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The Red Bull KTM Ajo team project for the coming Moto3 campaign was presented on Monday at the KTM headquarters in Munderfing (Austria), with rider Niccolo Antonelli and Bo Bendsneyder unveiling their new bikes for 2017. The pair will look to follow in the footsteps of Brad Binder and win the World Championship with the team this season. The spectacular presentation also saw the KTM structures for Moto2 and MotoGP introduced, with the Austrian manufacturer leading a triple-pronged assault in the World Championship. Since coming together in 2012, the joint…

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The second and last day of this test at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia was held under wet conditions. Despite the wet track the Moto3 riders put in quit some laps. Fabio DiGiannantonio managed 40 laps, Bo Bendsneyder 38. Fastest man today was Bo’s new teammate Nicolo Antonelli, with a 1:50,519. Second was Di Giannantonio and Bo Bendsneyder was third. There were crashes for Jorge Martin, Jules Danilo, Kaito Toba (2x) and Marco Bezzechi. The first three riders were unhurt, but Bezzechi broke his right collarbone. Bo Bendsneyder#64: “Two…

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Bo Bendsneyder set second fastest time today at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit of Valencia. Fastest time was set by Enea Bastianini. Bo’s new teammate, Nicolo Antonelli was third in front of Sasaki, Fenati, Canet, DiGiannantonio, Martin, Bezzechi and Gonzalez. results day 1 Valencia test: source: Ajo.fi, badboybo64.com

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For the second consecutive day, Bo Bendsneyder was amongst the fastest riders in the class. The Dutchman, who completed a total of 86 laps, had two positive days of testing, capped with a small race simulation. Niccolo Antonelli continued his adaptation to the KTM this Thursday, improving his feeling with his new machine. The Italian escaped unharmed after crashing in this second day, and put in a total of 59 laps. Fabio Di Giannantonio (Gresini Racing Moto3) took P1 on the second day of testing in Jerez de la Frontera,…

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Red Bull KTM Ajo welcomed new rider Niccolo Antonelli to the team at the Jerez Circuit on Wednesday. The Italian joined up with both his new crew and teammate Bo Bendsneyder -preparing for a second year with the team- for the first of two days of testing. Both riders had a good feeling with the new KTM bike designed for the 2017 season. Good weather at the southern Spanish track helped the two riders to put in many laps, with Bendsneyder completing 71 and being one of the fastest riders…

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Bo Bendsneyder received a gridpenalty after the qualifying session, due to “irresponsible riding”; for being slow in 3 consecutive sectors. Despite protesting the penalty with good arguments ( He could show the clarks of the course video footage of him having to go off throttle for a slower rider) the penalty was given anyway. So he had to start from 20th ( 12 place penalty; third time this season). After a reasonable start wich saw him go to 16th after the first lap, Bo lost some spots and was in…

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Fresh from his first podium in Phillip Island, Aron Canet (Estrella Galicia 0,0) put on a show for the home crowd in Valencia as he took his first ever pole position, on his final attempt – knocking none other than reigning Champion Brad Binder (Red Bull KTM Ajo) down to P2. Hiroki Ono (Honda Team Asia) was another who impressed, qualifying in P3 to complete the front row. Nicolo Bulega (Sky Racing Team VR46) was the first of those in competition for the coveted Rookie of the Year title, as…

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The morning session started with track temperatures down to just 10ºC, and so during the first few laps the Red Bull KTM Ajo riders looked to get a feel for the circuit and adapt to the conditions. Binder had got up to the top spot after his only return to the pits, but eventually finished FP1 in 3rd place with a time of 1:40.590. Teammate Bo Bendsneyder was inside the Top 10 for much of the session, finishing 11th with a time of 1:40.900. FP2 began with a better track…

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A largely dry track, high ambient temperatures and a full Moto3™ grid characterized the start of the race, before the drama began early and went on to claim almost half the field. There were high rates of attrition on Lap 1, with a first incident at Turn 2 seeing Andrea Migno (Sky Racing Team VR46) losing control of his KTM and making contact with RBA Racing’s Juanfran Guevara to take both out of the race. Ayumu Sasaki, replacing injured Enea Bastianini at Gresini Racing Moto3, was another early casualty as…

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The asphalt of the Sepang International Circuit was dry with damp patches for Moto3 FP3. This prevented lap times from improving until the very end of the session. As happened yesterday morning, Binder waited until the last lap to set the top time of the entire weekend in the class -2:14.690. Bendsneyder also dropped his time from yesterday, going eleventh with a 2:15.517. In the afternoon, heavy rain forced Race Direction to show the red flag with 19 minutes remaining, when the Red Bull KTM Ajo riders occupied two of…

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