Lopez hopes to make his mark on Moto3™ with EG 0,0 Marc VDS
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All or nothing: MotoGP™ hits boiling point at Buriram
Grands Prix aren’t just about the title fight though. Last year Yamaha weren’t far behind the leading duo and Maverick Viñales and Valentino Rossi will be gunning to put Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP back on the podium, and Danilo Petrucci, Dovizioso’s teammate, needs a result. After a tougher run of form in the last few races, Buriram could be a good track for the Ducati man to bounce back, and he’ll want to – quickly.
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Marquez vs Moto2™: the start of the home straight?
That story, ultimately, is one of consistency. Marquez has lost out once through a mistake of his own, and he’s reaping the rewards of the combination of speed and settling when it’s necessary. Navarro just behind him has been a fairly consistent presence each race weekend too, although he’s yet to stand on the top step. That means that if Marquez does start to feel the pressure, Navarro could end up challenging for the crown from the rare position of not being a race winner…yet.
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The Moto3™ duel reignites on the road to Buriram
We’ve only raced once at the Thai track and last year’s first contact makes good reading for Dalla Porta. He came second, only a tenth down, and Canet? He didn’t race. The Spaniard arrives with no former knowledge of the venue after he missed the event last year due to injury, so it could prove more of an uphill struggle for him. With the rest of the grid, minus the rookies, joining Dalla Porta in having more experience, that only adds to Canet’s challenge.
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MXoN conditions close to toughest ever for Team USA’s Osborne
Fifth in Open class and sixth in Nations classification the result for top American.
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Rockstar Energy Husqvarna’s Zach Osborne has declared Sunday’s conditions at the 2019 Motocross of Nations (MXoN) as some of the worst he’s experienced in his career.
Osborne, who formed part of Team USA alongside Husqvarna teammate Jason Anderson and Yamaha-mounted Justin Cooper, finished fifth in the Open class via 5-15 results.
“It’s been a tough day for everyone, but maybe especially for Team USA,” he commented. “I feel that we did all we could, we came into the event with a great attitude and a great team, things just didn’t work out for us, but that’s racing.
“We prepared well, but conditions and luck weren’t with us. I think these might have been the worst conditions I’ve ever raced in, certainly some of the toughest. Each of my motos went okay – they were tough, but fifth in my first race was okay.
“My second race was harder. I got a decent start, but I found it hard to move forwards. Also, I had to change goggles once and, yeah, it was tough. From a team point of view, it’s not at all the result we wanted, but I’m sure we’d do it all again to be here racing for our country.”
It was a considerable effort from the high-profile American team, which arrived in Europe early to prepare, eventually credited sixth overall in the 2019 running following an incident-filled trio of motos on Sunday.
Source: MotoOnline.com.au
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Bautista acknowledges he ‘didn’t lose the title’ due to French fall
News 30 Sep 2019
Bautista acknowledges he ‘didn’t lose the title’ due to French fall
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Spaniard taken out of Magny-Cours race two as Rea goes on to take championship.
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Aruba.it Racing Ducati’s Alvaro Bautista has acknowledged that a second race incident with Toprak Razgatlioglu in France wasn’t what cost him the 2019 Superbike World Championship.
The Spaniard finished fifth in race one at Magny-Cours – a circuit new to the 34-year-old – but was involved in an early crash with Saturday victor Razgatlioglu in race two.
Those developments enabled now five-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea to go on and clinch this year’s crown for Kawasaki with two rounds to spare, despite Bautista’s miraculous start to the season of 11-straight wins. He has 15 wins in total during his rookie season.
“Fortunately, physically I’m okay after the crash, I’m just a bit disappointed because I think in race two I was able to fight for the win,” Bautista reflected. “For sure, the weekend was tough, it was a new track that I’d never seen before and there was very little time to ride in dry conditions.
“Yesterday in the first race I managed to improve the feeling with the track and made up a lot of positions, while today in race two I made a good start and felt really good with the bike up at the front. Unfortunately, I was involved in Razgatlioglu’s crash at turn 13 and his mistake caused my retirement.
“It’s a pity to finish in this way, but it’s all part of racing. Congratulations to Jonathan Rea because he had a great season. During the championship Jonathan has always been able to get the best out of every situation and, for sure, we didn’t lose the title because of this race.”
Next year will see Bautista depart Ducati following a single season in WorldSBK together, recently confirmed to be joining Honda Racing Corporation in the Japanese company’s full factory return to the series.
Source: CycleOnline.com.au
Yamaha confirms Lowes departure following 2019 campaign
Razgatlioglu linked to Pata Yamaha as Lowes is tipped to join Kawasaki Racing Team.
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The conclusion of the current Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) season will see the separation of Yamaha and Alex Lowes following four years.
Lowes has been an integral part of Yamaha’s WorldSBK program since the Japanese manufacturer returned to the premier production racing series in 2016.
“I would like to start by saying thank you to Alex, not just for the success we have enjoyed together in WorldSBK and at Suzuka, but also for his commitment to Yamaha and our Superbike project,” explained Eric de Seynes, Yamaha Motor Europe president.
“It was a difficult decision not to continue with Alex in the same role for the 2020 season, but it was also our sincere hope that he would remain within the Yamaha family.
“We knew there was a risk and, unfortunately, that risk has turned out to be real and Alex will not be on a Yamaha next season. Working with Alex these past four years has been a real pleasure for me and on behalf of both Yamaha and myself I wish Alex every success for the future.”
The highlight of Lowes’ time with Yamaha undoubtedly came in 2018 at Brno in the Czech Republic, when the Briton got the better of his teammate in a closely-contested second race to take his first WorldSBK race win.
Yamaha and Lowes’ success extended further than just the WorldSBK paddock as he was also a key member of the Yamaha Factory Racing team that took three-consecutive victories at the prestigious Suzuka 8 Hours.
It’s understood that Lowes’ seat at Pata Yamaha will be filled by Turkish talent Toprak Razgatlioglu, while Lowes has been widely tipped to be joining five-time world champion Jonathan Rea at the Kawasaki Racing Team.
Source: CycleOnline.com.au