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Friday: round five of this season: the Monster Energy Grand Prix de France on the Bugatti circuit at Le Mans. A track Bo knows from the Spanish Open and where he got his first podium in the series. After three races scoring no points, this could be an opportunity to get in to the top fifteen again.           Built in 1965 around the existing 24-Hour track, the Le Mans Bugatti Grand Prix race circuit lies 5km south of the city of Le Mans and 200km south-west of Paris. The venue…

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Brad Binder claimed his very first Moto3 victory at the Red Bull Grand Prix of Spain, and did so in spectacularly unexpected style. Due to a penalty given to him by Race Direction, the Red Bull KTM Ajo rider began from last on the starting grid -35th-, but was able to pass the entire Moto3 field to cross the finish line first at Jerez. Teammate Bo Bendsneyder placed twenty-first in the race. Binder was required to make a strong start if he was to overcome the odds on raceday, and the…

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Brad Binder enjoyed a very positive Saturday at the Jerez Circuit, with an excellent final Free Practice session and a late assault on pole in qualifying for the Red Bull Grand Prix of Spain. The South African set his fastest time of the weekend in the afternoon shootout, which earned him second place and a third front row start of the year. Teammate Bo Bendsneyder took an important step forward in qualifying to take eighteenth position. The beginning of the day was promising, as Brad Binder set a strong time…

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After setting 25th time in the morning session, Bo was struggling at the start of Free Practice two aswell. He wasn’t able to put in a decent fast lap for quit some time. Teammate Brad Binder, who was fifth in the first Free Practice, was having some problems also. He was in sixteenth halfway the session. Finally in the last five minutes of the session, fast sectortimes were coming up. Bo set a 1.48,360, good for twelfth spot at that moment. Binder eventually was fastest, in front of Bulega, Antonelli, Martin and…

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This weekend the first European GP of this year’s Moto3 World Championship: the Gran Premio Red Bull d’Espana at the Jerez circuit. After three races with two lesser results, this is the first track Bo really knows. Not just from the Red Bull Rookies Cup but from the Spanish Open aswell. With some good constant conditions Bo should be able to score some points in this race.             Circuito de Jerez Built in 1986 and hosting its first Grand Prix one year later, the circuit of Jerez is now one of…

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Navarro takes the holeshot at the start, followed by Fenati and Oettl, the polesitter. Bo gets off the line well, but chooses to go for the inside in corner one, he loses some spots accelerating out of it. At the end of lap one he is in 27th. Going in to lap two Norrodin is T-boned by Ono. Norrodin goes down, Ono can get back in to the race. He is penalised with a ridethrough for dangerous riding. Navarro is opening a gap to second place man Fenati; his lead…

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After setting fifth time in FP3, (tenth overall) qualifying got off on a partially wet track after some showers during FP3 of the Moto2 class. Most riders went out on rain tires, but the track had already dried out to much for good use of those. Everybody came in again after two laps changing back to slicks. Bo was in fifteenth after those two laps on wet tires. In his second run he’s in 21th after some laps, when it starts to rain again. There’s under twenty minutes to go,…

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On a for Bo again absolutely new circuit, this morning’s free practice ne was used to get to know the circuit. After being outside the top twenty for most of the session, Bo managed to put in some fast laps at the end of the session, taking nine-teenth at the finsh of free practice one. Quickest was Navarro, in front of Antonelli, Fenati, Canat, quartararo, Loi, Brad Bindr, Mir, Batianini and Kornfeil. The second free practice, Bo gets out and tries to get into a rythm, but after his first…

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This weekend round three of this years Moto3 Championship: the Red Bull Grand Prix of the Americas at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas. Let’s hope conditions on raceday are better than in Argentina last week. The Circuit Of The Americas is the first purpose-built Grand Prix facility in the U.S. near Austin, Texas, with a 5.513km track and a capacity for 120,000 fans. Construction of the impressive 1000-acre facility was completed late in 2012, with MotoGP lining up at the track for the first time in 2013.…

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The predicted thunderstorm had come overnight and this morning the warmup was held on a completely wet track. Before the race the rain had stopped but the track was still wet with dry spots on the raceline. The race was declared a “wet race”, but all riders chose to start the race on slicks. Except one: Livio Loi. Could he repeat his victory at Indianapolis last year? When the red lights go out, it’s Fenati with the holeshot, but he’s already overtaken by Binder and Navarro after the first corner. Loi makes a good…

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