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Has Dorna Solidified the Long-Term Future of MotoGP?
At Assen, Dorna, the FIM and IRTA held a joint press conference announcing their plans for the future of the championship.From 2017, they told the media, the MotoGP teams would receive 30% more money...
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Deciphering the 2016 MotoGP Calendar
With the news that the Brno round of MotoGP has been handed to a consortium consisting of local and regional governments, and that they are working to secure the long-term future of Brno, a major piece...
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MotoGP Will Not Return to Indianapolis for 2016
American MotoGP fans have likely already surmised from the 2016 MotoGP Championship provisional calendar that the premier motorcycle racing series will not return to Indianapolis Motor Speedway next...
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MotoGP: Ezpeleta & Ippolito Will Meet with Teams & Riders
In another twist to the Rossi vs. Marquez tale at Sepang, the FIM today announced that all of the teams and riders in MotoGP have been called to a special meeting with the Permanent Bureau on Thursday,...
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Sunday Summary at Valencia: How Championships Are Won, Lost, & Destroyed
They say that truth is stranger than fiction. The more pressing question is how to distinguish between the two. Narratives are easily created – it is my stock in trade, and the trade which every sports...
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Dorna Sports Fined For Tax Evasion
The Spanish Supreme Court has imposed multi-million dollar fines on Dorna Sports and its executives for tax offenses arising out of the sale of shares in 2003 and 2004. The court found that Dorna CEO...
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Opinion: More Knee-Jerk Rule Changes Come to MotoGP in Response to the Sepang...
Farewell, MotoGP penalty point system, we barely knew you. In a press release issued today (and rather bizarrely, leaked to a Spanish journalist two days ago) the FIM announced that the Grand Prix...
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Saturday MotoGP Summary at Qatar: On Unpredictable Racing, and the Futility...
Practice, like testing, doesn’t really count for much, riders will tell you. When you talk to the afterwards, they will tell you that they didn’t set a really fast lap because they were working on...
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Saturday MotoGP Summary at Catalunya: Dealing with Danger, Data-Driven...
What does the MotoGP paddock do the day after a rider dies? Carry on as normal. Or nearly normal: bikes circulate, riders compete, but conversations are more hushed, the mood muted. The whole paddock...
View ArticleHow Dorna Is Ending the Spanish Armada in MotoGP
It is terribly fashionable in some circles to regard Dorna as a blight on the face of motorcycle racing. Their alleged crimes are both heinous and manifold. They have dumbed down the sport by exerting...
View ArticleDorna Starting An Electric Motorcycle Race Series
Dorna Sports, the media rights holder to the MotoGP and World Superbike Championships, wants to start its own race series for electric motorcycles, so said Carmelo Ezpeleta while talking to Spain's...
View ArticleBits & Bobs: Racing News Post-Argentina GP
Along with a thrilling weekend of racing, several interesting items of news emerged in Argentina. Brad Binder and Remy Gardner were injured, and face surgery. Also, discussions were held in the Safety...
View ArticleInvestors Leveraging MotoGP for Sizable Payout
According to several reports in the financial sector , The investors behind Dorna Sports S.L. are readying themselves for another sizable payout from the media rights holder for the MotoGP and WorldSBK...
View ArticleMore Bits & Bobs: Racing News Post-Argentina GP
If the two MotoGP races so far this year have had the kind of internal logic more commonly associated with a painting by Hieronymus Bosch, the Moto2 and Moto3 classes have been rational seas of...
View ArticleMichelin Extends MotoGP Tire Contract Through 2023
At the MotoGP round for which they are title sponsor, Michelin announced that it has extended its contract as official tire supplier to MotoGP for a further five years. As such, the French tire...
View ArticleThe Fruits of Carmelo Ezpeleta’s Grand Plan for MotoGP
Sometimes decisions are a long time in the making. Tech3's decision to leave Yamaha and sign with KTM may have been made in the space of a few months, but the genesis of that choice, the process that...
View ArticleStatement by Carmelo Ezpeleta Regarding the Argentina GP
Responding to the backlash in the media from this weekend’s Argentina GP round, Dorna CEO and MotoGP boss Carmelo Ezpeleta issued a statement via the MotoGP.com website, where he backed the decisions...
View ArticleMotoGP Headed Back to Brazil by 2021?
MotoGP could be headed back to Brazil. That is the news coming out of the Catalan GP, as Dorna and Rio Motorsports have inked a preliminary agreement to add the South American round to the MotoGP...
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MotoGP Gets One Step Closer to a Road Race in Indonesia
MotoGP could be coming to Indonesia as early as 2021, with a special road race circuit on the island of Lombok. The post MotoGP Gets One Step Closer to a Road Race in Indonesia appeared first on...
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The Trouble With Time, Dew, and the Qatar GP
The Qatar GP takes place under a number of unique circumstances, and right now the desert dew point is proving to be the biggest challenge. The post The Trouble With Time, Dew, and the Qatar GP...
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MotoGP Plans to Go to Brazil for the 2022 Season & On
From the 2022 season and onward, MotoGP plans to race in Rio de Janeiro, with many other additions and changes to the calendar expected as well. The post MotoGP Plans to Go to Brazil for the 2022...
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MotoGP Boss Carmelo Ezpeleta: “We Will Reschedule Races When We Know When the...
For MotoGP and WorldSBK, patience will be a virtue when it comes to deciding when to race again. The post MotoGP Boss Carmelo Ezpeleta: “We Will Reschedule Races When We Know When the Season Can Start”...
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COVID-19 & MotoGP, Where Are We Now? How Marshals May Be the Next Stumbling...
Where are we in our return to racing, and what are the biggest stumbling blocks in that pursuit. The post COVID-19 & MotoGP, Where Are We Now? How Marshals May Be the Next Stumbling Block appeared...
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MotoGP Will Finish Its Season in Portugal at Portimão
Confirming suspicions, Portimão will be the final round of the MotoGP season, bringing grand prix racing back to Portugal for the first time in 8 years. The post MotoGP Will Finish Its Season in...
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Energica Remains as the MotoE Bike Supplier Thru 2022
We get word today that electric motorcycle maker Energica will remain as the single-bike supplier for the FIM MotoE World Cup through the 2022 season. The post Energica Remains as the MotoE Bike...
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