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Pictures: Rossi, Melandri clash.
It was supposed to be the weekend in which Valentino Rossi celebrated winning his seventh world title - in front of the Yamaha bosses and in the 50th year of the company's existence - but instead the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix will be a race both Rossi and Yamaha will want to forget.
Hofmann 'devastated` by broken ankle.
Kawasaki Alex Hofmann, who missed several races earlier in the year after injuring his wrist, will be absent from the next two rounds of the MotoGP World Championship after breaking his ankle during Sunday's Japanese Grand prix at Motegi.
Byrne gets dream Camel Honda chance!
Shane Byrne's 2005 season has taken yet another dramatic twist with the news that the unemployed former Team Roberts/KTM rider will replace the injured Troy Bayliss at Camel Honda, for the next two rounds of the MotoGP World Championship.
Warm-up times - Motegi.
Full MotoGP warm-up times from the Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi, round twelve of the 2005 world championship.
KTM protests 125 result, seeks rule clarification.
Red Bull KTM team boss Harald Bartol has declared that the protest lodged after today's 125cc Japanese grand Prix at Motegi was not personally directed against Swiss rider Thomas Luthi.
Kallio wins red flagged 125 race, Luthi hit.
Flying Finn Mika Kallio was declared the winner of a shortened 125cc Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi today.
Michael Scott column: When Rossi goes.
In the latest of his exclusive columns for Crash.net , Motocourse editor Michael Scott considers the impact of MotoGP superstar Valentino Rossi departing for Formula One - an event now tipped to occur, with Ferrari, in 2007...
Bayliss injured, replaced by Ukawa.
After fracturing his wrist whilst training on a motocross bike in his native Australia, Camel Honda rider Troy Bayliss will not take part in this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi.
Ellison: The bone was pushed through the skin.
James Ellison boarded the plane for Japan on Monday hoping to be fit to race in this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi, having spent five days in hospital last week.
Team Roberts turn attention to 2006.
As previously reported, the Oxfordshire-based Proton KR team will miss the next five 'flyaway' grands prix but hope to return to the track at the final race of the season at Valencia in Spain at the beginning of November.
British teenagers excel in MotoGP academy team.
Chaz Davies and James Ellison may be the only British riders who will complete the full 2005 Motorcycle Grand Prix season - following the enforced departure of Shane Byrne - but four rising stars of British motorcycle racing enjoyed positive results when they raced in last Sunday's round of the
Team Roberts confirms Japanese GP absence.
As was rumoured following KTM's withdrawal of its engines prior to the Czech Republic Grand Prix last weekend, Team Roberts has confirmed that it will not be present at next week's Japanese Grand Prix.
'Go to Ferrari" Graziano tells Valentino.
Valentino Rossi's father, Graziano, had added to the mounting pressure on his son's shoulders to make the move to Formula One.
Pictures: KTM withdraw.
Team Roberts has been in motorcycle grand prix racing for a long time, but last weekend's pre-race activities at the Czech Republic Grand Prix - when KTM sent their V4 engines to the Roberts pit, only to withdraw them again that afternoon - must have broken new ground.
Gibernau to Ducati?
Reports in the Spanish press indicate that Telefonica Movistar's looming withdraw from MotoGP could also mean that Sete Gibernau leaves Honda for Ducati next season.
Cartoon: Gibernau runs out.
As the saying goes, if Sete Gibernau didn't have bad luck, he'd have no luck at all - and the Catalan's 2005 curse returned on the last lap of Sunday's Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno.
Rossi a 'second` away from 2005 title.
Valentino Rossi put one hand on the 2005 MotoGP World Championship title after taking a hard fought ninth victory from eleven rounds in the Czech Republic Grand Prix at brno on Sunday.
Gibernau 'powerless` as Rossi wins Brno.
Valentino Rossi has won his ninth race from eleven 2005 starts after taking victory in the Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno - the Italian superstar emerging on top after a thrilling battle with arch-rival Sete Gibernau, which came to a premature end with just a few corners to go when Gibernau's
'Fuel control problem` stopped Sete.
Following Sete Gibernau's agonising retirement just two corners away from a safe second place in Sunday's Czech Republic Grand Prix, the Catalan's Movistar Honda team have revealed that it was 'a problem with the electronic fuel control system' that caused his RCV to grind to a halt.
Hopkins 'pretty pleased` eighth, Roberts absent.
Suzuki's John Hopkins qualified in eighth place for tomorrow's Czech Republic Grand Prix, on a day when team-mate Kenny Roberts Jr was only able to complete five laps due to poor health.
Turkey gets live MotoGP broadcasts.
Ahead of the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix, to be held later this year, MotoGP has secured a new television deal with a major terrestrial network in Turkey.
Brno pole for super Sete!
Sete Gibernau helped erase his last lap Sachsenring mistake - and boosted his chances of a first 2005 race victory - by taking a hard fought Czech Republic Grand Prix pole position at Brno today, during a qualifying session which ended with a Ducati on the front row and world champion Valentino R
McWilliams returns!
41-year-old Ulsterman Jeremy McWilliams returned to MotoGP action this morning when he rode the 2004 Proton KR V5 in the first free practice session ahead of Sunday's Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno (pictured).
Ducati reveals wind tunnel work.
MotoGP is the world's fastest motorcycle racing series, so it's no surprise that aerodynamics are a crucial factor in machine development - along with engine, chassis and tyre performance.