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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.
Blata: The V6 <I>will</I> be completed.
As previously reported on Crash.net , it has now been officially confirmed that the much anticipated debut of the Blata V6 machine - due to take place at this weekend's Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno - will not happen.
KTM `in breach of commitments to Team Roberts`.
Following last Friday's shock announcement that KTM would no longer supply MotoGP engines for Team Roberts, with seven races of the 2005 season still to go, the Banbury based outfit has today (Friday) released the following statement regarding the split.
Ilmor plans MotoGP engine.
Following KTM's recent withdraw as a MotoGP engine supplier - and continued doubts over the Blata V6 project - hope for teams seeking a competitive powerplant could be on the horizon, with the news that Ilmor Engineering are planning to 'design, build and supply' a MotoGP engine.
Aoki to race Suzuki at Czech GP.
Nobuatsu Aoki will make his first return to MotoGP competition since signing to be a Suzuki test rider for the 2005 season, with a wild-card outing at the upcoming Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno.
KTM quits Team Roberts.
Austrian motorcycle company KTM has announced that it is no longer in a position to act as engine supplier to Team Roberts in the MotoGP World Championship.
Rossi: I <I>do</I> like fast friends.
Valentino Rossi has rejected claims that he ends friendships with other riders if they start to threaten his superiority, by revealing that he has gone out of his way to ensure that his relationship with Marco Melandri - which is alleged to have soured when the Movistar Honda rider began challeng
Rossi on Graziano.
One of the most influential figures in the brilliant career of Valentino Rossi has been his famously laid back father Graziano, himself a former racer who - despite his son's fame - sleeps in the back of a BMW estate when he attends MotoGPs.