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Loris Capirossi

Guest Blog: Mat Oxley - Take two naked MotoGP riders… Ducati's curious 2003 photo shoot, starring Bayliss and Capirossi

By Mat Oxley | Wed, 31/07/2019 - 09:30

They say you have to suffer for your art and that’s exactly what MotoGP's Ducati riders Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi did in 2003 when the dudes at Marlboro must’ve been smoking something else…

Since this is MotoGP’s back-to-work week, here’s something to cheer up the paddock as it drags its collective backside off the beach and heads for Brno.

What follows is also a reminder of MotoGP’s good old days of bulging sponsorship budgets: those fat summers before the global recession and cigarette-advertising ban.

When teams could use 10 engines a weekend if they damn well felt like it and hire a globally renowned photo artist to shoot their riders in incongruous situations, if only to serve them right for earning several squillion bucks a year.

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Guest Blog: Mat Oxley - The problem at Ducati

By Mat Oxley | Wed, 30/07/2014 - 14:01

MotoMatters.com is delighted to feature the work of iconic MotoGP writer Mat Oxley. Oxley is a former racer, TT winner and highly respected author of biographies of world champions Mick Doohan and Valentino Rossi, and currently writes for Motor Sport Magazine, where he is MotoGP correspondent. We are featuring sections from Oxley's blogs, which are posted in full on the Motor Sport Magazine website.


The problem at Ducati

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Scott Jones 2011 Retrospective Subscriber Desktops: Round 10, Laguna Seca

By David Emmett | Tue, 24/01/2012 - 23:09


Over the hill and far away

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Scott Jones 2011 Retrospective: Round 10, Laguna Seca

By David Emmett | Tue, 24/01/2012 - 23:07


Over the hill and far away


King Kenny rode Laguna on an M1. And hated it.


GP Eleven. Point One.

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Scott Jones 2011 Retrospective Subscriber Desktops: Round 7, Assen

By David Emmett | Sun, 01/01/2012 - 23:24


Colin Edwards, owner of arguably the best looking helmet on the grid

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Scott Jones 2011 Retrospective: Round 7, Assen

By David Emmett | Sun, 01/01/2012 - 23:21


Colin Edwards, owner of arguably the best looking helmet on the grid


Yamaha's red-and-white livery was a massive hit with the fans


Nobody could say Randy de Puniet wasn't trying in 2011

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2011 Valencia MotoGP Sunday Round Up - The Very Many Goodbyes Of 2011, And Hello To 2012

By David Emmett | Mon, 07/11/2011 - 00:18

The last race of the year is always one for farewells, but we had an awful lot of goodbyes on Sunday at Valencia. The last ever race for the 800cc MotoGP bikes, the last ever race of Loris Capirossi's very long and highly colorful career (some paddock wags suggesting that the first win of his career came against a rider called Maximus Decimus Meridius), the end of the two-stroke Grand Prix era, with the 125cc bikes making way for the Moto3 machines. The departure of some of the finest journalists and broadcasters from the paddock, as the Spanish state TV company TVE ended its tenure in the paddock. Riders heading off to the World Superbike paddock, some returning to their old stomping ground, as is the case with Kenan Sofuoglu, others to try pastures new, Hiroshi Aoyama joining the Ten Kate Honda squad.

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2011 Valencia MotoGP Sunday Post-Race Press Release Round Up

By Press Release | Sun, 06/11/2011 - 19:46

Press releases from the MotoGP teams after Sunday's final race of the season at Valencia:


Stunning victory snatched at the finish line in Spain

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2011 Valencia MotoGP Saturday Post-Qualifying Press Release Round Up

By Press Release | Sat, 05/11/2011 - 20:34

Press releases from the MotoGP teams after qualifying on Saturday at Valencia:


Crutchlow and Hayes ready for season finale

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2011 Valencia MotoGP Friday Press Release Round Up

By Press Release | Fri, 04/11/2011 - 21:43

Press releases from the MotoGP teams after the first day of practice at Valencia:


Stoner leads the way as Bridgestone's wets get first workout since August

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