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How Bagnaia made MotoGP history in Ducati's Red Bull-esque 2023

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The numbers posted by Ducati in the 2023  MotoGP  season knocked down every historical wall its rivals had put up in the past. From 20 rounds, Ducati riders scored 17 wins – the most of any marque in a single campaign. It scored 17 pole positions, 43 podiums in total, managed eight rostrum lockouts and won all three championships: riders’, constructors’, and the teams’ title with Pramac Racing. From going 14 years without a riders’ title, Ducati celebrated its third a little over 12 months after Francesco Bagnaia scored the company’s second. The Italian’s completion of a back-to-back success came in a dramatic finale at Valencia, where a Ducati rider was guaranteed to win the championship whatever happened. While it would be easy to chalk up Ducati’s statistics in 2023 simply to its sheer show of force in fielding eight riders, six of whom posted grand prix victories, its position as MotoGP’s dominator was the culmination of almost 10 year...

The definitive history of London's rulers in the Premier League era

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London is England's football city. You can barely walk a mile or two without being reminded of that. In some ways, that's paradoxical. The north is where the nation's two most successful teams - Manchester United and Liverpool - reside, and towns up there are often noted for 'loving Football in this part of the world'. Football is a working class sport after all, so that makes sense. But the capital is the city for the sport. It's irrefutable and undeniable. There are 13 professional clubs competing in the top four divisions of English football and a further 18 competing in tiers five to eight. 10 - Arsenal, Brentford, Charlton Athletic, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Wimbledon - have played in the Premier League, with seven there for the 2023/24 season. The power shift has swung back and forth across the capital and 90min has managed to pinpoint who's ruled London in the Premier League era. ...