By Motorcycle Advice USA, on August 16th, 2010
BRNO, Czech Republic — Jorge Lorenzo won the Czech MotoGP on Sunday to extend his overall championship lead with his seventh victory of the season.The Spaniard finished 22 laps of the 5.403-kilometer (3.358-mile) Brno circuit in 43 minutes, 22.638 seconds on a Yamaha.
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By Motorcycle Advice USA, on August 15th, 2010
Aug 16th
Valentino Rossi, the great Italian motorcycle rider, confirmed recent rumors that he will be joining Ducati in 2011.
Rossi is the reigning MotoGP champion. But he has been facing strong competition from within his Yamaha team. Jorge Lorenzo, a young Spaniard, is leading the series and appears to be the face of Yamaha’s future. For the last couple of years, the team has been unable to conceal the two riders’ dislike of each other.
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By Motorcycle Advice USA, on July 26th, 2010
Jorge Lorenzo of Spain
with a fantastic display in MotoGP qualifying Saturday at Laguna Seca in Monterey.
Lorenzo and Casey Stoner battled for top spot on the starting grid, lapping consistently fast. The Fiat Yamaha rider took the pole with his penultimate lap of 1:20.978, making him the lone rider of the weekend to break the 1:21 barrier.
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By Motorcycle Advice USA, on July 20th, 2010
Dani Pedrosa
SACHSENRING, Germany — Dani Pedrosa of Spain held off compatriot and world championship leader Jorge Lorenzo to win a shortened German GP on Sunday.Pole-sitter Lorenzo’s three-race winning streak ended as he was passed by Pedrosa, who crossed for victory in 28 minutes, 50.476 seconds at the Sachsenring circuit to cut Lorenzo’s lead in the MotoGP standings to 47 points after eight races.
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By Motorcycle Advice USA, on July 15th, 2010
PROGRAMMING NOTE: The German GP from the Sachsenring will air LIVE on SPEED on Sunday, July 18 at 8:00am EST.
It was a fitting return to the center stage of MotoGP for Valentino Rossi, the nine-time world champion regarded by many as the greatest motorcycle racer of all time.
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By Motorcycle Advice USA, on July 11th, 2010
Rossi is back!
Moto GP world champion Valentino Rossi has made a successful return to action, less than five weeks after breaking his leg in a crash.
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By Motorcycle Advice USA, on June 30th, 2010
Switching to Ducati from Yamaha
The debate over Valentino Rossi’s future could be set to be cleared up as soon as this weekend’s Catalan Grand Prix in Barcelona, a source close to Crash.net has hinted.
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By Motorcycle Advice USA, on June 23rd, 2010
MotoGP: Filling in for Valentino Rossi
Yamaha Motor Racing is pleased to announce that Wataru Yoshikawa, their experienced Japanese test rider, will join the Fiat Yamaha Team from the Barcelona round of the MotoGP World Championship. The two-time Japanese Superbike Champion will ride in the place of the injured Valentino Rossi, with Rossi’s team and the YZR-M1, until the Italian is back to full fitness following his broken leg.
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By Motorcycle Advice USA, on June 15th, 2010
He will be back in 2011!!!
He will be back when he has recovered from his broken leg, but has not said which team he will be riding for.
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By Motorcycle Advice USA, on June 10th, 2010
Valentino Rossi, Out of Moto GP for Six Weeks
FIAT YAMAHA:
MotoGP boss Davide Brivio has said he would not replace Valentino Rossi with a second rider if it was not for a contractual obligation.
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By Motorcycle Advice USA, on May 25th, 2010
Victory for Lorenzo
Jorge Lorenzo led a Spanish 1-2 at the MotoGP world championship race here on Sunday ahead of compatriot Dani Pedrosa with Italy’s world champion Valentino Rossi finishing third.
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