2019 MotoGP Preseason Test Schedule & Dates Confirmed
Just ahead of the mid-season start of 2018 MotoGP at Brno, the official 2019 MotoGP Preseason Test calendar was confirmed.Joining the three usual classes in Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing – MotoGP, Moto2, Moto3 – is the all-new MotoE class, which brings electric moto racing to the FIM world stage.
Testing for 2019 MotoGP begins as usual with the post-season test at Valencia following the final race that’s scheduled for November 18. This year the Valencia test will occur the Tuesday and Wednesday after the season finale.Yamaha’s Valentino RossiLater in the month the premier class will also meet at Jerez for another test.Come February 2019, the premier-class heads to Sepang International Circuit, and then Losail International Circuit ahead of the official opening race of the 2019 MotoGP calendar, which has yet to be announced.Following are the official test dates for each class:
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In past episodes you might have heard us mention my best friend, Daniel Schoenewald, and in the second segment I chat with him about some of the really special machines in his 170 or so—and growing—motorcycle collection. He’s always said to me that he doesn’t consider himself the owner, merely the curator of the motorcycles for the next generation.
Yet Daniel is not just a collector, but I can attest a really skilled rider. His bikes are not trailer queens, they’re ridden, and they’re ridden pretty hard. Actually, we have had many, many memorable rides on pretty much all of the machines in the collection at one time or another.
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