Having spoken to Mick Doohan, Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz about the 1992 season in their first episode, BT Sport looked back at the 2015 Argentina, Assen, Phillip Island and Valencia races in full, as well as the various major talking points from an incredible year. And on the show, Gavin Emmett, Neil Hodgson, Suzi Perry and the viewers heard from Jorge Lorenzo – the title winner that year – and Livio Suppo, Repsol Honda Team Manager in 2015.
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Regarding this, Chicho Lorenzo pointed out that “they all want to get to MotoGP” and that “there isn’t one who doesn’t dream of getting there” and even better if they end up “in an official team”. In order to be successful, Chicho believes in a formula: “Simply, it is about knowing how to solve problems with what you are going to encounter and for that, you also need a method because it’s a process: coming across a problem, analysing it, trial or error, don’t get disheartened and, in the end, and all of a sudden, you overcome the problem and move on to the next one.”
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Thanks to an easing of lockdown restrictions across the nation, Italy’s MotoGP™ stars have at long last been able to get back out on two wheels. After two months of quarantine within their homes, motocross tracks were opened, including Valentino Rossi’s (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) Ranch, allowing riders across all three classes the chance to ride for the first time in what must have felt like forever.
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Broadcast partners showing coverage of the event will include Sky Italy, Canal+ in France, DAZN (in Spain, Italy and DACHS), BT Sport in the UK, ServusTV in Austria and Germany, Fox Asia, Fox Australia, Viasat in Sweden, NBC in the USA, Fox Brazil and ESPN in Latin America, Motorsport TV Russia, Eurosport India, TEN, and SuperSport across Africa – taking the show global once again.
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11 MotoGP™ riders including reigning Champion Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) and nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) head the billing in the premier class, with MotoE™ seeing the likes of 2019 FIM Enel MotoE™ World Cup winner Matteo Ferrari (Trentino Gresini MotoE) and class newcomer Dominique Aegerter (Dynavolt Intact GP) lining up. The MotoGP™ race will be nine laps (35% of race distance) and the MotoE™ race five laps (50% of race distance) as the riders compete on MotoGP™20, which is available to buy now!
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Broadcast partners showing coverage of the event will include Sky Italy, Canal+ in France, DAZN (in Spain, Italy and DACHS), BT Sport in the UK, ServusTV in Austria and Germany, Fox Asia, Fox Australia, Viasat in Sweden, NBC in the USA, Fox Brazil and ESPN in Latin America, Motorsport TV Russia, Eurosport India, TEN, and SuperSport across Africa – taking the show global once again.
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The coronavirus pandemic is ongoing and has already resulted in some modifications to the 2020 calendar for the FIM CEV Repsol: the postponement of the Algarve and Valencia Rounds. Nevertheless, the FIM CEV Repsol would like to reaffirm that racing is our top priority in 2020.
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I would thank them, first of all, for having saved so many lives; although the figures are scary, without them it would not have been possible. I want to thank them for having taken the risk for us because unfortunately some of them have also passed away. We should all be proud and grateful for everyone who has made this possible, from doctors and nurses to cleaning personnel and the police forces… It is a bad dream. No one could have imagined, not even the most pessimistic, that we would live what we are living. I want, from here, to pay them my most sincere and humble tribute. And now that we have managed to flatten the curve after the common effort, I would ask everyone else to act responsibly: do it for you, do it for everyone.
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“For me it was perfect, it was what I was looking for,” comments Viñales, talking about making the jump from Suzuki to Yamaha at the beginning of the 2017 campaign. It was a combination that got everyone excited – Viñales’ smooth, eloquent style would undoubtedly suit the YZR-M1. And the 2013 Moto3™ World Champion certainly clicked with his new toy: “When racing, I’m looking forward to winning and especially battling for the title. I moved up to Yamaha and already from the first day I thought ‘now we have the chance, I must fight for the title’,” continued the number 12 rider.
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I think that it’s a possibility. If, all of a sudden, the circumstances align themselves, and a good team, and the possibility of enjoying himself and having a good time without the pressure that he felt in recent years, to ride well and do a very important professional job, which would be to help Yamaha or the factory to get the bike ready and continue experiencing the races without the negative aspects and with more positives, I think that yes, he could be tempted, but I hope not because it’s hard to watch, as a parent.
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