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☆ ‘Drive to Survive’ or Ride to Thrive? MotoGP looks to break out of F1’s shadow after $4.2 billion deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Jonathan Hawkins | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

One thing that MotoGP has in its favor is its frequently raucous unpredictability, a far cry from the sometimes-processional nature of F1. Reigning double world champion Pecco Bagnaia agreed. What that documentary series delivered in spades was human drama, making household names out of F1’s competitors and their teams. Mirco Lazzari gp/Getty ImagesThree-time MotoGP world champion Wayne Rainey now runs the MotoAmerica series, which nurtures US motorcycle track talent, as well as King of the Baggers. We need entertainment, and now Baggers are here at MotoGP, strictly to help build the crowd, build the excitement, and in the end it’s about entertainment.”Wayne Rainey is a three-time MotoGP world champion.

Persons: COTA, ” Carlos Ezpeleta, Pecco Bagnaia, “, ”, Dan Rossomondo, doesn’t, Rossomondo, ’, ’ ”, Marc Marquez, ” Marquez, Valentino, Rossi, Dani, Pedrosa, Jorge, Lorenzo, Casey, Stoner, Roland Sands, Jonathan Hawkins, Harley Davidson, Sands, “ You’ve, who’s, ” Sands, Viñales, ” Rossomondo, Lionel Messi, Valentino Rossi, Mirco Lazzari, Wayne Rainey, King, Wayne, Rainey, ” Wayne Rainey, Natalie Cardenas, Christopher, Silas, Jack, “ We’ve, Natalie, ” Christopher, Maverick Viñales, Pedro Acosta’s, Bastianini, you’ve, it’s Organizations: Texas CNN, Formula, Liberty Media, MotoGP, Liberty, CNN, One, Premier League, “, Sprint, CNN Sport, Ducati, Maverick, Aprilia, MotoGP’s Locations: Austin, Texas, Austin , Texas, Americas, California, America, Italian, States, Spain, COTA

☆ Jannik Sinner: Why the Carota Boys are ‘finding a lot of love’ for Italian tennis star
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Go to a major tennis tournament and it’s hard to miss the Carota Boys, a team of six men decked in full-body, bright-orange carrot costumes. It’s only over the past seven or so months that the Carota Boys’ love for Sinner has really blossomed, endearing themselves to the tennis public in the process. The conception of the Carota Boys originates with the friends’ tradition of buying tickets for tennis tournaments to celebrate each other’s birthdays. The Carota Boys attend the ATP Tour Finals in Turin, Italy, watching Sinner take on Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas. “Jannik and all the Carota Boys are born in a place near the mountains.

Persons: Sinner, – Lorenzo Ferrato, Francesco Gaboardi, Gianluca Bertorello, Enrico Ponsi, Alessandro Dedominici, Alberto Mondino –, TIZIANA FABI, Ferrato, Lavazza, Novak Djokovic, “, ” Ferrato, “ Jannik, Clive Brunskill, “ Let’s, let’s, we’ve, Jannik, ”, Valentino Rossi, Max, Michael, Schumacher, Daniil Medvedev, Valerio Pennicino, Carlos Alcaraz, Denmark’s Holger Rune, Djokovic, ” Djokovic, he’s, Sinner’s Organizations: CNN, Carota Boys, ATP, Getty, CNN Sport, Boys, Wimbledon, Davis, ITF Gaboardi, Italy, Australia, “ Locations: Italy, It’s, Turin, Revello, Rome, AFP, Vienna, Austria, Paris, London, New York, Malaga, Spain, Formula

☆ Bagnaia keen to seal title and join greats Rossi, Marquez
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Only Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez have won consecutive titles and while Bagnaia would love to join them, he says his focus must be on racing. "From my memory, just Vale and Marc did it," Bagnaia said at the pre-event press conference on Thursday. Tomorrow (Friday) will be very important to understand everything and Saturday will be very important to be competitive and to try and win the sprint race," he added. "The maximum goal will be to start on the front row and then push in the sprint race to have the possibility to win." I will try to enjoy the weekend and win both races."

Persons: Francesco Bagnaia, Pramac Racing's Jorge Martin, Martin, Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez, Bagnaia, Marc, Pearl Josephine Nazare, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Ducati, Thomson Locations: Valencia, Qatar, Bengaluru

☆ Martin wins San Marino GP as rivals chip away at Bagnai's championship lead
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Martin took the chequered flag 1.445 seconds ahead of VR46 Racing's Bezzecchi to claim his third sprint win of the season. World champion Bagnaia finished third. Bagnaia is top of the riders' standings with 267 points, with Martin (222) in second and Bezzecchi (196) in third. Martin's sprint win reduced the gap to Bagnaia by five points, while Bezzechi's second-placed finish saw him reduce the deficit by two. After Bezzecchi recovered from a slow start to leapfrog Bagnaia, Martin was given more of a challenge, though the Spaniard proved triumphant.

Persons: Pramac Racing's Jorge Martin, Lisi Niesner, Marco Bezzecchi, Francesco Bagnaia, Martin, Bezzecchi, Bagnaia, Marco, Spaniard Martin, leapfrog Bagnaia, Dani Pedrosa, I'm, Jorge, Aleix Espargaro, Luca Marini, Valentino Rossi, Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo, Marc Marquez, Aadi Nair, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: San Marino, San Marino Grand Prix, Ducati, Catalunya, Thomson Locations: Ernstthal, Germany, San Marino Grand, Misano Adriatico, VR46, Misano, Modena, India, Japan, Bengaluru

☆ Rins wins in Texas after Bagnaia crashes out of the lead
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

AUSTIN, Texas, April 16 (Reuters) - Alex Rins won the Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin on Sunday after MotoGP world champion Francesco 'Pecco' Bagnaia, the Saturday sprint winner, crashed while leading from pole position. The Spaniard's surprise victory on a clear afternoon in Texas was a first for his LCR Honda team since Britain's Cal Crutchlow in Argentina in 2018. Italian Luca Marini, MotoGP great Valentino Rossi's half-brother, was second for the VR46 Ducati team and France's 2021 world champion Fabio Quartararo completed the podium on a Yamaha. VR46's Marco Bezzecchi finished sixth to stretch his championship lead to 11 points over fellow Italian Bagnaia after three rounds. Reporting by Alan Baldwin in London, editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Italy’s Pecco Bagnaia takes historic MotoGP title for Ducati
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Jonathan Hawkins | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia fired his Ducati to an historic MotoGP title on Sunday, in front of 170,380 fans at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia, Spain. Quartararo needed to win in Valencia and hope Bagnaia scored fewer than two points. A breathless first few laps saw he and Bagnaia locked together, exchanging places with close passes. Bagnaia then settled into the pack behind his rival, who was struggling to follow the leaders. Bagnaia celebrates as he won the world championship.

☆ Fabio Quartararo a câștigat cursa de la Assen, aceasta fiind a patra sa victorie în acest sezon
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-28 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Pilotul echipei Yamaha a câștigat Marele Premiu al Olandei, aceasta fiind a patra sa victorie în sezonul actual. Cursa de la Assen a avut un start incendiar, cu o luptă strânsă, pentru prima poziție, între Quartararo și coechipierul spaniol Maverick Vinales, de care a profitat din plin italianul Francesco Bagnaia. Pilotul de la Ducati a devenit lider și a păstrat șefia până în turul 7, când, totuși, a fost devansat de Quartararo. Legenda MotoGP-ului, deținătorul a 7 titluri, italianul Valentino Rossi de la Yamaha, a căzut în turul 7 și a abandonat cursa. Liderul Fabio Quartararo are 156 de puncte, fiind urmat de Johann Zarco, pilotul echipei Ducati, cu 122 de puncte, și de Francesco Bagnaia, cu 109.

Persons: Francezul Fabio Quartararo, Maverick, Francesco Bagnaia, Joan Mir, Valentino Rossi, Fabio Quartararo, Johann Zarco Organizations: Yamaha, Ducati, Suzuki Locations: Olandei

☆ ”La 19 ani, nu e ușor!”. Iubita lui Valentino Rossi dezvăluie abuzurile trăite în MotoGP: ”Unii te și ating”
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-08 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Iubita lui Valentino Rossi dezvăluie abuzurile trăite în MotoGP: ”Unii te și ating”Francesca Sofia Novello, model și partenera lui Valentino Rossi, a vorbit deschis despre momentele delicate trăite în MotoGP. Modelul italian, care a lucrat în paddock, a recunoscut că pentru a reuși în această lume, despre care spune că este ”doar a bărbaților”, a trebuit să câștige respectul celor din jur, aspectul fizic nefiind suficient. ”E o lume doar a bărbaților. De asemenea, modelul a vorbit și despre relația pe care o are cu Valentino Rossi. E adevărat că fără Valentino nu aș fi ajuns la popularitatea de astăzi, dar aș fi reușit aceleași lucruri în carieră.

Persons: Valentino Rossi, Francesca Sofia Novello, Valentino

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