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Friday, July 26, 2013

BMW Motorrad ‘Strategically Realigns’ Itself out of WSBK

Fresh on the team’s 1-2 victory at Moscow Raceway, BMW Motorrad has dropped a bomb on the World Superbike paddock, announcing that it would no long support a factory team in the production-based series — effective at the end of the 2013 season. In other words, Marco Melandri and Chaz Davies will be unemployed in a few months’ time. Citing a “strategic realignment” of the company’s resources in motorsport, the move by BMW Motorrad is perhaps ...

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Fernando Aranda Takeishi Araoka

Second Shooter: Tim White Captures Laguna Seca, Part 1

It took him a few laps, but Marc Marquez would eventually catch Valentino Rossi...

... and get past him ...

... then be pushed wide by him ...

... and off into the dirt...

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MotoGPMatters/~3/BOnF_eKlYWU/second_shooter_tim_white_captures_laguna.html

Len Bayliss Troy Bayliss

Ben Spies 2009 World Superbike Champion

Source: http://sportbikeblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/ben-spies-2009-world-superbike-champion.html

Manfred Bernsee Bruno Bertacchini

At Home With Scott Jones: Shots From Laguna Seca, Part II

Over the hill? Not quite yet

Fear the race face

Ducati: if only it handled as well as it looked

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/MotoGPMatters/~3/_7if8YTrjIo/at_home_with_scott_jones_shots_from_lagu.html

Steve Baker Peter Balaz

Video: Guy & Thomas Visit Valentino Rossi’s Ranch

It’s hard to out-do King Kenny, the godfather of Ameircan road racing, but Valentino Rossi is certainly making a go at it. For those that haven’t been to Roberts’ ranch out in Modesto, California, the three-time GP Champion and AMA Grand Slam winner has a very lovely flat-track course in his backyard, where he teaches the rich, and coaches the fast. Well, the idea must have struck a chord with nine-time World Champion Valentino Rossi, ...

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Alex Bedford Günter Beer

Ben Spies 2009 World Superbike Champion

Source: http://sportbikeblog.blogspot.com/2009/12/ben-spies-2009-world-superbike-champion.html

Manliff Barrington Alex Barros

Thursday, July 25, 2013

FIA press conference schedule - Hungary

Two Finns and two Williams drivers are among those due to face the media in Budapest on Thursday afternoon, while on Friday it will be the turn of senior team personnel, including Williams' Claire Williams and Mercedes' Toto Wolff. The line-ups in full

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Source: http://www.motorsportforums.com/formula-1-news/159226-fia-press-conference-schedule-hungary.html

Andrea Ballerini Kork Ballington

Casey Stoner To Test Honda's MotoGP Bikes At Motegi, Racing Ruled Out

Motorcycle News are reporting that Casey Stoner is to test Honda's 2014 RC213V at Motegi in August. The former two-time World Champion will ride both next year's factory machine, as well as the production racer version which Honda are preparing to sell to private teams, and which Scott Redding has been linked with riding at Gresini next season.

HRC have flatly denied that the test is a prelude to a MotoGP return for the Australian, according to MCN. Stoner will not race as a wildcard in either Phillip Island or Motegi, as early rumors have suggested. According to MCN's Matthew Birt on Twitter, Casey Stoner is "still 100% happy with his decision to retire."

Source:

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/MotoGP/2013/July/ju...

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/motor-sport/former-motogp-world-champi...

https://twitter.com/birtymotogp/status/359314659595124737