motogp

MotoGP is the world's oldest  and one of the most famous motorcycling championships. It includes 18 Grand Prix events per season with three individual races each. MotoGP events are taking place in 14 different countries with participation of the world's most prominent motorcycle manufacturers such as Aprilia, Ducati, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Suzuki and Yamaha.

MotoGP motorcycles are purpose-built and cannot be legally driven on public roads. There are three categories in MotoGP races:

• MotoGP category - the highlight of the event. These are 800cc four-stroke motorcycles with the minimum riders' age at 18. There are usually 19 riders in this category
• 250cc category motorcycles have twin-cylinder engines and the riders' minimum age is 16. 25 riders usually race in this category.
• 125cc category motorcycles with single cylinder engine. This category is intended for younger riders ages 15 to 28. Around 30 riders usually enter the race

MotorGP races last approximately 40 to 45 minutes and the distances vary between 95 and 130 km. The riders' starting positions are defined by qualifying times. 

You can find MotoGP races talked about on sites like MotoGP Blog and Biker Station

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• Yamaha Factory Racing Enters Partnership Contract with New Official Sponsor

  
  Superbike News — Authority: 114
  Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. has entered into contract with JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan). The agreement welcomes the oil and energy company as a new Official Sponsor of Yamaha Factory Racing’s premier class Team competing in the MotoGP World Championship. Yamaha Factory Racing ...
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• Valentino Rossi reveals Ducati GP12

  
  twowheelsblog — Authority: 125
  Valentino Rossi ha revealed via his Twitter account his brand new Ducati Desmosedici GP12. Like Filippo Preziosi, who is present at Sepang, said it wouldn’t look completely different from the GPZero, maybe slighter slimmer and smaller, but what’s important is what’s underneath the fairing and what Rossi can ...
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• HRC pays respects to Marco Simoncelli at Sepang

  
  twowheelsblog — Authority: 125
  Just a little more than three months ago, Marco Simoncelli lost his life during the Sepang GP and now the MotoGP teams are back in Malaysia for the official pre-season three day test that kicks off tomorrow and it will be a very emotional return for everyone present. To remember that fatal afternoon and to pay their ...
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• JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation is Yamahas new sponsor

  
  twowheelsblog — Authority: 125
  Following the rumors that Yamaha would be finally picking up a new official sponsor to back their MotoGP effort (after losing Fiat in 2010 and Petronas at the end of 2011 ) the Japanese manufacturer has confirmed an agreement with JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation . The partnership with JX Nippon Oil & ...
  5 hours ago

• The surprise home of bargain motorsport

  
  2or4.co.uk - a motorsport blog — Authority: 95
  The BTCC made a bit of a thing recently of tickets for all this season’s meetings now being on sale. That got me wondering about how much motorsport tickets vary in price. As is my wont at such times, research and a little visualisation followed. Not every venue has every event on sale yet – for example ...
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• Is this Valentino Rossis GP12 Phoenix?

  
  twowheelsblog — Authority: 125
  This photo is supposed to be Valentino Rossi’s almost 90% brand new Ducati Desmosedici GP12, now dubbed by the press as the ‘Phoenix’ and taken at Sepang just several hours ago. Is this the GP Zero that Rossi tested at Valencia or is it the GP12? Ducati brought both bikes to Sepang for a comparison test, so ...
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• Yamahas old and new glories on display at their HQ

  
  twowheelsblog — Authority: 125
  Not all racing machines are crushed at the end of a championship season, as these photos from Yamaha’s Facebook page can testify, some are proudly on display at their headquarters. These magnificent GP bikes are part of Yamaha’s racing heritage and include Jorge Lorenzo’s 201o M1, Valentino Rossi’s winning ...
  2 days ago

• Mattia Pasini takes Anthony Wests place in Speed Masters MotoGP team

  
  twowheelsblog — Authority: 125
  After Anthony West’s announcement that he would no longer be riding for Speed Master’s CRT team as he couldn’t find a sponsorship to fund his MotoGP ride, Speed Master officially announced that Mattia Pasini would be taking his place. Apparently Pasini who just recently announced that he too was having the ...
  2 days ago

• Casey Stoner sets the record straight

  
  twowheelsblog — Authority: 125
  Casey Stoner is the most successful rider of the 800cc MotoGP era, he was won two titles, the first and last one and has more victories than Valentino Rossi who also took two championship titles during this period. It’s commonly known that Stoner has little use for the media especially the Euro ones (who are more ...
  5 days ago

• MotoGP: News e calendario test 2012

  
  Bikersnews — Authority: 124
  Quest’anno una nuova generazione di prototipi MotoGP™ farà il suo debutto accompagnata dall’introduzione di nuovi cambiamenti al regolamento, primo fra tutti l’aumento della cilindrata a 1000cc. I test pre-stagionali rivestiranno un banco di prova fondamentale per i costruttori, già al lavoro sulle nuove ...
  6 days ago

• Maurizio Arrivabene: "We believe in Ducatis project"

  
  twowheelsblog — Authority: 125
  Sponsors are usually silent partners, but they’re are the ones that fodder teams pockets and allows them to continue racing and they often wield power that goes beyond seeing their names on the livery. Many of you may remember Maurizio Arrivabene, he’s the Vice President of Marlboro Global Communication & ...
  6 days ago

• Mugello Circuit Awarded IRTA Best Grand Prix of 2011

  
  Superbike News — Authority: 114
  The Gran Premio d’Italia TIM has been announced as the winner of the 2011 IRTA “Best Grand Prix” award, thus securing its fifth title from the Teams’ Association since hosting a Grand Prix for the first time in 1976. Almost 85,000 MotoGP™ fans were gathered at the Mugello Circuit on the 3rd of July last ...
  1 week ago

• Valentino Rossi & Friends at the Biscia - Part 2 the video

  
  twowheelsblog — Authority: 125
  Early last December you saw the pics of Valentino Rossi and his friends having fun (they call it winter training) at the Biscia, his new motocross and flat track ranch near Tavullia, now you get to see the video. Former Superbike rider, now turned superbike commentator for La7, Mauro Sanchini was in charge of the ...
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• Yellow Fever - Valentino Rossis fans become the subject of a documentary

  
  twowheelsblog — Authority: 125
  Which MotoGP rider is the most popular and has the largest fan base around the world? If we were to judge by the sea of yellow and #46 flags waved during any Grand Prix event and the number of times his name is mentioned and the attention and feedback that he garners (good and bad) we’d have to say almost without a ...
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• CRT testing calendar

  
  twowheelsblog — Authority: 125
  There won’t be many CRTs testing at Sepang at the end of the month. The philosophy behind these production based bikes is to make MotoGP racing cheaper and even if Dorna is helping subsidize the nine Claiming Rule Teams not all nine will be making the expensive trip to Malaysia, but will do all their testing in ...
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• Ducati test at Jerez still top secret

  
  twowheelsblog — Authority: 125
  Ducatis testing of the GP12 at Jerez is still completely under wraps with very little leaking out, security is so tight that is resembles more a G8 summit than motorcycle test and there arent even the usual spy shots. We only have the words Ducatis CEO Gabriele Del Torchio, who said during a press conference last ...
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• CRT Testing To Be Limited To Europe, While Factory Teams Go To Sepang

  
  MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks - ... that wildcards at Valencia are the best way of getting around test restrictions — Authority: 114
  The objective of keeping costs at reasonable levels for the CRT entries has been underlined again today, when news emerged that a series of separate tests is to be organized for the teams in Europe. While the factory and satellite teams head to Sepang for the official MotoGP tests, the CRT bikes will be circulating in ...
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• Moto GP – Jorge Lorenzo caresses title

  
  Sports freek — Authority: 114
  by dgp 2008 Article by Andrew Hill A victory in the Malaysian Grand Prix from Lorenzo would decide the MotoGP championship in his favor. As the 2010 MotoGP championship comes closer to an end with just four races left -Malaysia, Australia, Portugal, and Valencia-, Jorge Lorenzo will have his first chance to crown ...
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• Why Motorcycle Racing Fans Should Oppose The Stop Online Piracy Act

  
  MotoMatters.com | Kropotkin Thinks - ... that wildcards at Valencia are the best way of getting around test restrictions — Authority: 114
  Go to Wikipedia today (Wednesday, January 18th) to search for information, and you will be met with a dark page bearing a stark warning: "Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge". The reason for Wikipedias blackout is simple: they, along with other major internet companies such as Google, WordPress, Reddit, Tucows, ...
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• Sambut Jorge Lorenzo| Syahrini Murka di Juluki [Lady Escort]

  
  DSB NEWS CHANNEL — Authority: 115
  Keberuntungan demi keberuntungan sepertinya tak pernah bosan menghampiri artis fenomenal Syahrini. Selain sukses menapaki karirnya sebagai penyanyi, segala polah tingkahnya di luar dunia keartisan juga kerap menjadi sorotan dan Trend di masyarakat. Salah satu keberuntungan besar yang di capai seorang … Continue ...
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