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Jorge Lorenzo Lands Garmin as Sponsor

3 April, 2020
Yesterday at the Hotel de Sants Estacio in Barcelona, Jorge Lorenzo introduced his new personal sponsor Garmin, whose logo will be placed on the front of Lorenzo’s Nolan X-Lite helmet.Garmin, one of the world’s leaders in GPS navigation systems has…

2013 Gran Prix top crashers

3 April, 2020
Stats are usual boring affair for an armchair fan, but they do reveal a whole lot of fascinating information and in this case the number of crashes and who crashed the most in the entire 2013 GP racing season.The asphalt…

MotoGP Indianapolis: Casey Stoner takes over FP2

3 April, 2020
The newly asphalted Indianapolis track has received stinging criticism from the MotoGP riders ahead of free practice 2. The majority of the riders have complained that the track is extremely slippery and offers no grip at all and the level…

MotoGP Estoril: Dani Pedrosa pips team mate in FP3

3 April, 2020
Dani Pedrosa pipped his Repsol Honda team mate in this morning’s final free practice session at the Estoril circuit, which today offered much more grip. The Spaniard suffered an electronics issue on his first bike and had to park it…

Yonny Hernandez to replace Ben Spies in Pramac Ducati

3 April, 2020
With Ben Spies not expected to return to finish the 2013 MotoGP season due to his lingering shoulder injuries, Pramac Ducati has decided to replace the missing American rider with PBM's Yonny Hernandez.Hernandez has been released from Paul Bird's team…

MotoGP tests: Day 1 for Ducati

3 April, 2020
The MotoGP riders have been for testing at Jerez, with focus on the Ducati riders. Casey Stoner has returned to Europe for the first time after his operation on the 30th October. In two weeks’ time he can start light…

Hector Barbera to ride for Avintia Blusens CRT team?

3 April, 2020
According to Spanish website motocuatro.com, Hector Barbera has signed a two-year deal to ride for Avintia Blusens CRT team.The Spaniard - who will probably need a bodyguard to defend himself from angry Dani Pedrosa fans in next week’s Motorland Aragaon…

Images from the MotoGP Mugello Weekend

3 April, 2020
Check out our photo gallery from this weekend’s MotoGP Gran Premio d’Italia Alice, that saw Ducati factory rider Casey Stoner put an end to Valentino Rossi’s seven year reign at Mugello.Images from Mugello Weekend

Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden having fun in the snow (w/video)

3 April, 2020
Ducati has put together this cute little video of Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden having some fun on the snow covered Dolomite mountains during this week’s 2012 Vrooom at Madonna di Campiglio.Riding around on a snowmobile, some fake snowboarding action…

More Sliding from Casey Stoner – Video

3 April, 2020
Motoblog reader Max&Casey (we can imagine who his favourite riders are) was so impressed by the first video of Casey Stoner sliding at Phillip Island that he put together another compilation from the entire race.Stoner’s control of the sliding Ducati…

MotoGP rider quotes from Friday at Indianapolis

3 April, 2020
You can read almost all the MotoGP rider quotes from Friday’s first day of practice at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the main complaint from the riders was how difficult the track was to ride during the morning session…

Karel Abraham returns home as team stays in Sepang

3 April, 2020
After just three laps this morning in the second pre-season test at Sepang, Cardion AB rider Karel Abraham had to stop and now has decided to return home as the injury that he picked during the Jerez private test won’t…

Marc Marquez 2013 MotoGP champion

3 April, 2020
20-year old Marc Marquez has been crowned the 2013 MotoGP World Champion in what he has called a 'dream come true'. At the age of 20 years and 266 days, Marquez is the youngest rider of all-time to win the…

Valentino Rossi seen at Yamaha HQ – update

3 April, 2020
Moto Matter’s David Emmett and Moto-Journal’s Thomas Baujard have revealed that the story of Rossi being seen at Yamaha HQ has turned out to be a hoax (and we all fell for it - I personally will recite a couple…

Sepang 1st Day – Final test times and Video footage

3 April, 2020
Italian Suzuki rider Loris Capirossi set the final fastest lap to top the timesheets at the end of the first day of testing at Sepang, and while he was at it he also broke Stoner’s exsisting lap record with a…

Jorge Lorenzo runs away with Mugello victory

3 April, 2020
As it was highly expected Jorge Lorenzo ran away with today’s MotoGP race at Mugello to take his fifth victory of the season. It took the Yamaha rider exactly one turn to take the lead and never give it up…

MotoGP riders talk about qualifying at Misano

3 April, 2020
Eighteen thousandths of second that’s how much Dani Pedrosa pipped Jorge Lorenzo to take the pole position at Misano today. The Repsol Honda rider needs to win both in Italy and at Aragon (a circuit that seems to favour more…

Pirro and Battaini testing Ducati GP bikes at Jerez

3 April, 2020
While the Ducati MotoGP factory team will be racing in Austin this weekend, their test team in currently at Jerez de la Frontera for another three-day test along with World Superbike riders Carlos Checa and Ayrton Badovini and Aprilia test…

Stoner on 2008 championship: disappointed but Rossi deserving

3 April, 2020
Valentino has won the MotoGP championship, but not without an exciting race with more protagonists than just the Italian. Stoner, Pedrosa and Lorenzo certainly gave the public some entertainment, at the end of an emotional season.Stoner was having a tough…

Valentino Rossi in Ducati? Silly Season starts at Wrooom

3 April, 2020
Ducati and their sponsors have never hidden the fact that they would love to have 9 times World Champion Valentino Rossi in their team, but to say it however slyly during the official 2010 MotoGP team presentation lacks a certain…