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Forward Racing To Return At Brno, But Doubts Beyond That

Submitted by David Emmett on Thu, 2015-08-06 16:08

The Forward Racing team have found a temporary lifeline, and will be back in action at Brno. The MotoGP team of Loris Baz and replacement rider Claudio Corti, and Moto2 men Lorenzo Baldassarri and Simone Corsi will be racing in the Czech Republic, as the team have found the finances for that race at least.

Beyond Brno, however, the question marks remain. The press release issued only mentions Brno, and not the races beyond that. However, racing at Brno will buy current team boss Marco Curioni more time to go looking for more sponsors to try to fund the remainder of the season. Racing at Brno will also show the team's commitment to both IRTA and Dorna about their willingness to try to find a solution, and perhaps buy them more breathing space.

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Portimao WSBK Test - Sykes Tops Abbreviated Field After Two Days Of Testing

Submitted by David Emmett on Tue, 2014-07-22 22:39

Kawasaki's Tom Sykes leaves the two-day official World Superbike test with his authority firmly stamped on the WSBK field. The Yorkshireman was nearly a quarter of a second faster than Aprilia's Sylvain Guintoli, and nearly four tenths quicker than his teammate Loris Baz. Marco Melandri was six tenths off the pace of Sykes, with the Ducatis of Davide Giugliano and Chaz Davies setting the fifth and sixth best times.

Neither Sykes nor Baz had much to work on besides further perfecting set up of the Kawasaki ZX-10R. The development work was handed to EVO rider David Salom, who spent time developing the 2015 version of the bike Kawasaki will race next year. Despite the rule changes coming next season, the Kawasaki is still more closer to a Superbike than an EVO bike, Kawasaki manager Guim Roda told German website Speedweek.

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2014 Jerez MotoGP Sunday Post-Race Press Releases

Submitted by Press Release on Mon, 2014-05-05 01:07

Press releases from the MotoGP teams and Bridgestone after Sunday's race at Jerez:

Magnificent Marquez makes it four-in-a-row in Spain on his 100th GP

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Portimao Private WSBK Test Press Release Round Up

Submitted by Press Release on Tue, 2014-01-21 13:39

Press releases issued by some of the World Superbike and World Supersport teams present at the Portimao test held over the past few days:

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Jerez World Superbike Test Press Releases

Submitted by Press Release on Thu, 2013-11-28 13:20

Press releases from some of the World Superbike teams after the test at Jerez:

A positive debut for the MV Agusta Reparto Corse Yakhnich Motorsport Team

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2014 MotoGP Rider Line Up Announced: 24 Rider Grid Still Leaves Many Questions Unanswered

Submitted by David Emmett on Wed, 2013-11-20 18:54

Though most of the contracts were settled some time ago, there were still a few question marks on the 2014 MotoGP grid. The official entry list released by the FIM today answers some of those questions, but the answers it gives may yet turn out to be wrong. The list features 11 entries to be run under the Factory rules, which means 20 liters of fuel, 5 engines per season and the freedom to use proprietary software on the spec Magneti Marelli ECU. The remaining 13 bikes will be run as Open entries, which gives them 24 liters of fuel and 12 engines per season, but forces them to use the Dorna-controlled spec software on the Magneti Marelli ECU.