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Biaggi: My hope is gone.
Max Biaggi has lost all hope of turning around his disappointing 2005 season with the Repsol Honda team, after yet another forgettable outing at Qatar on Saturday.
Gauloises Yamaha wraps up teams` title.
Just six days after lifting the MotoGP title with Valentino Rossi in Malaysia, the Gauloises Yamaha Team were celebrating again today as Valentino Rossi's record-breaking tenth victory of the season secured the Teams' World Championship at the Qatar Grand Prix.
KTM furious as 'wrong` rider takes 125 win.
Hungarian rider Gabor Talmacsi won the 125cc Qatar Grand Prix in a controversial photo-finish ahead of Red Bull KTM team-mate Mika Kallio at the Losail Circuit today.
Warm-up times - Losail.
Full MotoGP warm-up times from the Qatar Grand Prix at Losail, round fourteen of the 2005 world championship.
Gibernau to break 'the curse`?
"Gibernau will not win another race" - those were the furious words of Valentino Rossi after he crashed out of last year's Qatar Grand Prix, a race won by the Spaniard.
Fast start for Hayden, more 'frustration` for Biag
It was a case of contrasting fortunes for the Repsol Honda team on day one of the Qatar Grand Prix, with Nicky Hayden fastest of all in the morning session on his way to a day one third - while troubled team-mate Max Biaggi was left down the order in ninth.
Cartoon: Rossi and the Seven Dwarfs.
Last November Sprocket produced this cartoon of 'Not Slow White and the Seven Honda Dwarfs', featuring Valentino Rossi in the starring role - and the fairy tale would make a MotoGP themed return at Sepang on Sunday when Rossi himself used the storyline to celebrate his seventh motorcycle w
Rossi`s magnificent seventh.
He may have celebrated with 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs', but perhaps 'The Magnificent Seven' would have been a more fitting tribute to Valentino Rossi after the Italian sealed his seventh motorcycle world championship at Sepang on Sunday.
Capirossi wins, Rossi crowned 2005 champion.
Loris Capirossi has won his second MotoGP race in a row after beating Valentino Rossi to victory in today's Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang - but second for the Yamaha superstar was more than enough to secure The Doctor his fifth consecutive premier-class crown and seventh ever world title.
Picture: Lizard on track!
This afternoon's qualifying session at Sepang saw some local wildlife make a surprise appearance on track, as a sizable lizard crawled onto one of the high-speed straights during the one hour session.
Byrne: I`m treating the bike like solid gold!
Shane 'Shakey' Byrne had his first taste of the MotoGP big time at Malaysia today, when he completed his debut laps on the race-winning Camel Honda RC211V.
Jacque confirmed for Malaysia, Qatar.
As expected, Kawasaki test and development rider Olivier Jacque will replace the injured Alex Hofmann for this Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix and next Saturday's Qatar Grand Prix in Doha.
Melandri participation still `uncertain`.
Marco Melandri's participation in the Malaysian GP this weekend is still uncertain, although the Italian has now made the trip to Sepang for the latest round of the MotoGP season.
Cartoon: Rossi packs for Sepang.
Having been forced to delay his 2005 title winning-celebrations after crashing out at Motegi, Valentino Rossi will head for this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix needing to finish fourth or better to wrap up the crown.
Melandri heads for Malaysia.
Further checks on Marco Melandri, who sustained a deep flesh wound after being accidentally rammed by Valentino Rossi during Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi, have revealed no bone fractures or internal injuries.
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.