally announced at the official unveiling of the 2013 Yamaha Factory Racing Team in Jerez, Spain, 22 [...]

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MotoGP: Ducati Corse Qatar Preview

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Ducati Corse Press Release: Following a long winter of testing and preparing for the 2013 MotoGP championship, the Ducati Team finally heads to the Middle East this week for the first Grand Prix of the year, at Qatar’s Losail International Circuit. The squad has a much different look than it did just over four months [...]

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MotoGP: Repsol Honda Qatar Preview

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Repsol Media Press Release: The Losail International Circuit will host the curtain raising race off a new MotoGP World Championship season this weekend. The Qatari track has been a fixture on the calendar for ten editions, and has been the first race of the year for the past five seasons. Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez [...]

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Jerez: The Final Preseason MotoGP Test Yamahas top the time sheets in Spain, but Honda has prepared for a different outcome at the season-opening race in Qatar.

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At the recent test at Circuit of The Americas near Austin, Texas, some were ready to acclaim Repsol Honda MotoGP rookie Marc Marquez Master of the Universe and even dismiss Yamaha as “a spent force.” But as Yamaha’s Jorge Lorenzo said at the final preseason test at Jerez, “Every track is a different world.” At [...]

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MotoGP: Schwantz Responds to CoTA Statement

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3FourTexasMGP Press Release: “Last week, Circuit of the Americas (CotA) issued a statement suggesting I had nothing to do with bringing MotoGP to Austin. Unlike others who have had disputes with CotA, I am free to speak my mind. So let me set the record straight: I am the reason MotoGP is coming to Texas [...]

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MotoGP: Pedrosa and Marquez: Cross Analysis

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Repsol Media Press Release: With little over a week to go before the start of the World Championship season in Qatar, the Repsol Honda riders talk about one another –looking at their sporting development and their riding styles. Dani Pedrosa and Marc Marquez form one of the strongest duos on the grid. After positive preseason [...]

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Another viewpoint: Repsol Honda’s Livio Suppo “Then, Suppo dropped his bombshell: his revolutionary proposal for increasing the interest in MotoGP racing by moving the riders from team to team for each race.”

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At Circuit of The Americas earlier this month, I had the privilege of two fascinating conversations with Livio Suppo, whose current business card says he is Team Principal of the Repsol Honda Team, as well as Communication and Marketing Director. Previously, Suppo was at Ducati for 11 years, and he has a unique perspective on [...]

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