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As rumoured, Carlos Checa will ride a Dunlop shod Tech 3 Yamaha, alongside James Ellison, in the 2006 MotoGP World Championship - following official confirmation of the deal by Yamaha.
While much of the 2006 MotoGP entry list - issued on Friday by the FIM - reads as expected, there are the usual handful of surprises and unknowns still to be digested.
After spending the past seven years at Suzuki, former 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts Jr took a real step into the unknown at Sepang today when he completed his first ever laps with the brand new RCV powered 'KR211V' - which the American will race for his father's team in the 2006 MotoGP World
Monday at Sepang saw Kawasaki riders Shinya Nakano and Randy de Puniet start their first test of 2006 with a shakedown of the new Ninja ZX-RR MotoGP machine, which features a completely redesigned engine and chassis.
These are the first pictures of reigning MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi riding in his new for 2006 Camel livery, during Monday's opening day of the three-day Sepang test.
The Grand Prix Commission, composed of Messrs. Carmelo Ezpeleta (Dorna, Chairman), Claude Danis (FIM), Sito Pons (IRTA) and Takanao Tsubouchi (MSMA), has unanimously decided to introduce the following modifications to the sporting, technical and medical regulations.
In his latest update for Crash.net , rising 250 GP star Chaz Davies talks about his new deal with Team Campetella for 2006, riding in his first enduro and learning Italian ...
MotoGP giant Honda has confirmed that it will be supplying UK-based Team Roberts with engines to enable it to compete in this year's MotoGP World Championship.
Ducati's annual Wrooom media event continued on Wednesday with the unveiling of the Desmosedici GP6 at the finish-line of the legendary '3-Tre' ski course at Madonna di Campiglio.
British 250cc hope Chaz Davies has been confirmed as one of Team Campetella's two entries in this year's world championship, where he will be racing alongside Japanese rival Taro Sekiguchi.
While speculation swirls around the make-up of other teams, from rider line-up to sponsor roster, the Konica Minolta Honda team has sailed through the winter break content in the knowledge that it will remain unchanged ahead of 2006.
With testing in the middle of a pre-season hiatus at present, the MotoGP rumour mill has a chance to get into full swing, with the latest offering suggesting that perennial battler WCM will carry Bimota branding in the 2006 championship.
The co-founders of official MotoGP charity Riders for Health will get a rare chance to put their thoughts to the rich and famous later this month, having been invited to attend the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Ferrari team leader, Michael Schumacher has warned MotoGP ace Valentino Rossi that he could struggle to find that 'last little bit' of speed needed to be competitive, if he moves to F1.
Altadis, the manufacturer of the Gauloises cigarette brand, has begun arbitration proceedings in an attempt to gain 'substantial compensation' from Yamaha for what it claims are damages arising from the early end to their MotoGP contract.
As exclusively revealed by Crash.net last week, tobacco giant JT International is to switch its Camel brand from Honda to Yamaha for the 2006 MotoGP season, with the factory team getting a new yellow livery courtesy of title sponsorship.
Crash.net understands that, in a surprise move, former Honda Pons sponsor Camel is currently in contention to become the new title sponsor of the Factory Yamaha Team, for the 2006 MotoGP season.
After 25 seasons competing at the highest level of the motorcycle world championship, Sito Pons has announced that his eponymous MotoGP squad will not be on the grid in 2006.
Australian Casey Stoner has been confirmed as riding for the LCR team in 2006 as the squad makes the move up to the MotoGP class.
Paul Denning heads into his second season in charge of Team Suzuki MotoGP hoping that "some really interesting stuff" happening ahead of the new season will result in John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen "on TV" in 2006...
Yamaha has today officially confirmed that, as rumoured for much of the second half of the 2005 season, it will not race with Gauloises sponsorship during the 2006 MotoGP season.
Four-times World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty believes that former rival Colin Edwards, a double World Superbike champion and Valentino Rossi's current team-mate at the factory Yamaha MotoGP team, has lost the hunger to win.
The European Union has reacted angrily to a recent ruling by Spain, which could mean that MotoGP and Formula One events will be exempt from tobacco advertising restrictions until 2008.
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.