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Valentino Rossi Gets Three Penalty Points for Sepang Clash
Valentino Rossi has been given three penalty points for the "Sepang Clash" with Marc Marquez during the MotoGP race at Sepang. The pair tussled after Jorge Lorenzo passed Marquez for second place early...
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Valentino Rossi Appeals Sepang Penalty to CAS, Asks for Suspension of Penalty...
Valentino Rossi has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the penalty imposed upon him at Sepang for his role in the incident between Marc Marquez and himself. Rossi...
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Rossi to Start from Back of Grid, As CAS Rejects Injunction
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected Valentino Rossi’s request for a stay of his penalty, given to him at Sepang. The three-point penalty, handed to him at Sepang for the incident he was...
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MotoGP’s Race Direction To Be Altered in Wake of Sepang
Race Direction is to be altered in the wake of the clash in Sepang between Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez. A proposal to split the responsibilities of Race Direction is to be adopted at the next...
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MotoGP Rules Update: Stewards Disciplinary Panel Confirmed, Tire Pressure...
As we reported on Tuesday, changes are to be made to Race Direction. At a meeting in Geneva on Thursday, the Grand Prix Commission decided to change the way disciplinary matters are handled by Race...
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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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Sunday MotoGP Summary at Qatar: Moto2 Madness, And The Dawning of a New Era
May you live in interesting times, runs an apocryphal Chinese curse. The first Grand Prix of 2016 certainly provided us with plenty of events which might be termed interesting, in both the common sense...
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Saturday MotoGP Summary at Argentina: Tire Challenges
We have been here before, of course. The history of problems with spec tires is long and varied. In 2012, at Assen, the tires of several riders, including Valentino Rossi and Ben Spies, ended up losing...
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The Mugello Moto2 Mix-Up: Who is to Blame?
The Moto2 class has not had a lot of luck with their starts in 2016. First there was Qatar, where a mass jump start saw some riders called in for a ride through, some issued with a time penalty, and...
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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...
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Sunday MotoGP Summary at Catalunya: On Healing Races, A Reconciliation of...
On Friday, a young man died in a freak crash at the Circuit de Catalunya, and we mourned him. On Saturday, we went through the motions, picking up the rhythm of a normal race weekend, but in a state of...
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Friday MotoGP Summary at Misano: Surprises, Fast Yamahas, On-Track Disputes,...
Every day that sees MotoGP motorcycles circulating in earnest is an interesting day, but some are more interesting than others. Friday at Misano was one of those days which last, throwing up surprises...
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Saturday MotoGP Summary at Misano: Fast Laps, The Definition of Legal, & The...
It is hard to overstate just how important pole position is at Misano. It is a tight and tortuous track, with few opportunities to pass. Small differences in practice and qualifying become magnified...
View ArticleRain Puts Question Marks on MotoGP Opener in Qatar
Dorna is working on several different scenarios to ensure the MotoGP race at Qatar goes ahead this weekend. All options are still open: the race could be held at night, on a wet track, on Sunday during...
View ArticleMotoGP Qualifying Cancelled for Qatar GP
We knew the weather would be a factor in Qatar, and today the rain, and the standing water it created, has lead to the cancellation of the qualifying session at the Qatar GP for the MotoGP, Moto2, and...
View ArticleSaturday MotoGP Summary at Qatar: The Blame Game
Saturday was the kind of day that makes you question the wisdom of allowing Qatar to be the first race of the MotoGP season, and to hold the race at night. Doing one or the other – either being the...
View ArticleMotoGP’s Penalty Point System Is No More
The MotoGP penalty point system is no more. The system, introduced for the 2013 season, whereby Race Direction could punish rider infringements with penalty points, which would accumulate throughout...
View ArticleSaturday MotoGP Summary at Mugello: Rossi’s Recovery
Imagine you find yourself at the start of a 40-minute session of track time, at one of the greatest racing circuits in the world, sat astride one of the most sophisticated racing motorcycles in the...
View ArticleMotoGP Dashboard Messages Approved, Starting in 2018
On the eve of the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring, the Grand Prix Commission, MotoGP’s rule making body has allowed a system which was first mooted at the same race last year. In Assen, the GPC...
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Sunday MotoGP Summary at Argentina, Part 3: Marquez vs. Rossi, Marquez vs....
On Friday, the Hondas were looking pretty strong at the Termas De Rio Hondo circuit in Argentina. Dani Pedrosa led FP1, with Cal Crutchlow just behind him. In FP2, Marc Márquez opened a big lead over...
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Paddock Pass Podcast #71 – Americas GP
Episode 71 of the Paddock Pass Podcast is fresh from Austin, where the Grand Prix of the Americas produced some predictable results on the track, though less predictable results off the track. On the...
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The Dilemma Facing MotoGP Race Director Mike Webb
After Marc Márquez’s wild ride in Argentina, Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta promised the riders present in the Safety Commission in Austin on Friday night that in the future, the FIM Stewards Panel would...
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Paddock Pass Podcast #72 – Spanish GP
Episode 72 of the Paddock Pass Podcast is out, and comes to you straight from Jerez (you can even hear the bikes in the background). On the mics are your usual hosts, David Emmett, & Neil Morrison,...
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Fixing Moto3 Penalties – How Pedro Acosta Showed That Pit Lane Starts Aren’t...
Pedro Acosta's Moto3 race also highlighted how the pit lane start penalty is ineffective. The post Fixing Moto3 Penalties – How Pedro Acosta Showed That Pit Lane Starts Aren’t Enough appeared first on...
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LED Panels Will Be Used at All Remaining MotoGP Races in 2021
MotoGP will start implementation of LED flag panels for the remainder of the 2021 MotoGP season, beginning with this weekend's Portuguese GP. The post LED Panels Will Be Used at All Remaining MotoGP...
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