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James Ellison continues great PBM progress with 14th in Japan

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At the weekend’s Japanese MotoGP round at Motegi, James Ellison finished in the points to continue his impressive record of scoring in all bar five of the races run but perhaps the most pleasing aspect was that Ellison was able to run nearer the front of the CRT class aboard the Aprilia ART. The former [...]

McPhee: “I enjoyed the race and learned loads”

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It was a hard-fought 21st position in Motegi for Caretta Technology rider John McPhee. After losing some places at the start, John worked hard to make up places only to fall to the back of the field. From there on it was just a matter of making up as many position as possible and using [...]

Motegi Review: MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3 – Danny Kent takes superb maiden victory in Japan

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MotoGP In an enthralling MotoGP™ race at the AirAsia Grand Prix of Japan in Motegi it was Repsol Honda Team’s Dani Pedrosa who closed the gap in the title fight further with a strong win ahead of Jorge Lorenzo and Álvaro Bautista. It was Yamaha Factory Racing’s Lorenzo who got away best, yet had to [...]

Danny Kent takes first GP victory in Japan

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Red Bull KTM Ajo factory team´s Danny Kent made his dream come true by taking a victory from the pole position in season´s third last Moto3 GP on Motegi circuit in Japan. The victory and the pole were 18-year-old Kent´s first ones of his GP-career. “A great and unbelievable feeling”, Kent rejoices, “This was a [...]

Crutchlow suffers retirement in Japan after great battle with Bautista

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The Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team experienced mixed emotions in today’s Grand Prix of Japan after Andrea Dovizioso took a hard fought fourth position, but Cal Crutchlow was forced to retire out of podium contention on the final lap. Crutchlow produced an outstanding performance to engage in a titanic battle for third position with Spanish [...]

Gino Rea ends difficult weekend in 25th

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It wasn’t an easy weekend for Gino Rea at Motegi and in the race he suffered from a lack of rear grip, denying him the chance to ride as he would have liked. Gino Rea (25th) “Again, it’s been a difficult weekend. We started off not so bad on Friday, but on Saturday we had [...]

Redding fights hard for fourth at Motegi

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Scott Redding took a hard fought fourth place finish after a hectic battle in this afternoon’s Japanese Moto2 Grand Prix at Twin Ring Motegi. Scott got a good start from the second row of the grid and pushed his way through to take the race lead on the opening lap. Tito Rabat forced his way [...]

Bad luck costs Smith podium chance in Japan

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Tech 3 Racing Team rider Bradley Smith experienced a frustrating Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi this afternoon after a mechanical failure denied him the opportunity to battle for a first Moto2 rostrum of the season. The British rider has been one of the fastest and most consistent riders on track all [...]

McPhee confident of pace for Japanese GP

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After qualifying 26th at Motegi, John McPhee is confident of improving his position in the Grand Prix tomorrow. He lost some of his initial pace from early in the session, but says that he knows the bike has the pace and he’s clearly looking forward to the race itself. John McPhee: “The bike felt good [...]

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