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MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi got his 2006 season off to a disastrous start at Jerez on Sunday, when he was hit from behind at turn one and thrown from his Camel Yamaha.
Fortuna Aprilia's Jorge Lorenzo took his first ever 250cc victory with an awesome display at the Jerez season opener on Sunday.
Ducati's Loris Capirossi has taken victory in a dramatic season opening Spanish Grand Prix - after finally breaking the amazing challenge of MotoGP rookie Dani Pedrosa with just two laps to go.
Full MotoGP warm-up times from the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez, round one of the 2006 world championship. The only incident in the session was a late fall for Kawasaki rookie Randy de Puniet.
Dorna is to enter into a partnership of youth development with energy drink manufacturer Red Bull, with the joint aim of discovering and developing riders from all backgrounds and all corners of the globe.
Loris Capirossi has led a Ducati Marlboro one-two during an eventful first MotoGP qualifying session of 2006, which ended with world champion Valentino Rossi a distant ninth.
This is the latest version of MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi's "sun and moon" helmet, which the Italian debuted during today's opening free practice sessions for the Spanish Grand Prix.
These are the first pictures of the full 2006 race livery for the Team Roberts KR211V (top picture), to be ridden by Kenny Roberts Jr in this year's MotoGP World Championship, and the Honda LCR RC211V, to be ridden by class rookie Casey Stoner.
The European Commission has ruled that private equity firm CVC Capital Partners can go ahead with its planned takeover of Formula One - but only if it sells MotoGP rights holders, Dorna Sports.
This weekend's 2006 season opening Spanish Grand Prix will mark the 20th consecutive year that a GP has been held at the Jerez circuit, since it was first used in 1987.
One year ago, at the season opening Spanish Grand Prix, a 'reborn' Marco Melandri turned heads by clinching a podium finish in his very first race on a Honda RC211V (top picture).
The biggest MotoGP rider shake-up of recent years has occurred for the 2006 season, with several high profile competitors being replaced by young riders making their first steps into the premier grand prix class.
Repsol Honda's 2005 technical director, Erv Kanemoto, will not continue with the team for the 2006 MotoGP season, which starts on March 26, and is currently taking time off to consider his future options.
With just one week to go before the start of the 2006 250cc World Championship, Chaz Davies has seen his racing plans thrown up in the air after last minute financial problems.
MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi has challenged Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso to a head-to-head battle, in three different types of motorsport, to prove who is fastest.
MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi says he's a worried man after finishing the final pre-season test in a lowly tenth position - and is crossing his fingers that Yamaha can cure their crippling chatter problems before the first race.
Full test times from Sunday's final day of the second and final official MotoGP IRTA test session of 2006, held at Jerez, Spain - venue for the season-opening Spanish Grand Prix on March 26.
Colin Edwards had a tough day during testing at Jerez on Saturday, as chatter problems continued to haunt the factory Yamaha team, but the thoughtful Texan still found time to take his hand off the handlebar and 'greet' our photographer mid-corner! All with his knee down of course...
Rizla Suzuki's John Hopkins has one of the most visually spectacular riding styles of any MotoGP rider - and the Anglo-American was caught on camera with his elbow touching the asphalt, while cornering at Jerez today (pictured).
The Kawasaki Racing Team's preparations for the upcoming MotoGP season suffered a setback on Monday, when the team's race transporter was involved in a road traffic accident while travelling from last weekend's Barcelona test to this weekend's final pre-season outing at Jerez.
The FIM has today announced the final permanent entry list for the 2006 MotoGP World Championship, which starts at Jerez, Spain, on March 26.
The FIM has today announced the final permanent entry list for the 2006 125cc World Championship, which starts at Jerez, Spain, on March 26... 125cc
Only one person has won more premier-class titles than reigning MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi and that's fellow Italian Giacomo Agostini, who dominated motorcycle grand prix racing throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Repsol Honda team manager Makoto Tanaka admits HRC still has "a lot of work to do" in order to make the RCV competitive in time for the season opening Spanish Grand Prix, at Jerez on March 26.