MotoGP #36 Seizoen 2017 is coming up!

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Op maandag 23 januari 2017 15:46 schreef Beach het volgende:
Definitieve 2017 MotoGP kalender:

26 maart: Qatar* – Losail International Circuit
09 april Argentinië – Termas de Río Hondo
23 april Americas – Circuit of The Americas
07 mei Spanje – Circuito de Jerez
21 mei Frankrijk – Le Mans
04 juni Italië – Autodromo del Mugello
11 juni Catalunya Barcelona – Catalunya
25 juni Nederland – TT Circuit Assen
02 juli Duitsland – Sachsenring
06 augustus – Tsjechië – Automotodrom Brno
13 augustus – Oostenrijk – Red Bull Ring – Spielberg
27 augustus – Engeland – Silverstone Circuit
10 september – San Marino – Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli
24 september – Aragón MotorLand Aragón
15 oktober Japan – Twin Ring Motegi
22 oktober Australië – Phillip Island
29 oktober Maleisië – Sepang International Circuit
12 november – Valencia – Ricardo Tormo Circuit

* avond race

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Op donderdag 26 januari 2017 18:57 schreef heywoodu het volgende:

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Alex Rins: “I feel ok, I’m not in pain so I’m ready to start this new project. I’m excited to get on the bike. It’s not easy to switch. In Valencia I felt a lot of power in my hands, and it’s not easy to go fast. We need to work hard. The most important thing is that I’m excited to start. When I entered the box, I felt it’s like a family. And after the crash, too, everyone was asking me how I was and they all came to the hospital. I’m happy to be here. I felt that it’s heavier than a Moto2 bike and when I entered the corners it felt like I was going down, but the feeling was incredible. Unique. This year I want to learn, to be fast quickly, and try to get experienced very fast.”

Andrea Iannone: “In winter I’ve been relaxing and training. It’s important to relax, but also to train. My first impression in Valencia with this bike was very good. We worked very well and the bike is very special. The chassis works very well - I think it’s more similar to my style and I’m happy about these two years. From the beginning I had a very good impression. It’s like a family team and that’s very good. The guys in the garage always have a smile and that’s important for the rider. It’s very difficult in MotoGP to win, there’s a lot of manufacturers and riders. But we’ll try the best together and I hope in the future we can - why not?”

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Op zondag 29 januari 2017 13:23 schreef Vriezzer het volgende:
Mooie livery.

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Op maandag 30 januari 2017 10:19 schreef H1N1 het volgende:
Die Stoner toch..wat een beest.

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Op maandag 30 januari 2017 11:15 schreef H1N1 het volgende:

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Zeg Beach blijf jij lekker trollen. Zeker chagrijnig omdat Jorge achteraan rijdt? Morgen weer een dag, hij komt al op stoom.

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Op maandag 30 januari 2017 11:19 schreef Beach het volgende:

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Ik heb nog helemaal niks over de test gelezen dus geen idee wat er gebeurt.

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Op maandag 30 januari 2017 11:16 schreef H1N1 het volgende:

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Ja idd als eerste geëindigd. Beelden kon ik lastig vinden. Had via Reddit wel een stream maar dat bleek uiteindelijk een loop .

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Jorge Lorenzo, P17: “On this track there’s a lot of difference between this bike and the one I was riding for nine years. I think that to go a lot faster we have to do two things. The first is to adapt the bike bit by bit to how I like it, and the second and most important is to understand how to go fast. To get there I’m missing quite a lot, more than I expected, honestly, but it’s still very early to draw conclusions. It’s a question of putting in the hours and the laps to bit by bit find how to go fast. The most important thing and the big positive from the day is that the other Ducatis have done great times – and that means the bike has a lot of potential.”

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Op maandag 30 januari 2017 19:19 schreef H1N1 het volgende:

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Ik denk sowieso dat hij het dit jaar lastig gaat krijgen. De Duc heeft zoveel potentie maar Lorenzo heeft zo'n unieke rijstijl..dat gaat nog lastig worden om dat te veranderen.

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Andrea Iannone (Team Suzuki Ecstar) made the timesheets fantastic reading for his new home Suzuki on Day 2 of the Sepang test, as he smashed Ducati test rider Casey Stoner’s day one pace to set the fastest lap of the test so far. A 1:59.452 saw the Italian an incredible four tenths clear of the man in P2, Maverick Viñales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP). Impressing once again, Alvaro Bautista (Pull&Bear Aspar Team) was third.

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Yamaha has made the first public move in MotoGP's 2017 fairing 'war' by revealing this response to the new ban on wings.

On day two at the Sepang test, Valentino Rossi tested with concealed winglets on either side of a special, wider M1 fairing.

This is within the new rules, which only ban wings that are "protruding from the fairing or bodywork and not integrated in the body streamlining".

The other five MotoGP manufacturers are still testing with normal fairings, but most admit they are working on more radical designs to try and claw back the downforce lost following the wing ban.