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Yellow-and-red striped flags will only be used if track adhesion is potentially reduced for any reason other than rain.

Luca de Angelis of EM Motorsport is a special guest on episode 31 of Crash.net's MotoGP podcasts, featuring Keith Huewen.

"It's all up and running and we're just doing the final tests here" - MotoGP Race Director Mike Webb.

The Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix got underway in a burst of colour with some artistic flourishes added to one of the world's already more unique venues.