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NASCAR champion Blaney "poked around" idea of Indy 500 bid with PenskeIndyCar’s showpiece event will feature Blaney’s fellow NASCAR Cup champion Kyle Larson for the first time next year, who has entered the America’s biggest open-wheel race with a Hendrick-backed, McLaren-run car.Roger Penske, who scored his 19th victory in the iconic race with Josef Newgarden this year, has welcomed 2021 Cup champion Larson’s participation –? who will fly to Charlotte ... Keep readingSource: NASCAR champion Blaney "poked around" idea of Indy 500 bid with Penske
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Rins: Yamaha MotoGP bike “very different” to the SuzukiRins moved to LCR Honda in 2023 after Suzuki, with whom he raced from his debut season in 2017, elected to quit MotoGP at the end of last year.Despite winning Honda’s only grand prix in 2023 in Austin, Rins felt undervalued by the Japanese marque and decided to break a two-year deal to join Yamaha for 2024.Following a second surgery on the leg he badly broke at the Italian GP, Rins returned to ... Keep readingSource: Rins: Yamaha MotoGP bike “very different” to the Suzuki
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Mir: Valencia first time Honda 'brought something that worked' to MotoGP testThe 2020 world champion said Honda “needed a bit more help” after September’s Misano test, at which Marc Marquez admitted the team was “still far” from where it needed to be.But speaking after Tuesday’s test, Mir was visibly pleased with the progress made, and said the bike “seems to be working better.”He also revealed it was the "first time I have been able to feel a difference ... Keep readingSource: Mir: Valencia first time Honda 'brought something that worked' to MotoGP test
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The factors that show Marquez’s Ducati MotoGP debut was a genuine successIt’s a little after 11am on Tuesday morning of 28 November at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. The media mass is assembled outside of the Gresini Racing garage, and has been for well over an hour – hands frozen, faces beaten by a biting wind underneath a cold and overcast sky.Technically, this is the beginning of the 2024 season. And thus, the beginning of Marc Marquez’s time as a Ducati rider. To ... Keep readingSource: The factors that show Marquez’s Ducati MotoGP debut was a genuine success
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Quartararo: Reality is Yamaha still too far from rivals after latest 2024 MotoGP testTuesday’s outing in Valencia marked the true first test of the 2024 season, with Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales leading the way.After a lukewarm reception to its first 2024 prototype – and particularly the engine – at Misano in September, Quartararo ended Tuesday’s Valencia running 0.769s off the pace in 12th, albeit without doing a proper time attack run.Due to the new concession ... Keep readingSource: Quartararo: Reality is Yamaha still too far from rivals after latest 2024 MotoGP test
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Vinales tops Valencia MotoGP test, Marquez fourth on Ducati debutThe major story of the first official test ahead of the 2024 season was Marc Marquez’s debut on the Gresini Ducati.It marked the first time in his MotoGP career that he took to the track on a bike that wasn’t a Honda and generated a considerable amount of buzz on Tuesday morning as he prepared for his first run.SPECIAL FEATURE:? 10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Valencia Grand ... Keep readingSource: Vinales tops Valencia MotoGP test, Marquez fourth on Ducati debut
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O'Ward: Moving to F1 after winning Indy 500 would be a "Cinderella story"O'Ward impressed on his latest appearance in McLaren's F1 machinery by finishing second in Abu Dhabi's post-season test, completing 103 laps in the 2023 MCL60 to put himself just 0.269s behind Alpine's leading Esteban Ocon.His outing came days after being announced as one of McLaren's 2024 reserve drivers, having already completed private tests in the 2021 MCL35 as well as several FP1 ... Keep readingSource: O'Ward: Moving to F1 after winning Indy 500 would be a "Cinderella story"
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First images of Marc Marquez on Ducati MotoGP bike revealedThe eight-time world champion made his MotoGP debut at the Valencia test in 2012 with the factory Honda team after stepping up from Moto2 as the title winner.He spent 11 seasons with Honda, winning 59 grands prix and six world titles in seven years between 2013 and 2019.Since badly breaking his right arm at the Spanish Grand Prix in 2020, Marquez has struggled to recapture that form – first ... Keep readingSource: First images of Marc Marquez on Ducati MotoGP bike revealed
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10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Valencia Grand PrixThe 2023 MotoGP season came down to a dramatic finale at the Valencia Grand Prix, with Francesco Bagnaia emerging as world champion.The gap between Bagnaia and Jorge Martin was 21 points coming into the weekend, and only 14 by the start of the grand prix. But a? crash for Martin ended his hopes and seemingly those of his hopes of stepping up to the factory team.? Bagnaia didn’t need to, but he ... Keep readingSource: 10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Valencia Grand Prix
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Marquez "will raise the level" of Ducati's MotoGP competitiveness – TardozziOn Tuesday, eight-time world champion Marquez will make his first MotoGP appearance on a bike other than a Honda for the first time in the post-season Valencia test.Marquez will ride the 2023-spec Ducati that won the world championship this year in Gresini colours next season, after electing to leave Honda with one season left on his contract following a difficult campaign.How Marquez will ... Keep readingSource: Marquez "will raise the level" of Ducati's MotoGP competitiveness – Tardozzi
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