Motocourse on sale.

Motorcycle racing enthusiasts can rest easy for Christmas with the news that world-renowned annual Motocourse has hit the shelves for sale at bookshops in the UK.

Motocourse will, as every year for the last three decades, amaze readers with both the breadth and depth of its coverage, and the superb photography that dramatically illustrates it.

This book is also the complete record of a year in racing - the essential addition to any racing library, and a vital source of reference for the future.

Motocourse concentrates on MotoGP, the pinnacle of two-wheel racing.

But, unlike competitors, Motocourse also pays attention to the full span of international motorcycle racing - the junior 250cc and 125cc grand prix classes, World Superbike racing, the classic Isle of Man TT, and the important national American and British Superbike series. Even the traditional sidecars are covered.

If it matters to motorcycle racing, it matters to Motocourse.

As 'the bible of motorcycle racing', Motocourse continues a tradition established over 30 years. Incisive articles by the best journalists in the sport analyse a wide range of aspects - from politics to electronics, and from personality to the nuts and bolts. The machines are profiled in full technical detail; the riders by the Editor's annual Top Ten.

Yamaha also celebrated an important birthday - 50 years - with victory in the MotoGP title with Valentino Rossi. This year's lead feature looks back over 50 years of Yamaha's grand prix efforts, with a sweep of historic racing from the 1950s to the Rossi era of today.

New this year is full team-by-team analysis of the MotoGP class - the motorcycles fully illustrated, as well as the men who run them.

The 30th anniversary edition of Motocourse is the biggest in its history. The year of racing it records for posterity was one of the best.

FULL CONTENTS - MOTOCOURSE 2005/6

Foreword - by Wayne Rainey
Yamaha's last world champion - 1990, 1991, 1992

Editor's Introduction
Michael Scott reflects on a year of living spectacularly.

Top Ten
The Editor's personal choice.

The State of Racing
MOTOCOURSE examines important issues facing MotoGP.

Technical Analysis
Neil Spalding reveals the inner workings of all the MotoGP machines.

Technical Essay
American racing sage Kevin Cameron delves deep into the fast-developing world of motorcycle control electronics.

50 Years of Yamaha
Motorcycle racing historian Colin McKellar illustrates five decades with five key machines.

NEW FEATURE
MotoGP Riders and Teams
All the riders and all the teams introduced in full.

250cc and 125cc Riders and Teams
The 'learning' classes introduced.

2005 Grands Prix
Full race by race pictorial and written analysis.
(with full results for all classes)

World Championship Results
Championship charts.

Superbike World Championship Review
Gordon Ritchie profiles champion Troy Corser, analyses teams and machines, and reports race by race.
(with full results)

Sidecar Review
John McKenzie reports on a trouble year for the long-standing three-wheeler class.

Isle of Man TT Review
Mac Macdiarmid covers the latest iteration of the oldest international motorcycle race in the world, the TT series.

US Racing Review
Paul Carruthers, editor of the national US weekly Cycle News, reports on American racing.

British Superbike Review
Motor Cycle News journalist Gary Pinchin covers the full season of British Superbikes.

Major Worldwide Results
The essential international reference for the year.