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Category: Moto GP

  1. Which Payment Method to Choose When Placing Bets on MotoGP Events

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    Motorsports is among the quickly developing disciplines with millions of fans globally. The rapid digitalization boosted user interest in this activity: currently, it’s easy to access any event with a few clicks and enjoy it wherever you are. Unsurprisingly, many prefer to make the race-watching even more thrilling by placing their bet on the tournament’s outcome. Online sportsbooks provide incredible opportunities to risk hunters. The best odds, juicy promotions, and many other benefits are available on their platforms.

    Users often have a lot of questions when engaging in the betting world. The financial issue is the priority for many: since sportsbooks require depositing to place your prediction, selecting the right payment option is critical. So, what to choose, credit cards, e-wallets, cryptocurrencies, or something else? It’s essential to evaluate all the banking options the bookie offers and pick the best option – let’s sort everything out together.

    Credit Cards

    Even though there are many more innovative options, bookmakers that accept credit cards listed on CasinoGap.org remain at their peak. This payment solution has long been the top choice for billions of users, and it doesn’t seem to lose its relevance in 2024. Most people already own a bank card, so they won’t waste time launching an account to start betting. Have a look at the main benefits of this payment method:

    • Broad accessibility: credit cards are available in most regions

    • High level of security and appropriate data protection

    • Acceptance by most bookmakers offering MotoGP betting

    • Instant deposits and considerably quick withdrawals

    It’s easy to use a credit card on online bookies’ websites, as a user should only enter their number and confirm the transaction to proceed with a top-up. On the other hand, credit card users may also face some drawbacks when betting for real money: 

    • Availability of additional transaction fees

    • Considerably slow payouts as compared to other methods

    • Regional restrictions that users may face

    Even though these pitfalls may be significant to punters, credit cards remain among the most widespread payment solutions in online betting. They are available on almost every bookmaker site, so finding where to bet on MotoGP won't be challenging.

    E-Wallets

    This deposit and withdrawal method is gaining popularity on the betting market, and not without reason. The innovative payment option allows users to proceed with instant money transfers on multiple platforms. PayPal, Neteller, Skrill, and other alternatives are accessible globally. This banking system provides bettors with the following advantages:

    • Enhanced security for online sportsbooks’ members

    • Convenience and simplicity of using e-wallets

    • High transaction speed & low additional fees

    • Low minimum deposits are available

    • Possibility to proceed with instant payouts

    PayPal is gaining popularity in online betting and gambling; however, other e-wallets are also in demand. Instant money transfers and the possibility of making bets safely with a few clicks attract punters. However, digital wallets also have some disadvantages:

    • Availability of transaction fees during withdrawals

    • Limited availability compared to credit cards

    • Withdrawal limitations, which may be a problem for high rollers

    Despite the above drawbacks, the benefits of e-wallets are still more significant for MotoGP punters. Instant deposits, quick withdrawals, and appropriate data protection are the key priorities for many users. Therefore, PayPal and other digital wallets are now on the rise, and many online sportsbooks offer this payment method for fast money transfers.

    Cryptocurrencies

    Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, and other coins created a lot of noise, transforming the global financial system. Even though the system was developed over a decade ago, it began gaining popularity in the betting industry for the past few years. Cryptocurrencies are a widespread payment solution on bookmakers’ sites, offering multiple benefits to users:

    • Anonymous and secure deposits and withdrawals

    • Instant transactions with minimum extra fees

    • Chance to proceed with micropayments

    • Increased bonuses for those using crypto

    • Bitcoin is not subject to inflation

    The decentralised financial system doesn’t imply intermediaries between a user and a betting website, so all transactions proceed immediately. However, this method has several drawbacks:

    • Cryptocurrencies are highly volatile, which increases risks

    • Some countries prohibit the usage of crypto in betting

    • Transactions cannot be cancelled or refunded

    A limited number of online sportsbooks offer their members to use crypto for MotoGP betting strategy. It may take time to find a worthy platform, but punters can get multiple benefits in exchange.

    Which Option is the Most Convenient for MotoGP Betting?

    Comparing all the above payment methods’ pros and cons allows users to predict their possible experiences and pick the most convenient option. For instance, while Bitcoin is anonymous, it’s prohibited in many countries’ sportsbooks. Therefore, it may take a while to find a suitable platform. On the other hand, credit cards are widespread globally and are available to every user. So, almost every betting site is suitable for their users. However, they won’t provide lucky winners with instant withdrawals; you will still have to take a while to receive your cash prize.

    E-wallets are also gaining popularity among punters, as they are secure and reliable. However, they are still unavailable in some regions and require users to pass an additional verification. All in all, the choice of a payment method depends on the bettor’s preferences – but be responsible before making the final decision and placing your bet on MotoGP.

     

     

     

     

     

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  2. The Aprilia Tuaregs great protagonists as the Africa Eco Race resumes

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    JACOPO CERUTTI IS SECOND AT THE FINISH LINE IN MAURITANIA AND MAINTAINS THE LEADERSHIP IN THE STANDINGS

    EXTRAORDINARY PERFORMANCE FOR ROOKIE FRANCESCO MONTANARI AS WELL, FINISHING FIFTH FOR HIS BEST PLACEMENT YET IN THE RALLY

    After the well-deserved day of rest, the Africa Eco Race resumed yesterday with the sixth leg, from Dakhla, Morocco, to Chami, Mauritania. Both the Aprilia Tuaregs, entrusted to Jacopo Cerutti and a Francesco Montanari, were once again great protagonists, with Cerutti second and still leading the overall standings, and rookie Montanari putting in an outstanding performance, fifth with his best result since the start of the rally. 

    In the 204 km of today’s special trials, Cerutti once again battled with his direct rivals in the standings, Alessandro Botturi and Pol Tarres. The rider from Como reached the destination in second place, just 1’07” behind the Spaniard and 45” ahead of Botturi. In the overall standings, the three-way battle gets more thrilling by the moment, with Cerutti’s Tuareg maintaining the lead at 1’58” over Tarres and 3 minutes ahead of Botturi, both on Yamahas.

    For Aprilia, it was another picture perfect day, with both Tuaregs at the top thanks to Francesco Montanari’s fifth place, just 3’58” behind the winner. The rider from Como, in his very first raid of such an extraordinarily demanding calibre, thereby took his best result since the start of the race, also moving up to sixth place in the overall standings.

    The seventh leg is scheduled for today, where the route will follow a ring-shaped path that starts and ends in Chami, for a total of 475 km, including 454 special trials.

    For updates on all the news, follow the web page
    www.aprilia.com/it_IT/aprilia-racing/aprilia-tuareg-rally/africa-eco-race/

    JACOPO CERUTTI
    “It was a strange leg. A large part of the route was straight but it was hard to identify the track and that made navigation complicated. In these conditions, I preferred managing the race without taking too many risks, so second place is fine; I didn’t lose much ground on my adversaries. We are already looking forward to today’s leg!”

    FRANCESCO MONTANARI
    “The route wasn’t one of the most thrilling ones, with lots of straight lines at high speed, but navigation was not at all simple, especially at the end, so I can consider myself satisfied. I didn’t make many mistakes and I navigated well, consistently maintaining a good pace.”

  3. Aprilia Tuareg dominates more and more in Africa

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    JACOPO CERUTTI TAKES THE FOURTH LEG OF THE AFRICA ECO RACE TO STRENGTHEN HIS GRIP ON FIRST PLACE IN THE OVERALL STANDINGS

    FRANCESCO MONTANARI ALSO IMPROVES, EIGHTH IN THE LEG AND IN THE OVERALL STANDINGS

    Aprilia Tuareg and Jacopo Cerutti confirm their extraordinary form once again in the fourth leg of the Africa Eco Race. The longest stage of the entire race, with its 472.41 km including 467.36 of special trials, had the riders competing in Morocco from Oued Draa to Fort Chacal in the outskirts of Laayoune. A route immersed in breathtaking scenery, with fast sections alternating with long stretches of navigation through the desert.

    Cerutti got the better of his direct rivals, Pol Tarres, at a gap of 2 minutes, and Alessandro Botturi, more than 4 minutes behind the Aprilia rider at the finish. For Jacopo, this is the third win out of four legs held, an impeccable streak. The podium today reflects the situation in the overall standings, with Cerutti in the lead over Tarres (+08:55) and Botturi (+10:22).

    Francesco Montanari is also steadily improving, in his début in big raids, eighth today with the second Tuareg in the race and eighth in the overall standings.

    The convoy will remain in Morocco today as well for the fifth leg, from Fort Chacal to Dakhla on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. There will be 592.6 total kilometres, 404.06 of which special trials, ahead of a well-deserved day of rest for teams and riders.

    JACOPO CERUTTI
    "Fantastic leg yesterday. The route was spectacular and I did a long section with Tarres and Botturi after catching up with them around km 200. The tracks were fast, less bumpy than the past few days, and that allowed me to ride well and to have fun, even if navigation was rather demanding. Now we prepare for today’s leg ahead of the well-deserved day of rest and the transfer to Mauritania."

    FRANCESCO MONTANARI
    "A good day. I navigated well throughout the day but I was rather far forward towards the end and there were no tracks to follow, so I lost a bit of time. In any case, the potential is there. We need to avoid mistakes and exploit the opportunities that arise."

     

     

     

     

  4. Second consecutive win for Aprilia in the Africa Eco Race

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    AFTER HIS VICTORIOUS DÉBUT IN THE OPENING LEG, JACOPO CERUTTI TAKES ANOTHER BRILLIANT WIN ON THE SECOND DAY OF THE AFRICAN RAID

    THE APRILIA TUAREG CONFIRMS ITS GREAT POTENTIAL ON A LONG AND TREACHEROUS SECTION, WITH AN INCREDIBLE 383 KM OF SPECIAL TRIALS

    CONSISTENT IMPROVEMENT FOR FRANCESCO MONTANARI, EIGHTH

    The Africa Eco Race delves ever deeper into the desert, crossing the legendary dunes of Merzouga, and Aprilia Tuareg is once again at the top. After the historic victorious début in the opening leg, Jacopo Cerutti finished ahead of the rest in the second stage as well, held yesterday between Boudnib and Mhamid.

    On a long and treacherous leg, with an incredible 383 km of special trials where the riders tackled changing conditions, with rocky and extremely bumpy sections alternating with faster and smoother ones, also crossing over sand dunes, astride his Tuareg, Jacopo Cerutti put in a flawless performance, maintaining a pace that the others were unable to come close to. Behind him, the closest rivals were Pol Tarres, at 7 minutes, and Alessandro Botturi, more than 8 minutes behind, both on Yamaha.

    It was also a positive day for Francesco Montanari who, on the second Tuareg competing on African soil, is beginning to size up an adventure which is entirely new for him. Eleventh in the opening stage, the rider from Como finished eighth in yesterday’s leg, despite a navigation mistake. This result moves him up to seventh place in the overall standings.

    Today the third leg is one of the longest of the raid, which will take the riders from Mhamid to Assa - a total of 523 km, including 463 of special trials.

    JACOPO CERUTTI
    “It was a long and demanding leg. Starting first and blazing the trail for the other riders, I thought that they would catch up and overtake me, but instead I managed to maintain a good pace consistently, without making any mistakes, and another great win arrived! The first part was really tricky. It wasn’t simple riding with the cold and the sun low in the sky, especially because there were a lot of stones on the route. Then, we arrived on the dunes - always a beautiful landscape - followed by other truly difficult sections with lots of bumps, but even in these conditions, the bike gave me outstanding sensations. We have an even longer leg ahead of us today, so we’ll continue to give it our all!”

    FRANCESCO MONTANARI
    “Today I truly realised what it means to tackle a raid in Africa! More than 380 km of special trials are extremely long - seemingly infinite - but I am satisfied with the way I rode and the feeling with the bike is outstanding. I started off on the right foot and I navigated well for the entire leg. It’s a pity about the one mistake at a certain point that cost me a good deal of time, otherwise it could have gone even better. But that’s okay. Today will be another long and demanding day.”

     

    For updates on all the news, follow the web page
    www.aprilia.com/it_IT/aprilia-racing/aprilia-tuareg-rally/africa-eco-race/

     

  5. Aprilia returns to the desert and wins

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    A HISTORIC RESULT FOR APRILIA, THE LAST ITALIAN BRAND TO WIN A LEG OF THE DAKAR IN 2012 AND NOW ONCE AGAIN PROTAGONIST IN RALLY RAIDS

    IN HIS FIRST DESERT EXPERIENCE, FRANCESCO MONTANARI, ASTRIDE THE OTHER TUAREG IN THE RACE, FINISHES THE FIRST DAY WITH A GOOD 11TH PLACE


    Aprilia officially returned to racing in the African desert yesterday, and they did it in grand style - with a win. Astride his Aprilia Tuareg, Jacopo Cerutti took a spectacular win in the first leg of the Africa Eco Race, from Nador to Boudnib, in Morocco.

    It was a historic day for all of Aprilia Racing who, along with GCorse, launched the ambitious “Back to Africa” project less than one year ago with the goal of getting Aprilia back in the great African rally raids.
    There was no better way for Aprilia to return to competing on the legendary African Desert tracks, where they had been protagonists in the period between 2010 and 2012 (to this day, Aprilia remains the last Italian brand to have won a leg in the Dakar, in 2012).

    Credit for this milestone - besides the experience and speed of Jacopo Cerutti - goes to the great off-road capabilities of the standard factory Aprilia Tuareg, a bike which already won at its début in the Italian Motorally Championship and for which it took just a few months of development before proving to be immediately victorious in one of the most demanding rally raids in the world.

    The first leg, 598 km long, had the riders busy with 174 km of special trials, at the end of which, Jacopo Cerutti managed to create a gap of almost 2 minutes ahead of his two most accredited rivals, Alessandro Botturi and Pol Tarres, both on Yamaha. 
    And, in his first ever desert racing experience, Francesco Montanari, with the other Aprilia Tuareg, finished the day with a good eleventh place, just over 15 minutes behind his more experienced teammate and rather close to the top-five finishers.

    Today, the convoy will tackle the second leg, from Boudnib to Mhamid, for a total of 425 km, including 383 of special stages.

    For updates on all the news, follow the web page
    www.aprilia.com/it_IT/aprilia-racing/aprilia-tuareg-rally/africa-eco-race/

    JACOPO CERUTTI
    “It’s really great to begin this adventure ahead of the rest. As I said the day before we started, I had hoped to be out front in some of the legs and managing to do so straight away really energises us ahead of the coming days of racing. It was a leg without any great difficulties, with slow sections alternating with other, faster ones, and on fairly flat terrain, but complicated enough in terms of navigation. A lot of riders made some mistakes, whereas I probably did not make as many, which helped me. I was immediately at ease on the bike, which allowed me to set a good pace straight away and so, at the end of the day, this nice win came. Having taken Aprilia back to winning in the African desert makes me proud and I’m enjoying the moment, but my mind is already on tomorrow’s leg!”

    FRANCESCO MONTANARI
    “Being my first experience in this type of race, I am satisfied with yesterday’s result. I tried to make it a clean ride, without overdoing it, and that allowed me to maintain a good pace for the entire duration of the leg. The only thing that’s a pity is the navigation mistake in the initial phases. The dust kicked up by the rider who started ahead of me - who I was getting close to - made me miss a turn and that cost me a couple minutes. As for the rest, there were no particular problems. The bike works really well, so I'm looking forward to today’s stage with great confidence!”