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Cal focuses on setup modifications at Jerez test

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Marc Marquez set the pace in Monday’s single day of post-race testing at the Circuito de Jerez. He led Monster Yamaha Tech 3’s Cal Crutchlow and Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo plus Repsol Honda Team partner and Sunday race winner Dani Pedrosa. To start with, conditions were very much the same as they had been [...]

Argentina to host MotoGP testing in July

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With the 2013 MotoGP™ World Championship having been launched last weekend, it has been confirmed that some teams will head to Argentina later this year for a test session to be staged at the Circuito Internacional Termas de Río Hondo in the first week of July, just after the IVECO TT Assen. Between 1st and [...]

IRTA Preseason Test Jerez: Bridgestone Review

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Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Cal Crutchlow capped off an impressive pre-season by topping the timesheet at Jerez during a late flurry of activity on the final day of testing. On a damp but rapidly drying track, Crutchlow posted a time of 1’39.511 on the combination of the medium front and soft rear slicks to [...]

Crutchlow ends pre-season testing on top

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The 2013 MotoGP World Championship pre-season ended in stunning style for Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider Cal Crutchlow, who topped the timesheets on a weather-hit final day at the Jerez track in Spain. The 27-year-old surged to the top of the timesheets on a greasy but dry track in the closing stages of a [...]

Crutchlow storms into top three at Jerez, Smith 12th

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Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team rider Cal Crutchlow took full advantage of improved weather conditions to storm into the top three on a second day of MotoGP testing in Jerez that was dominated by Yamaha’s 2013 YZR-M1 machine. Although there was no repeat of yesterday’s torrential rain, much brighter skies and a strong wind didn’t [...]

Cold, wet start in Jerez for Crutchlow and Smith

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Wet, windy and cold weather dominated the opening day of the final MotoGP pre-season test session at the Circuito de Jerez in Spain today, the adverse conditions resulting in Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Team riders Cal Crutchlow and Bradley Smith completing less than 35 laps between them. The forecast heavy rain started to fall shortly [...]

Dunlop Moto2 and Moto3 Jerez test report

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After three days of mixed weather, the final pre-season testing for Dunlop-shod Moto2 and Moto3 riders has concluded at the Jerez circuit in Spain. Track conditions were very slippery on the first day but conditions improved lap by lap and riders’ times began to fall.
On the second day of testing rain came in torrential floods [...]

Photos: Scott Redding at final preseason test in Jerez

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A small selection of Scott Redding shots from the final preseason test at Jerez this week. Source: Marc VDS Racing

Good preseason for Kyle Smith but not quite as expected: “Maybe I pushed too much”

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The final preseason test for the Moto2 riders has concluded at Jerez today, prior to their departure to Qatar to compete in the first GP of the year. The Avintia Blusens Team with Toni Elias and British Rookie Kyle Smith has done a good job during the four days of this official test, although Smith [...]

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