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Casey Stoner will attend Motegi GP

6 April, 2020
Casey Stoner has capitulated on the Japanese GP that will be held next month. The Repsol Honda rider who was one of the last holdouts has decided to add his name to the roster of MotoGP riders that have confirmed…

MotoGP, Motegi: the paddock girls

5 April, 2020
As tradition dictates, here is our usual gallery of images dedicated to the lovely paddock girls seen hanging around the Motegi track, where the latest MotoGP round took place. While the Moto2 and Moto3 classes offered some serious battle on…

Dani Pedrosa takes new and solitary win at Motegi

3 April, 2020
Today’s MotoGP race at the Twin Ring Motegi, was pretty monotonous if we compare it to the Moto3 and Moto2 races (race reports to follow), but it was important for the MotoGP championship standings as Dani Pedrosa took another splendid…

MotoGP Motegi Rider quotes from qualifying

2 April, 2020
Here’s what all the riders (except Hector Barbera who was 15th) had to say about today’s qualifying session at Motegi which will see only sixteen riders on the grid in tomorrow’s race with Dani Pedrosa out of the contention after…

MotoGP Motegi Race Cancelled!

2 April, 2020
We won’t be seeing MotoGP next weekend. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Southern Iceland that has brought air traffic to a standstill over much of Europe has won and has caused the postponement of the upcoming MotoGP round in Motegi, Japan.Dorna…

MotoGP Motegi highlight video and gallery of pics

2 April, 2020
Here’s a very nice gallery of pics from MotoGP race at Motegi and an authorized video from the FIM, so Dorna won’t be as usual janking it off from Youtube complaining about copyright and has some great highlights from the…

MotoGP Riders Quotes after cancelled Qualifying session

2 April, 2020
Chris Vermeulen from Motegi tells us about the cancelled qualifying session and below what the other riders had to say.Casey Stoner “It would be strange to go through a whole season and have one session that you can’t ride in,…

Aspar Racing riders take a field trip to a nuclear power plant

1 April, 2020
Almost every rider in the GP paddock has more or less decided to go to Motegi (of their own free will?) and since knowing about radiation, nuclear plants isn’t part of a professional rider’s cultural baggage, Jorge ‘Aspar’ Martinez decided…

Yamaha expects Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies to be at Motegi

30 March, 2020
An email from Dorna sent to IRTA (International Road Racing Teams Association) who then conveyed to all the MotoGP, Moto2 and 125cc teams that they expect that everyone to honour their contracts regarding the Japanese Grand Prix has melted the…

Rider quotes from Friday practice sessions at Motegi

29 March, 2020
Despite all the controversy from the riders that surrounded this weekend’s Japanese GP at Motegi, when the light went out at the end of the pitline for today’s free practice sessions, all the MotoGP riders were present and accounted for.…

Colin Edwards and Cal Crutchlow will race at Motegi

28 March, 2020
What looked liked an almost compact front from the GP riders and paddock personnel to boycott the Motegi GP is now vacillating after the recent release of the ARPA study that concluded that radiation was ‘negligible.’Herve Poncharal who has been…

Valentino Rossi vs Jorge Lorenzo: what's in a wink

28 March, 2020
That Jorge Lorenzo is the 2010 MotoGP champion is all well and good but you’ve got to wonder if he isn’t asking himself what he needs to do to have the glory he deserves. In an incredible race from Valentino…

Anime style for MotoGP Motegi promo poster

28 March, 2020
This anime poster promotimg this year’s 2012 round of the AirAsia Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi (after last season’s ’should I stay or should I go’ BS by riders following the Fukushima radiation fallout) is one of the best we’ve…

Marc Marquez recovers from mistake to win Moto2 race at Motegi

27 March, 2020
If the Race Direction didn’t punish Marc Marquez for torpedoing Kallio in Saturday’s third final practice, karma almost got him in the Moto2 race start at Motegi, but the talented Spaniard sliced through the field from almost last (just like…

Ivan Silva to return to MotoGP action at Motegi

27 March, 2020
After David Salom was dumped from Avintia Blusens CRT team after just two MotoGP races, it was officially confirmed that Ivan Silva (who finished second in the UEM European Superstock 1000 Championship for PL Palmeto Racing last Sunday at Albacete)…

Jorge Lorenzo annoyed by fan comments

26 March, 2020
We all know that Jorge Lorenzo was not happy with Valentino Rossi after the Motegi GP and that he judged his team mate’s racing too “aggressive,” and the fact he went to the Yamaha bosses about it, naturally sparked off…

Jorge Lorenzo and Ben Spies to race at Motegi

25 March, 2020
After all the negative hype and declarations of not wanting to ride at Motegi due to radiation leaking from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, another two riders have now capitulated to the growing pressure by their team bosses to take…

Get Your MotoGP Motegi Fix with TwitGP

24 March, 2020
If you are one of the million of racing fans that was left disappointed and frustrated by the postponement of the Motegi GP,who is the first sporting casualty caused by Eyjafjallajökull, you can now have a different kind of fun…

No replacement for Motegi if Japanese GP is cancelled

24 March, 2020
A couple of weeks ago there were rumors circulating that Istanbul Park could be the replacement for the Japanese Grand Prix if the current situation in Japan remains critical. Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta speaking to Italy’s Gazzetta dello Sport, confirmed…

MotoGP Motegi: Should we stay or should we go?

23 March, 2020
The Japanese GP race at Motegi is still causing concern for the majority of the GP riders and paddock personnel even during this Catalan weekend, especially for Jorge Lorenzo now that Dorna’s CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta told the riders that Motegi…