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Moto2 2018

The Moto2 race category is clearly dominated by one bike manufacturer which is Kalex.

With a technologically-advanced chassis, almost 70% of the entire intermediate race class used Kalex in the 2017 season.

Riders like Johann Zarco, Franco Morbidelli and even Hafizh Syahrin all used Kalex bikes for a very good reason.

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We Malaysians are all too familiar with the world of Motorcycle Grand Prix. With the country’s main goal in getting a national rider into the top of the league, there are a few worthy candidates who have been racing brilliantly in the intermediate and novice classes which are Moto2 and Moto3. (more…)

  • Pegawai SIC telah mengumumkan bahawa Petronas tidak akan menaja Hafizh Syahrin untuk Moto2 musim 2018.
  • Desas desus itu akhirnya telah disahkan lewat semalam tetapi SIC juga telah mengatakan bahawa penunggang berusia 23 tahun itu akan masih berlumba pada tahun 2018 bagi sebuah pasukan Moto2 SIC yang baru ditubuhkan.
  • Petronas hanya akan menaja penunggang Moto3 pada musim hadapan di bawah pasukan Petronas Sprinta Racing, iaitu Adam Norrodin dan Ayamu Sasaki.

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SIC officials have announced that Petronas will not sponsor Hafizh Syahrin for Moto2 in the 2018 season.

The rumours were finally confirmed late yesterday but SIC also stated that the 23 year old will still race in 2018 under a newly-formed Moto2 team under SIC.

Petronas will only support the Moto3 riders next season under the Petronas Sprinta Racing team which are Adam Norrodin and Ayumu Sasaki.

The rumours that have been going around for quite some time are finally confirmed late yesterday when Petronas announced that they will not be sponsoring national rider Hafizh Syahrin to continue his Moto2 efforts in 2018. (more…)

  • Pengeluar casis dari Switzerland, Suter, telah memutuskan untuk mengundurkan diri dari kejohanan dunia Moto2 2018.
  • Daripada 24 buah pasukan yang ada di atas grid, hanya satu sahaja yang akan menggunakan casis mereka untuk musim yang akan datang iaitu Dynavolt Intact Team.
  • Suter akan berehat dari pertandingan bagi menumpukan perhatian pada pembinaan casis generasi yang berikutnya bagi disuaikan dengan pertukaran enjin 765cc Triumph yang baru yang bakal tiba pada tahun 2019.

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Swiss chassis manufacturer Suter has decided to step away from the 2018 Moto2 world championship.

Out of 24 teams on the grid, only one wanted to use their chassis for the upcoming season with was the Dynavolt Intact Team.

Suter will take a break from competition to focus on building their next generation chassis to accommodate the new Triumph 765cc engine change coming in 2019.

After the realization that only one out of 24 teams who decided to use the chassis made by the Swiss manufacturer for 2018, Suter decided that to completely pull out for the 2018 Moto2 world championship altogether. This is due to the fact that they see no sense in continuing their efforts for now as it can’t have any commercial benefit to the company. (more…)

 

  • Penunggang pasukan pengilang Aprilia MotoGP semasa, Sam Lowes, dikatakan telah menandatangani kontrak yang bakal menyaksikan kemunculan semulanya di kelas pertengahan Moto2 bagi 2018.
  • Lowes akan berlumba bagi pasukan CarXpert Interwetten Moto2 setelah mencapai kata sepakat sewaktu GP British pada hujung minggu lalu.
  • Penunggang semasa bagi pasukan CarXpert Interwetten, Thomas Luthi, akan berhijrah ke kelas MotoGP pada tahun akan datang bagi menyertai pasukan Marc VDS bersama dengan Franco Morbidelli.

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Current Aprilia MotoGP factory rider Sam Lowes is said to have signed a contract that will see him return to the Moto2 intermediate class in 2018.

Lowes will race with the CarXpert Interwetten Moto2 outfit after coming to an agreement during the British GP this past weekend.

Current CarXpert Interwetten rider Thomas Lüthi will move up to MotoGP next year to join the Marc VDS squad with Franco Morbidelli.

With all the 2018 MotoGP seats getting filled up, it seems that current Aprilia Racing Team Gresini rider Sam Lowes has confirmed that he’ll be rejoining the Moto2 intermediate class for the upcoming season. (more…)

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