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MotoGP rookie Acosta tops Sepang shakedown test

Reigning Moto2 champion Acosta, who will ride a GasGas Tech3 KTM in his debut season in MotoGP, posted the quickest time of the three days of running on the final session on Saturday.

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MotoGP rookie Acosta ‘has lived last three years with pressure of expectation’

The Spaniard has only been in the world championship for three years, winning the Moto3 title on his debut in 2021 before making the step to Moto2, where he managed three race victories in 2022.

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Tech3 MotoGP team reveals 2024 livery as Acosta gears up for debut

The 2024 season will mark the sixth for Herve Poncharal’s team in MotoGP as a KTM satellite partner, and second under the GasGas moniker after undergoing a rebrand in 2023.

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Alex Marquez: Ducati ‘makes you feel important’ as a MotoGP rider

The 2019 Moto2 champion moved to Gresini Ducati for the 2023 season following a tough two-year stint with LCR Honda in 2021-22, where he failed to replicate his 2020 podium form when he was at the factory HRC squad.

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Ranking the top 10 riders of the 2023 MotoGP season

The 2023 MotoGP season proved to be one of the most competitive campaigns for the series, as the championship battle between Ducati duo Francesco Bagnaia and Jorge Martin raged until the final race of an historic campaign that also saw sprints introduced for the first time.Bagnaia ultimately won out by…

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Fernandez ends “mentally tough” rookie year assured of “level” to be in MotoGP

Fernandez was promoted to MotoGP as the reigning Moto2 champion, moving to the KTM-backed Tech3 squad alongside Pol Espargaro.

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Why Pedro Acosta is shaping up to be the rookie MotoGP needs

It’s a cold, frosty Saturday in December and, frankly, being in Liverpool first thing in the morning is not something that one is easily enthused by. The 2023 MotoGP season finished just a few days earlier but world champions galore have descended on the English city for the FIM Awards.…

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Alex Marquez was blocked by Yamaha from joining SRT in MotoGP

The 2019 Moto2 champion made his MotoGP debut in 2020 with the factory Honda squad, replacing three-time premier class champion Jorge Lorenzo when he retired at the end of 2019.

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Pol Espargaro feels like he has reached “the beginning of the end” in MotoGP

The 2013 Moto2 world champion has raced full-time in MotoGP since 2014, with spells at Tech3 Yamaha, KTM, Honda and then back to KTM-backed Tech3 GasGas squad for 2023, scoring eight podiums in the process.

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First images of Marc Marquez on Ducati MotoGP bike revealed

The eight-time world champion made his MotoGP debut at the Valencia test in 2012 with the factory Honda team after stepping up from Moto2 as the title winner.

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MotoGP Valencia GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results

Both the Moto2 and Moto3 championships were already decided coming into the final round of the 2023 season.

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VR46 announces Marini's departure, paving way for Honda MotoGP switch

Marini stepped up to the premier class in 2021 with the VR46-backed side of the Avintia squad, ahead of Valentino Rossi’s team’s takeover of the latter’s grid slots for 2022.

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10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Qatar Grand Prix

The championship battle took a dramatic swing in the Qatar Grand Prix as a new MotoGP winner took to the top step of the podium.

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MotoGP Malaysian GP: Tech3-bound Pedro Acosta wins 2023 Moto2 title

Acosta is one of the hottest prospects in the MotoGP paddock, making an immediate impact in his maiden grand prix season in Moto3.

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Espargaro admits Honda 2024 approach but will remain KTM MotoGP test rider

Espargaro raced with Honda in 2021 and 2022 having spent four seasons with KTM prior, before returning to the Austrian marque this year with the GasGas-branded Tech3 outfit.FEATURE: What compels a MotoGP rider to return to something that almost killed them?The eight-time podium finisher has lost his race seat at…

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Why Binder is a class above in the KTM MotoGP stable in 2023

Last weekend in Buriram, Binder put in another strong showing for KTM with a brace of seconds in the sprint and grand prix (though was demoted to third in the latter for exceeding track limits on the last lap).It marked his fourth Sunday podium of the year and sixth sprint…

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10 things we learned from the 2023 MotoGP Australian Grand Prix

Threats of extreme winds, which ultimately came to pass on Sunday and forced the sprint to be abandoned, forced MotoGP to bring the Australian Grand Prix forward to Saturday. But it proved a memorable one for a paddock stalwart who celebrated his long-awaited maiden win.

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Why MotoGP had "no choice" but to abandon Phillip Island sprint

Having already moved the sprint to Sunday and instead holding the main race of the weekend on Saturday in anticipation of bad weather, organisers abandoned efforts to hold the 13-lap race just half an hour before the scheduled start time of 1pm local time. It followed the earlier Moto2 race…

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MotoGP stars back call to cancel sprint amid rain, wind

The Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix sprint race has been cancelled due to extreme weather at the famous Phillip Island circuit.

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MotoGP Australian GP: Sprint race cancelled due to poor weather

Series promoter Dorna took the decision at around 12.30pm local time on Sunday, half an hour before the 13-lap race was due to begin.

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MotoGP Australian GP: Arbolino takes Moto2 win amid crash carnage

Forecast rain and high winds turned the middleweight race at the Australian Grand Prix venue into a crapshoot, with no fewer than 10 riders falling before the race was called after just nine laps of the scheduled 23.

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Zarco admits he thought first MotoGP win ‘is not going to happen’

The double Moto2 world champion made his MotoGP debut in 2017 and has come close on several occasions to his first victory, but always came up short.

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Zarco admits thoughts that first MotoGP win ‘is not going to happen’

The double Moto2 world champion made his MotoGP debut in 2017 and has come close on several occasions to his first victory, but always came up short.

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MotoGP Australian GP: Zarco steals win from Martin on last lap

Zarco took his first top-class win - and his first in grand prix racing since his title-winning 2016 Moto2 campaign - in sensational style, passing a rapidly fading Martin on the 27th and last lap.

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MotoGP further modifies Sunday Australian GP schedule

Series organiser Dorna announced following Saturday morning's MotoGP qualifying session that the race start times for all three classes will be brought forward by an hour.

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