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Finally, the technical director regretted that, "unfortunately", the races will be behind closed doors. "It’s a great shame, but we still think that we can bring the race to all fans and viewers on television and other media.", he asserted.

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"It is important for us to try to start the season, there are many reasons to want to start it. One is to give excitement to the fans, who have been frustrated with the delays. We have a very exciting season ahead of us, this is a very important livelihood for thousands of people, and that is another reason to try to start the season.", he sentenced.

The International Motorcycling Federation (FIM), IRTA and Dorna Sports have communicated that the appointments of Germany, Assen and Finland are definitively canceled for this 2020 due to the coronavirus.

Apr 29, 2020 at 1:22 pm CEST

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Carmelo Ezpeleta, CEO of Dorna Sports, announced "with great sadness" the cancellation of these three events. "On behalf of Dorna I would like to thank all the fans for their understanding and patience as we wait for the situation to improve. We look forward to returning to the Sachsenring and the Assen TT Circuit in 2021, and we are looking forward to the debut of the new KymiRing next season."says the statement.

As previously stated, the GP organizers at the Sachsenring circuit announced that it was impossible to hold the race on the scheduled dates, June 19-21, and that they were in talks with Dorna to find a new date, something that it has been impossible.

On the other hand, the appointment in the Netherlands suffers its first cancellation since the competition was inaugurated in 1949. The TT Assen Circuit commented a few days ago that the GP, which was going to be from June 26 to 28, was postponed and they assured that they would try to relocate the race with the organizers of the World Cup. Finally, it could not be.

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Finally, the three categories will be left with the desire to race at the KymiRing, Finland track, which debuted on the calendar this year from July 10 to 12, but they have not been able to save their Grand Prix either.

Team Petronas Sprinta Racing confirmed on Tuesday that Xavi Vierge (Barcelona, ​​1997) will continue riding with the Malaysian squad next year in the Moto2 World Championship.

Sep 22, 2020 at 10:35 am CEST

The Catalan rider joined the team this year and has made progress in each race. His best result came at the San Marino GP, where he finished fourth, which was also Petronas’ best result in the Moto2 intermediate category to date. 

Vierge made his Moto2 debut at the 2015 United States GP, held in Indianapolis, before joining the series full time in 2016, taking ‘Rookie of the Year’ honors. Throughout his six years competing in Moto2, Xavi has accumulated three podiums (third in Australia 2018, second in Japan 2017 and Argentina 2018), two pole positions (Argentina 2018 and 2019) and two fastest laps (Argentina and Czech Republic 2018) . This weekend he competes at home, in the Catalan Grand Prix (25-27 September). 

Johan Stigefelt, team manager, ensures that "as we have seen the progress he has made since he joined the team. It is important that you can continue with the same settings for the second year. It’s also great for the team to keep a driver like Xavi, as they can start in a better position than this year: they know each other, they know how they work best together, their strengths and what weaknesses to work on from the beginning. We have high hopes for Xavi in ​​the future and it is a pleasure to continue with him".

For his part, Vierge, 23, celebrates its renewal: "I am happy that they continue to believe in me. From the moment I joined I felt very comfortable with the whole team; this is one of the reasons why I want to continue with them. Moto2 is a difficult class and I think 1xbet. staying with the same team and bike will be crucial for us. This year, although it has been a strange season, we have been advancing in each race, getting closer to our goals and if we continue like this next year will be incredible. We have made some mistakes, but we learn from them and improve for the future. For now, our goal remains the same: to be in the top five in every race, fighting for podiums and victories. Next year we want to fight for the championship", warns".

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The official team of Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) has reached an agreement with the Spanish Álex Márquez to extend his contract for the next two seasons, which he will play as an official driver in the satellite team of Italian Lucio Cecchinello (LCR).

07/13/2020 at 11:01 CEST

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The former Moto3 and Moto2 world champion in 2019 will compete in the 2020 season as a teammate of his brother Marc Márquez in the Repsol Honda squad on the Honda RC213V.

Álex Márquez, 24, has a full season ahead of him to gain experience and advance HRC’s long-term project, until the end of 2022, in the LCR Honda team.

HRC thanks British Cal Crutchlow for his diligent and tireless work since he joined HRC in 2015, in which time he has achieved three victories and 12 podiums and the driver being a valuable asset in and out of competition for his excellent comments. for the development of the project by the engineers and therefore a key part of the development of the Honda RC213V in recent years.

"I am very proud to announce my renewal with Honda Racing Corporation. HRC gave me the opportunity to get to MotoGP and I am pleased to join the LCR Honda Team at the end of 2020 to compete in a great team with great experience in MotoGP"Álex Márquez explained in the press release issued by HRC.

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"I want to thank HRC and the LCR Honda team for their trust in me to continue in the Honda family and I will work hard to demonstrate their trust with good results. Now, I’m looking forward to starting the season in Jerez and I’m fully focused on doing my best this year.", highlighted the current Moto2 world champion.

South African Brad Binder (KTM) claimed victory in the Moto2 Malaysian Grand Prix that was held at the Sepang circuit but the second place achieved by Spanish Alex Márquez (Estrella Galicia 0’0 Kalex) allowed him to be mathematically champion of the world when finishing behind him who was closest in the classification, the Swiss Thomas Luthi (Kalex).

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Alex Márquez could not prevent the South African Brad Binder (KTM) from getting ahead of him in the acceleration of the finish line as soon as the traffic light went out, but the Spanish stuck in his wake like a limpet, with the Japanese Tetsuta Nagashima ( Kalex), his teammate, Xavier Vierge, and the Swiss Thomas Luthi (Kalex), behind him.

Binder, winner in Australia last week, tried to shoot hard to break the rhythm of his rivals and go off alone, but Alex Márquez, after overcoming a small "scuffle" with Nagashima making a small mistake in the entrance curve to the finish straight, an attempt was made to position himself behind him to avoid it and this caused both to set the fastest lap of the race on the second lap.

In the next, the third, the test lost one of its contenders and second in Phillip Island, the Spanish Jorge Martín (KTM), in addition to the Italians Enea Bastianini (Kalex) and Fabio di Giannantonio (Speed ​​Up).

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The first surprise occurred on the fourth lap, on the fourth lap, at turn fourteen, in which the South African took the wrong path and had to open up to avoid the crash, which the Estrella Galicia pilot took advantage of 0’0 to get in front of the race with almost a second over Nagashima and Binder, who did not take too long to overtake him again to try to catch up with the Spanish, who thus had the world title in his pocket.

Little by little Brad Binder approached Alex Márquez until he was behind his wake while Nagashima and Luthi, who were after them, lost some ground but at the "engage" the South African and the Spanish both caught up with them and the race began to get complicated for the Spanish goal of being world champion.

At the beginning of lap eight, Binder got into Márquez’s trajectory in turn one, in which both come to touch, to overcome him and regain the leadership of the race, but with Nagashima glued to him, although the Japanese made a mistake that allowed the Swiss to overtake him to take third without the Japanese reacting.

The leading positions were consolidated from that moment, with Brad Binder leading, followed by Alex Márquez, who was gradually approached by Thomas Luthi, while Tetsuta Nagashima was left behind in fourth place, with just a few tenths of a second ahead of Spaniards Xavier Vierge, Iker Lecuona (KTM) and Jorge Navarro (Speed ​​Up).

There were no more variations throughout the race, Brad Binder focused on winning and Alex Márquez on not being overtaken by Thomas Luthi, which mathematically gave him the title of world champion, as it was.

Xavier Vierge finished in fourth position, with Jorge Navarro fifth and Iker Lecuona in sixth position, while Augusto Fernández (Kalex) was eleventh.