MotoGP: 2013 Season Kicks Off With Valencia Test

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MotoGP Press Release: The first official MotoGP test for the 2013 season in Valencia got off to a slow start as cold ambient temperatures and rain hampered teams’ efforts, although it didn’t stop Álvaro Bautista from topping the mid-day time-sheets, and Valentino Rossi making his Yamaha debut. Bautista set the fastest time of 1.35’936 on [...]

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Lean Times in MotoGP – By Kevin Cameron

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The 2012 MotoGP season began on Tuesday with the first post-Valencia test sessions. Honda, Yamaha and Ducati were there with 1000cc prototypes, and Randy de Puniet and Stefan Bradl rode Suzuki and Honda 800s. Several of the new “CRT” bikes—prototype chassis powered by production-based 1000cc engines—also took part (CRT stands for “Claiming Rule Team,” a [...]

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Josh Hayes: Baptism by Fire – By Matthew Miles

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Josh Hayes finished a spectacular seventh in his MotoGP debut at the season-ending Spanish Grand Prix. The 36-year-old American completed the 30-lap race just half a minute behind winner Casey Stoner and second-place Ben Spies. Stoner’s Repsol Honda teammate, Andrea Dovizioso, rounded out the podium. A replacement for Tech 3 Yamaha regular Colin Edwards, injured [...]

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Josh Hayes: “The last thing I want is to be a bowling ball in MotoGP” – By Matthew Miles

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Newly crowned 2011 MotoGP World Champion Casey Stoner stormed to his 12th pole position of the 18-race season today at the Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo Circuit near Valencia, Spain, equaling the premier-class record set by five-time 500cc World Champion Mick Doohan in 1997. At the other end of the grid, 4.181 seconds back in 16th [...]

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Josh Hayes: A Stranger in a Strange Land on a Strange Motorcycle – By Matthew Miles

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Two-time AMA Pro American SuperBike Champion Josh Hayes made his MotoGP debut in practice today at the Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo Circuit near Valencia, Spain. The 36-year-old Mississippi native posted the 15th- and 10th-quickest lap times—2.5 seconds slower than the top riders—in the two timed sessions, both of which were run in wet conditions, the [...]

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Josh Hayes: MotoGP backstory – By Matthew Miles

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Two-time AMA Pro American SuperBike Champion Josh Hayes had mixed emotions after learning that he’d been selected to replace injured Colin Edwards on the Tech 3 Yamaha YZR-M1 for the final MotoGP race of the season this weekend in Valencia, Spain. For weeks, Hayes had known that he would test Edwards’ Yamaha on Tuesday, November [...]

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