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Who is riding at the 2024 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix?Pramac Ducati rider Jorge Martin leads the championship coming into his home event at Jerez, after third and fourth last time out in America kept him 21 points clear in the standings.Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales will be looking to add to his first grand prix victory in three years following his Americas GP triumph with Aprilia.Unlike at the same stage of the season in 2023, all races after been ... Keep readingSource: Who is riding at the 2024 MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix?
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2024 MotoGP world championship standings after the Americas GPThe Pramac Racing rider stood on the podium in the opening two grands prix including a victory in Portugal as well as the Qatar sprint race.He claimed another sprint podium at Circuit of The Americas, while fourth in that weekend’s grand prix helped Martin to keep his championship lead as he looks to improve upon a runner-up finish from 2023. Jorge Martin, Pramac Racing Photo by: Gold ... Keep readingSource: 2024 MotoGP world championship standings after the Americas GP
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Tank Slappers Podcast: MotoGP Americas GP reviewThrown a career lifeline by Aprilia after his acrimonious split with Yamaha midway through 2021, Vinales had so far failed to deliver the kind of results expected of him.But in America, having taken a breakthrough sprint win in Portugal, Vinales put together a perfect weekend where he took pole, sprint victory and registered his first grand prix win since Qatar 2021.It made him history too, as he ... Keep readingSource: Tank Slappers Podcast: MotoGP Americas GP review
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Ducati: COTA MotoGP podium “essential step” for BastianiniBastianini? is in the final year of his two-season contract with the factory Ducati squad and was spared demotion for 2024 by Pramac’s Jorge Martin not winning the title in 2023.Four times a grand prix winner in 2022 on the Gresini Ducati,? Bastianini? struggled for form in an injury-plagued campaign in 2023.But the start to 2024 has been much more promising, with? Bastianini? on pole in ... Keep readingSource: Ducati: COTA MotoGP podium “essential step” for Bastianini
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The obstacles Yamaha has to overcome to have a satellite MotoGP team in 2025After 26 seasons at the helm of Yamaha, Britain's Lin Jarvis revealed last weekend in an interview with Autosport that 2024 will be his final year as the brand's most senior executive. Before closing this chapter, Jarvis managed to extend 2021 world champion Fabio Quartararo's contract until the end of 2026.Having secured the Frenchman, the manager's efforts are now focused on regaining the ... Keep readingSource: The obstacles Yamaha has to overcome to have a satellite MotoGP team in 2025
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Vinales: Aprilia MotoGP win has a “different value” to Suzuki, Yamaha triumphsHaving looked rapid all weekend in Austin, polesitter Vinales was able to fight back from a sluggish opening lap that dropped him to 11th to take an incredible victory in Sunday’s main race - his first as an Aprilia rider and the 10th of his career.It made him the first rider in the modern era of motorcycle racing to win races for three different marques in the premier class, after his 2016 ... Keep readingSource: Vinales: Aprilia MotoGP win has a “different value” to Suzuki, Yamaha triumphs
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IndyCar rolling out new version of aeroscreen for Long BeachThe IndyCar Series has revealed an updated and lightweight aeroscreen with a new design that also improves driver cooling in the cockpit.The latest version comes ahead of schedule, with the original plan to implement it in the fourth points-paying round at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course on 10-11 May. However, with enough supply for the entirety of the grid, the decision was made to ... Keep readingSource: IndyCar rolling out new version of aeroscreen for Long Beach
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Why MotoGP’s COTA thriller was just what Liberty wanted to seeA staple of American sports is the ‘Make Some Noise Meter’ on Jumbotron TVs inside their stadiums –? a clearly-faked decibel level monitor that encourages the excitable home fans to whoop even more loudly, which is usually employed to put off the opposition on a third down or a free throw.But you can’t fake the noise of fans at an outdoor racetrack, and from my vantage point on the inside ... Keep readingSource: Why MotoGP’s COTA thriller was just what Liberty wanted to see
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Martin: Bagnaia still MotoGP title favourite in 2024 but fight is wide openMartin’s 100% podium finish record in 2024 came to an end last Sunday at the Americas Grand Prix when he was overtaken for third by Ducati’s Enea Bastianini on the penultimate lap.While the Pramac rider’s lead was cut, he still holds a 21-point lead over Bastianini heading to next week’s Spanish Grand Prix.Reigning double world champion? Bagnaia? won the Qatar GP but missed the sprint ... Keep readingSource: Martin: Bagnaia still MotoGP title favourite in 2024 but fight is wide open
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Marquez: Age a key factor in Quartararo's new Yamaha MotoGP dealFive days before the start of the Americas GP, Yamaha announced the extension of Quartararo's contract until the end of 2026.Quartararo justified his decision in Texas with the internal restructuring process that has been launched within the technical department of the Japanese team.The most important aspect of this is the incorporation of Massimo Bartolini, Gigi Dall'Igna's right-hand man at ... Keep readingSource: Marquez: Age a key factor in Quartararo's new Yamaha MotoGP deal
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