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MotoGP more spectacular than F1 - Lauda

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Niki Lauda says MotoGP provides "the most incredible racing you can see today", making it more spectacular than F1.

Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi are currently tied at the top of the MotoGP standings on 211 points, with Lorenzo leading thanks to having secured more race wins than his Yamaha team-mate. Reigning world champion Marc Marquez is third, 52 points adrift having won three races - the same number as Rossi - compared to five for Lorenzo.

Lauda visited the Czech Grand Prix at Brno this weekend, a race won by Lorenzo by 4.4s from Marquez, and the Mercedes chairman says the racing impresses him more than F1.

“It’s unbelievable, 350kph or more, and to watch how they control them – it’s the most incredible racing you can see today,” Lauda is quoted as saying by Motorsport.com.

“Unfortunately, in Formula 1 it is the opposite. The cars are so easy to drive that you don’t see skids or something similar. It is difficult to cope well with the bikes, and it shows why we are working on the cars to be more difficult to drive again."

F1 technical chiefs are working on a set of regulations to be implemented in 2017 which are designed to make the cars faster and more aggressive looking.

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.