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ACOSTA TAKES MAIDEN WIN BEFORE REGULAR TRANSMISSION RESUMES
It was too long coming but, at last, Pedro
Acosta has won a MotoGP main race( supported by our favourite Crew Chief, Kiwi Paul Trevathan). He nearly won the Sprint Race as well but, in his own words, f @# ked it up. Distracted by a low fuel light, he lost focus, ran wide, had a wee roll on the track and saw his runaway win disappear. Brushing himself off, he then dominated the main event at the Austrian round. His win was awesome, his celebration was, well, awesome-er, from the mulleted Spaniard. On his victory lap, he laid his bike down on the spot he crashed in the sprint, rolled a round and then got back up and Jack Miller, who had a terrible day at the office and was just finishing, towed him up to starting speed. The willingness to laugh at himself was a nice bit of light relief from a sport
ALL NEW VESPA 180 IGET ENGINE ARRIVES IN NZ
The new platform sees Vespa supply performance, practicality and style from as little as $ 7990 + ORC. Salero Holdings, the NZ distributor, says the new models are heading out their doors to retailers right about now. The new Primavera and Primavera S come with full colour LCD display with connectivity, navigation and a very cool and handy Follow Me function to guide you through the city with ease. Your new Vespa can connect to your phone as well and the S version is keyless yet secure. Naturally, there is a stylish catalogue of accessories to adorn your style icon with, should you so desire.…
that can spiral into seriousness at times. Next round, well, it was at Motegi, Japan, and nobody beats Marc Marquez at Motegi, obviously. It was a masterclass from the master himself. Jorge Martin gave it a great crack but Marquez didn’ t look fussed at any stage. He sat in second for half distance, doing the math on where he felt like passing. Then, when his alarm went off, he simply went past in a well rehearsed move and changed into # 93 mode. Done. The win sees him close to a mere two points in arrears in the title hunt. Not bad considering his early season absenteeism as they rebuilt his right shoulder yet again. The end of the season is approaching, so it is gloves off now. Popcorn time..
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