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Post by truenorth on Sept 18, 2022 14:20:10 GMT -8
Located amongst the vast natural beauty of the northern Kanto district, the twin ring circuit at Motegi in Japan consists of a 1.5 mile oval and a 2.9 mile road course constructed to international standards. Built by Honda as the ultimate test facility in August 1997, the road circuit became home to MotoGP in 1999 whilst the oval is designed to introduce American motorsports culture to the country.
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Post by truenorth on Sept 18, 2022 14:21:58 GMT -8
Mat Oxley: Next weekend's Motegi schedule. No Friday morning practice because the freight won't arrive in time. I may have to buy access to that flight-tracker app, like I did before Argentina...
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Post by truenorth on Sept 18, 2022 14:23:33 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Sept 18, 2022 14:27:38 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Sept 20, 2022 4:28:28 GMT -8
Ben Spies on the MM crash
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Post by truenorth on Sept 20, 2022 5:22:23 GMT -8
Marc Márquez confirms that he will be at the Japanese Grand Prix: "It's Honda's home race"
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Post by truenorth on Sept 20, 2022 5:24:27 GMT -8
David Emmett: There are a five MotoGP races left, so a maximum of 125 points are up for grabs. That means that Luca Marini, in 12th place, 120 points behind Fabio Quartararo, is still mathematically in with a chance of becoming 2022 MotoGP champion. As do the 11 riders ahead of him.
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Post by truenorth on Sept 20, 2022 5:41:29 GMT -8
Repsol Honda Team After three long years, we are finally home! We can't wait to see all the Honda fans at the Japanese GP "Let’s enjoy a weekend back in Japan" marcmarquez93 "The atmosphere is always incredible in Japan" polespargaro
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Post by truenorth on Sept 21, 2022 5:27:08 GMT -8
Mat Oxley: Suzuki were planning to run three riders at Motegi: Rins, Mir and test rider Takuya Tsuda, but with Mir injured they're only going to tun Rins and Tsuda
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Post by truenorth on Sept 21, 2022 5:41:07 GMT -8
Takaaki had to undergo surgery after his injury in the Aragon race, but he still wants to participate in the Motegi GP this weekend.
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Post by truenorth on Sept 21, 2022 5:55:02 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Sept 21, 2022 6:05:18 GMT -8
Mat Oxley: "Dorna is delighted to announce that work has begun on a possible future Indian GP, with the target of bringing MotoGP to India in the near future. Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta has recently visited India to meet with authorities and potential event promoter Fairstreet Sports."
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Post by truenorth on Sept 22, 2022 6:01:24 GMT -8
Freight has arrived. Let’s build!
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Post by truenorth on Sept 22, 2022 6:03:25 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Sept 22, 2022 6:09:59 GMT -8
Serious fire in the Aprilia garage This is how the pit lane looks right now at Motegi: a fire in the Marc VDS box, which is between the Aprilia and Suzuki boxes…
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Post by truenorth on Sept 22, 2022 6:43:20 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Sept 22, 2022 6:45:27 GMT -8
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Post by truenorth on Sept 22, 2022 8:16:07 GMT -8
Guille Carrillo MASSIVE THANKS to suzukimotogp & ApriliaOfficial members, forcing the door for open it, putting out the fire and removing the bikes from the garage on fire. HEROES. But they didn’t have enough with this, that they stay with us cleaning up and setting box again.
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Post by truenorth on Sept 22, 2022 19:09:28 GMT -8
Mat Oxley: Marc VDS were incredibly lucky - the only thing they lost was a rear shock. MotoGP needs to learn from this. Talk of turning off power to the entire garage block overnight. Also, no sprinkler system in the Motegi garages. There have been deaths in paddock fires in the past.
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Post by truenorth on Sept 22, 2022 19:11:16 GMT -8
Mat Oxley: Marquez says Motegi will be a much tougher than Aragon for his right arm - lots of braking from high speed to low-speed right-handers here
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