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Lorenzo `happy` after arm pump surgery.
MotoGP's newest race winner - and joint world championship leader - Jorge Lorenzo is recovering well after a successful operation on his right arm.
Disappointment at Suzuki.
A double top ten finish in Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix was of little consolation for Rizla Suzuki. Chris Vermeulen was the first GSV-R rider home, the Australian getting a great start from 13th position on the grid to hold eighth by the end of lap one.
Hayden, Dovizioso defiant after falls.
'Dovi' was the first to go, the MotoGP rookie having previously ridden a brilliant race to keep his satellite Honda in close contact with the race leaders for the first 15 laps.
Pedrosa: Lorenzo got away.
Lorenzo passed both Repsol Honda star Pedrosa and his illustrious Fiat Yamaha team-mate Rossi to take the lead for the final time on lap 13, but Pedrosa couldn't get around Rossi's Bridgestone-shod M1 for a further two laps - by which time Jorge was just out of reach.
Kawasaki wants Rossi...
Kawasaki competition manager Michel Bartholemy has told Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport that he wants five-time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi alongside John Hopkins at Team Green next year. This is hardly a surprise.
Rossi `happy` despite heavy highside.
Friday morning marked only the second real chance for Rossi and his crew to try Bridgestone's wet-weather tyres and the Italian's accident came mid-way through the hour - when his rear tyre spun-up before gripping and spitting the Italian over the handlebars and down the road.
Schumacher back on a MotoGP bike!
When Ducati MotoGP test rider Vittoriano Guareschi suffered a minor injury during testing at Mugello, former seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher was called up to take his place on Thursday - but once again denied any racing ambitions.
Rossi confident after 100th podium.
Starting from fifth, the new Bridgestone rider did not get the best of starts and finished the first lap in sixth, but he soon settled into a good rhythm and was stalking Fiat Yamaha team-mate Jorge Lorenzo, then in second, by lap three.
Schumacher races, rejects `second career`.
Former seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher has taken part in what his spokesperson described as his first 'official' motorcycle race, during a KTM Trophy round at Misano on Sunday.
Pedrosa supreme for Spanish home win.
Having been beaten to pole position by rookie countryman and arch-rival Jorge Lorenzo, Pedrosa wasted no time in getting around the Fiat Yamaha rider on the run to turn one, and was never headed.
<I>Crash.net`s</I> Spanish GP blog: Sunday.
Sunday pm - Capirossi Lights up Rizla Suzuki One of the greatest sights among many at this epic race was to see Loris Capirossi bounce into a top six placing so rapidly after his arrival at Rizla Suzuki.
Rule change for BMW award.
It was also announced that a brand new M3 Cabrio will be up for grabs in the BMW M Award, for the year's best qualifier in the MotoGP class.
Hopkins: I saved a near miss too!
Colin Edwards wasn't the only American to make an amazing save during qualifying at Jerez, with Kawasaki's John Hopkins revealing he stabilised his ZX-RR with his elbow during a near miss of his own.
Edwards explains amazing save.
'Very, very eventful to say the least' - that was how Colin Edwards described his qualifying session at Jerez, where he thrilled the Spanish fans with a miracle save from what looked being a certain fall, then qualified on the front row of the grid.
125: Terol on top at Jerez.
The 19-year-old, who finished tenth at the Qatar season opener, took control early in the half hour session and then returned to the top in the closing stages as he edged out team-mate Simone Corsi by 0.259secs.
Official: The youngest podium ever.
22-year-old Casey Stoner won the inaugural MotoGP night race ahead of 20-year-old rookie Jorge Lorenzo and 22-year-old Dani Pedrosa, resulting in an exact average age of just 21 years and 47 weeks.
Lap of Jerez with Dani Pedrosa.
Here, the Repsol Honda superstar, winner of the 2005 250cc Jerez race and second for the past two years in MotoGP, reveals some of the secrets to a quick lap around the twisty 4.423km circuit...
New Bridgestone qualifier, front to follow?
Casey Stoner may have taken a dominant victory in the Qatar season opener, but the inaugural MotoGP night race was something of a tough event for Bridgestone - in overall terms - with only two riders finishing in the top seven.
Melandri talent `beyond doubt`.
At a time when theories to explain the gulf in performance between Casey Stoner and team-mate Marco Melandri are flying wildly, Ducati MotoGP project director Livio Suppo has moved to eliminate one avenue of speculation - by stating that there is 'no doubting' the Italian's talent.
Lorenzo, Pedrosa rivalry starts to simmer.
Although Pedrosa and Lorenzo raced each other for two seasons in 125GP - during 2002 and 2003 - they were rarely in direct conflict, and it was only when Lorenzo fought reigning 250cc champion Pedrosa head-on during the 2005 quarter-litre season that the fireworks between them - and their respect
Why is there only one quick Ducati?
By Mike Nicks It's what everyone's asking in the paddock. The Desmosedici GP8 has more power and better streamlining than anything else, and great tyres. So why can only Casey Stoner make it look respectable?
Kawasaki: Hopkins is one hard rider...
A twelfth placed finish wasn't what John Hopkins had been hoping for on his Kawasaki debut, but given that he rode through 'excruciating' pain from his recent groin injury - and battled severe front tyre problems - it was a mighty effort.
Hayden: We got beat bad.
After struggling to match even the leading satellite Honda riders during the final pre-season test at Qatar, both Pedrosa and Hayden were given last year's model to evaluate during practice for the inaugural night race.
<I>Crash.net`s</I> Qatar GP blog: Sunday
Monday am - Toseland Bounces into the New Job "I could have picked another manufacturer to scrape off!" James Toseland was hanging out in the paddock tonight, just walking around in a happy haze and chatting to whoever wanted to go over with him his amazing debut ride in MotoGP.