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LAGUNA TO GET MOTOGP AXE?
at the Grand Prix of Aragon.
Laguna first hosted the U.S.
GP in 1988, in an interrupted
six-race series that terminated in
1994. The race returned in 2005,
now uniquely for the MotoGP
EDWARDS
HOPEFUL OF
ANOTHER YEAR
C
olin Edwards, the oldest rider in MotoGP, expects to prolong his career
for at least one more year, riding for his
current NGM Forward team on the newnext-year leased Yamaha M1 private-team
machines.
The Texan and former two-time World
Superbike Champion, who turns 40 next
February, is likely to be joined by current
ART points leader Aleix Espargaro, who is
still intent on buying his way out of his concontinued on page 34
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he Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix
at Mazda Raceway Laguna
Seca seems set for the axe, according to leaked details of next
year's MotoGP calendar that
confirm rumors of termination
earlier that emerged last month.
While both Brazil and Argentina are on the list, the Californian
race – which runs only the MotoGP class – is not.
The loss of one race in the
U.S. has been in the cards since
the Red Bull Grand Prix of The
Americas in Austin, Texas, joined
Laguna and Indy this year. Insiders thought the last-named
would be the one to suffer, while
the charismatic Californian venue would remain. The track has
a contract up to 2014.
However, talk of major debts
to Dorna accompanied the news
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T
Colin Edwards is
hoping of signing
a deal for one
more year of
MotoGP with his
current team.
Is Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
about to lose its MotoGP?
class only; and in the last nine
years has been re-established as
a highlight of the calendar.
Michael Scott
