Tag: Grand Prix
MotoGP Brings Testing To The Americas
Riders in MotoGP are gearing up for the start of the motorsports season, and many competitors continue to inch toward the beginning with another round of official testing. This time the preparation brought the series to Austin, Texas, and the Circuit of the Americas, marking the first time most of the riders experienced the new track. [...]
Jorge Lorenzo Leaves MotoGP Testing On Top
The second day of MotoGP testing in Malaysia has come and gone, and after all was said and done a familiar face was on top of the motorsports timesheets. Defending champion Jorge Lorenzo shaved almost a second and a half off rival Dani Pedrosa‘s best time from the opening round of testing the day before [...]
Dani Pedrosa Leads After First Day Of MotoGP Testing
It may feel like every other motorsports series is already underway, but there’s still several weeks to go before MotoGP kicks off its official season. Teams are working around the clock to get ready for the opening round, however, and the prep continued in Sepang as riders started three days of testing on the Malaysian track. [...]
AMA Welcomes Roadracing Series As Featured Series
American Motorcyclist Association Welcomes Roadracing Series As AMA Featured Series The American Motorcyclist Association is pleased to announce that the American SportBike Racing Association and U.S. Grand Prix Riders Union Championship Series have joined the AMA sanctioned events calendar as AMA Featured Series. The events, which feature some of the country’s most competitive amateur roadracing, [...]
Dani Pedrosa Primed After Successful Testing Session
Dani Pedrosa is poised to attack the 2013 MotoGP season. The Repsol Honda rider came out on top on all three days of motorsports testing at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia, cementing his position as one of the people to beat in the upcoming season. Most of the testing was devoted to working on [...]
MotoGP Testing Picks Up In Sepang
MotoGP picked up right where it left off at the end of last season when the riders took testing to the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia. Dani Pedrosa finished with the best time of the day, edging in-season rival Jorge Lorenzo by a fraction of a second. The top duo is expected to continue the competition throughout the [...]
MotoGP Testing New Bridgestone Tires In Malaysia
The upcoming MotoGP season is right around the corner, and with it will come some major changes to the motorsports series. Bridgestone, the official tire supplier for MotoGP, has been working on the development of a new rubber compound as well as sport bike tires designed for slick conditions, and both are currently being tested [...]
Rain Dampens Superbike Testing At Jerez
Teams from MotoGP and World Superbike were ready to attack days of motorsports testing at the Jerez track in Spain, but rainy conditions washed out almost all of the planned runs. According to Ultimate Motorcycling, the racing ban is still in effect for riders, so most of the work was to focus on new electronic [...]
Blake Young Ready For MotoGP Debut
Blake Young is making the move from AMA Superbike to MotoGP, where he will ride for Attack Performance as a wild-card entrant in several of the rounds. Young, who was the AMA Superbike runner-up in the past season, wasn’t re-signed by his Suzuki team after the 2012 motorsports series came to a close. Instead of [...]
Bridgestone Makes Changes To Improve MotoGP Tires
There will be several changes to the upcoming season of MotoGP that affect how teams strategize and competitors race. While the motorsports series should be just as action-packed as ever, alterations to tire allocations and requirements for factory and CRT bikes may impact the events. Most of the changes were imposed to make MotoGP safer [...]
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