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Suzuki has confirmed that it is pulling out of MotoGP – but suggested its absence will be temporary and that a 2014 return is on the cards.

The future of Suzuki’s MotoGP programme had been in doubt for months, with the reduction to a single works bike this season widely regarded as a   …  More

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Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta believes MotoGP cannot continue in its current state, saying that change is needed right now and that an era is over.

The championship has struggled to fill the grid properly this year, with just 17 bikes competing regularly. In contrast, the Moto2 championship has a 32-rider field, with 125cc also fielding over 30 bikes in each race.

Ezpeleta believes   …  More

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Dani Pedrosa topped the first day of MotoGP testing at Valencia as a mixture of 800 and 1000cc machines took to the track.

Honda riders Pedrosa and Casey Stoner, who had last ridden their 2012-spec machines at Misano in September  …  More

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Leading MotoGP riders do not think the change to 1000cc engines for 2012 will radically shake up the pecking order in the championship, but do expect the new formula to be a lot more fun to ride.

The five-year 800cc era ended with Sunday’s Valencia Grand Prix, and the first full field test of the 1000cc bikes will take place at   …  More

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