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`S`no joke` as Ducati reveals Desmosedici GP6.
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.
Bimota to partner WCM in 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.
Konica Minolta Honda unchanged for `06.
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.
Riders for Health to address Economic Forum.
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.
Schumacher: F1 decision in Rossi`s hands.
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 to pursue Yamaha damages.
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.
Confirmed: Yamaha inks Camel deal.
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.
Camel Yamaha?
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.
Pons pulls out.
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.
Stoner moves up, confirmed at LCR.
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.
Denning: Suzuki can succeed.
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...
EU angry as Spain `keeps` tobacco advertising.
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.
Foggy: Edwards has lost hunger to win.
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.
Yamaha confirms Gauloises split.
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.
Aoyama lands Honda scholarship for GP250.
Honda has awarded its third 'racing scholarship' to 21-year old Shuhei Aoyama, the reigning All-Japan 250cc class champion.
Motocourse on sale.
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.
Biaggi `waiting for an answer`.
Max Biaggi's MotoGP future remains in limbo with the Roman still waiting to here if he will be able to ride a third factory Kawasaki in the 2006 world championship.
Biaggi: No Bridgestone problem.
Max Biaggi has claimed that Bridgestone will supply him with tyres, should Kawasaki and Camel finalise a deal for the Roman to ride a third factory ZX-RR in the 2006 MotoGP World Championship.
Bridgestone sink Biaggi deal?
Max Biaggi's chances of a 2006 Kawasaki MotoGP ride are reported to have ended after the team's tyre supplier, Bridgestone, refused to support any additional riders.
How Yamaha made the M1 even better...
The 2004 YZR-M1 will forever be remembered as the machine with which Valentino Rossi sensationally won Yamaha's first premier-class world championship since 1992 but, with the Italian's Honda contract preventing him from testing the machine until late January, much of the bike's design was decide
Sepang test pictures online.
Pictures from the Sepang MotoGP test, which began today (Monday) and continues until Wednesday, have already been uploaded onto Crash.net .
Ellison impresses on Tech 3 Yamaha debut.
2005 WCM rider James Ellison impressed on the first day of his Yamaha Tech 3 'job interview', by putting his Dunlop shod M1 within 1.3secs of MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi around the Sepang circuit in Malaysia.
Rossi takes on kart champion.
Encouraged by his increasingly competent outings in one of Ferrari's Formula One machines, multiple MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi decided to try his luck against one of the world's leading kart racers when he visited the second edition of the Champion Show, organised by his father Graziano, in
Ilmor MotoGP engine update.
On August 18, Crash.net ran a report about McLaren Mercedes F1 engine manufacturer Ilmor building a MotoGP powerplant - and speculated that the 2007 MotoGP engine rule changes would provide the perfect opportunity for such an arrival.