Moto GP News Archives

"Next year my target is clearly to be a champion" - Jorge Lorenzo. Jorge Lorenzo insists he will learn from his 2009 mistakes as he gears up for an even greater MotoGP title assault next season.

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Official Reviews of the 2009 MotoGP, MotoGP 250 and MotoGP 125 World Championships released on DVD.

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The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup starts its fourth season in 2010, with 15 nations represented in the provisional entry list of 25 riders - all looking to follow in the footsteps of 2009 winner Jakub Kornfeil.

Wanted, $3,000 reward: The AMA wants more foreign doctors for Australia The Australian Medical Association is offering thousands of dollars to people who entice doctors from overseas to work in Australia.

The Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup looks to its fourth season in 2010 with 15 nations represented in the provisional entry list of 25 riders.

Chris Vermeulen rides Kawasaki in Japan Chris Vermeulen, who will be an official Kawasaki World Superbike rider in 2010, had his first test at Autopolis in Japan last week.

The 2009 MotoGP season was the first to be held under single-tyre rules, with Bridgestone the Official Tyre Supplier for the entire field.

PETALING JAYA: The Sepang International Circuit handed a cheque worth RM20,000 to the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday, fulfilling their pledge made in conjunction with the Shell Advance Malaysia Motorcycle Grand Prix last month.

Young riders in the final round of the NSF100 HRC Trophy mini-bike series were in for a surprise at Motegi yesterday - when they found themselves racing wheel-to-wheel against a special HRC team.

From a press release issued by Conor Cummins' publicist: Conor Cummins. Photo by Stephen Davis - Pacemaker Press International, courtesy of Conor Cummins Cummins takes superb second at Macau GP Conor Cummins completed his excellent 2009 road racing season on Saturday when he finished a close second in the Macau Grand Prix.

Stuart Easton. Conor Cummins set the fastest time in the second and final qualifying session for tomorrowa s Macau Grand Prix but Stuart Eastona s stunning lap from Thursday remained good enough for him to retain pole position.

THE Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team recorded a superb double podium when Conor Cummins and Ian Hutchinson finished second and third respectively in this morning's Macau Grand Prix.

Press release: Rizla Suzuki has concluded its final track action of 2009 with new signing lvaro Bautista and Factory test rider Nobuatsu Aoki completing a three-day test at the Estoril circuit in Portugal.

Easton takes pole position at Macau GP In a sensational qualifying session Stuart Easton has put the Hydrex IGT Honda on pole position for tomorrowa s 43rd Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix.

The Hydrex IGT Honda team has 'every reason to be confident' ahead of this Saturday's 43rd Macau Grand Prix.

John McGUINNESS , GBR, 2:35.863 15. Mark MILLER , USA, 2:37.047 22. Scott JENSEN , USA, 2:45.005 More, from a press release issued by Jennifer Sierzega, on behalf of Celtic Racing: Celtic Racing Accepts Offer to Race Macau GP Winter Garden, FL --Celtic Racing completed their first practice in Macau in preparation for this weekend's GP event.

United General Practice Australia - the coalition of the peak groups representing Australia's general practitioners - today issued a strong united endorsement of collaborative care arrangements between health professionals to deliver the best possible health outcomes for Australian patients.

It seems that extra MotoGP test time will be available for the 2010 class rookies.

From a press release issued by Paul Bird Motorsports: The Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team heads for the Macau Grand Prix this forthcoming weekend hoping that the trio of riders can emerge successful on the 6.12km Circuito Da Guia.

From a press release issued by Bridgestone: Valencia Grand Prix debrief with Tohru Ubukata Round 17: Valencia GP - " Post-race debrief Ricardo Tormo Circuit, Tuesday 10 November 2009 Bridgestone slick compounds available: Front: Soft, Medium.

Tickets for the 2010 Red Bull Indianapolis GP go on sale Monday, Nov. 16, with a new structure that offers additional value and flexibility to fans attending the annual MotoGP event Aug.

OHLINS ADVANCED SUSPENSION TECHNOLOGY: BACK TO MOTOCROSS! After a two years stop, in 2010 Ohlins draws up again in the motocross world championship.

A Ferrari F1 test for January is scheduled after Valentino Rossi has his request accepted by Stefano Domenicali.

The Valencia MotoGP three-day test ended today in Spain. Yamaha packed up yesterday but Honda, Suzuki and Ducati stayed on.

Rossi is one rider who has been calling for 800s to be scrapped. The manufacturers are now a lot more supportive.

There have been plenty of highs and lows throughout the year and we have ended on a low, but with another lesson learnt for next season.

From a press release issued by Scot Racing Team: The Scot Racing Team, after winning the World Championship in the 250cc class with the rider Hiroshi Aoyama on Honda, has been forced to withdraw from the MotoGP class.

Sha-wow-a! Seeing Ohlins suspension on a factory Honda signals that HRC will leave no stone unturned in their 2010 title fight.

Four wheels or two? It's an age-old debate among petrol heads ever since some clever spark first strapped an engine to a chassis, and it's one that's been raging across videogames since Out Run devotees sized up against Super Hang-on fans.

And so the MotoGp season ends, with a whimper and not a bang. twowheels ... Bike of Year issue.

Scot Honda has announced that, despite being close to an agreement with Alex de Angelis for the 2010 season, it has been forced to withdraw from the MotoGP class.

Toni Charouz, boss of the Prague Sport and Car Centrum city circuit, has revealed that the Czech Republic is hoping to host a round of the Formula One World Championship.

It is the nature of motorsport that the dust barely settles on one season before preparations begin for the next, and that was very much the case at Valencia.

DOCTORS have criticised a NSW law that paves the way for national registration, saying its mandatory ''dob-in-a-doctor'' requirement may deter doctors from getting help for drug and alcohol abuse.

The Ducati Althea Racing Team has made a decision with regard to the next season of competition in the World Superbike Championship.

Honda heads into the winter break with factory riders Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso third and sixth fastest - on combined times - during testing at Valencia, using an early version of the 2010 RC212V.

A POTENTIAL date-clash between next year's British round of the Moto GP and the TT has been avoided.

From a press release issued by Fiat Yamaha: Rizla Suzuki's Loris Capirossi leads new teammate Alvaro Bautista during testing at Valencia.

In what may be the understatement of the year, Ben Spies said he had "a good day today" in the second and final day of MotoGP testing at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia, Spain.

Newly crowned 250cc world champion Hiroshi Aoyama has received a personal message of congratulations from Yukio Hatoyama, Prime Minister of Japan.

MotoGP veteran Loris Capirossi has hit out at the increasingly stringent MotoGP testing ban, which he thinks is making it harder for Suzuki to improve its motorcycle.

Silverstone unveils new experiential driving and test complex Silverstone+unveils+new+experiential+driving+and+test+complex 2009-11-10+17%3A49%3A00 mircea Silverstone has unveiled details of its brand new Stowe Complex - " a unique collection of customer focused test track facilities, hospitality units and pit garages.

Press release: Macau GP legend Michael Rutter is gunning for a record seventh victory at the awesome Far Eastern street circuit next month.

The MotoGP championship may have been won already by Valentino Rossi, but the competition won't be any less in the final round, in Spain this weekend, with Australia's Casey Stoner shooting for a hat-trick of race wins.

Marco Simoncelli was fastest of the four 250cc stars making their MotoGP debuts during Monday's Valencia post-race test.

Young Brit Bradley Smith has re-signed with the Aspar Aprilia 125 GP team for the 2010 GP season.

"James has been one of the hardest working and highly motivated riders ever to be at Tech 3" - Herve Poncharal.

Just a day after crashing out on the warm-up lap of the MotoGP World Championship season finale at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia, Spain, Marlboro Ducati's Casey Stoner was back to work and back at the top of the time sheets in the first day of pre-2010 season testing.

Newly crowned, and last ever, 250cc world champion Hiroshi Aoyama took to the track for his first ever MotoGP test aboard a Honda RC212V at Valencia on Monday.

From a press release issued by Larry Lawrence, publicist for Ben Spies Ben Spies .

Yamaha, which has completed a clean sweep of Riders', Constructors' and Teams' MotoGP World Championships in 2009, gave its annual YZR-M1 technical presentation on Saturday night at Valencia .

Into the first turn, Pedrosa took the lead, followed by Tony Elias pushing hard past Rossi, also followed closely by Lorenzo.

Fittingly, the last ever 250cc World Championship will be decided in the last ever race by the two-stroke class, at Valencia this weekend.

One of Australia's most high profile and energetic rural doctors, Dr Peter Rischbieth, has been named the winner of the prestigious ACRRM-RDAA Peter Graham 'Cohuna' Award for 2009.

Valentino Rossi is pictured with QMMF president Nasser Khalifa al-Attiyah during the MotoGP race at Losail International Circuit in April this year Valencia, Spain: The Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation is proud to announce that it has been nominated as the best organised round of the 2009 MotoGP series' by a panel that included officials, ...

From a press release issued by Dorna Communications: Valentino Rossi Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner, Dani Pedrosa and Ben Spies were all present at the official pre-event press conference in Valencia on Thursday, ahead of the 17th and final round of the 2009 MotoGP season; the FIM Gran Premio Generali de la Comunitat Valenciana.

MOTOGP Riders, Loris Capirossi, Hector Barbera, Hiroshi Aoyama and Nicholas Terol set aside their bikes and rode elephants instead as they visited the Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre in the Pahang jungle recently.

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca has opened sales for tickets to the 2010 Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix, July 23-25. The 2009 season hasn't finished yet but the Monterey, Calif., circuit is already getting ready for the first U.S. MotoGP race to feature the all-American team of Ben Spies and Colin Edwards with Tech 3 Yamaha.

From a press release issued by Ducati Corse: Borgo Panigale , 5 November 2009 - " The last race of the 2009 MotoGP season will also be the last race in Ducati Marlboro Team colours for Livio Suppo, Ducati's MotoGP project manager.

Casey Stoner set the fastest lap time on Friday ahead of the final race of the 2009 FIM MotoGP World Championship season in Valencia.

WILLIAM Dunlop is set to make his MotoGP 250cc debut in Valencia next month after securing a wildcard ride for the season finale.

Chris Vermeulen still has a shot at seventh in the standings heading into his final MotoGP race with Rizla Suzuki Chris Vermeulen heads to the final round of the 2009 MotoGP season determined to end his tenure in the premier motorcycle series in style before embarking on a return to the World Superbike Championship.

Most of Europe is buzzing tonight with rumors that Ducati MotoGP team manager Livio Suppo will leave the Marlboro Ducati team after Sunday's Grand Prix at Valencia.

The bike Ben Spies will ride at the 2009 MotoGP season finale in Valencia has been revealed ahead of his debut with Yamaha.

From a press release issued by Dorna Communications: MotoGP will return to the Spanish venue of Valencia until at least 2016, thanks to an extension of the current agreement between the Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo and World Championship commercial rights-holders Dorna Sports.

Ben Spies will make his Yamaha MotoGP debut this weekend in Valencia, Spain, and here's the bike he'll do it on - the Sterilgarda Yamaha M1.

Italian outfit AGV has released a 'Donkey' graphic on its top of the line GP Tech helmet.

In this Oct. 4, 2009, file photo, Italy's Toyota Formula One driver Jarno Trulli reacts on the podium as he celebrates his second place at the Japanese Grand Prix at the Suzuka Circuit, in Suzuka, central Japan.

From a press release issued by Marlboro Ducati: The Ducati Marlboro Team makes the relatively short road trip to Spain this week in preparation for the final round of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship, the "La Comunitat Valenciana GP". In recent years the Ricardo Tormo Circuit has become the traditional venue for the championship curtain call and, ...

From a press release issued by Rizla Suzuki: Rizla Suzuki's Chris Vermeulen and Loris Capirossi .

Jorge Lorenzo needs just one point to finish his second season in MotoGP as the runner-up behind Valentino Rossi Jorge Lorenzo heads into the final round of the 2009 MotoGP season searching for the single point he needs to confirm himself as vice-champion at Valencia.

An Italian motorcyclist has reportedly won his appeal against a decision to revoke his licence after he was clocked as driving at 383mph.

Dani Pedrosa is seeking a win on home ground at Valencia as he looks to end his 2009 MotoGP season on a high Dani Pedrosa is determined to bring his 2009 MotoGP season to a close in style by adding to his tally of victories on home ground at Valencia.

So the Moto GP dream is finally over for our James and his legion of fans. That's James Toseland, former two time World Superbike champion for all my non motorcycle racing followers.

TOKYO: Japanese tyre maker Bridgestone Corp said Monday it would quit Formula One next year, dealing a further blow to the sport after the recent withdrawal of other high-profile firms due to the global downturn.

Formula 1 commercial rights holder Bernie Ecclestone has categorically insisted there will be no British Grand Prix at Donington Park next year.

Even vast amounts of money can't buy the things missing from the imposing new Yas Marina Circuit, Lewis Hamilton remarked before starting his last race as reigning world champion from pole position.

Former MotoGP and World Superbike racer Shinya Nakano has announced his retirement from racing.