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Why MotoGP beat F1's start to 2016

While F1 teams seem to be happy avoiding the limelight right now, MotoGP's champion squad got on with a proper launch on Monday. MITCHELL ADAM knows which approach he prefers

I generally find comparing two sports a bit unnecessary. Especially when it involves fans of one sport picking holes in, or belittling, another. But in a PR and therefore commercial sense, MotoGP scored a major early win over Formula 1 on Monday.

It can thank the factory Yamaha team, fittingly the reigning triple champion, which launched its 2016 bike two weeks before the year's first pre-season test and two months before the season opener in Qatar.

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