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Bayliss 'pretty chuffed' after strong showing.
In an encouraging development for Ducati and their GP4, Troy Bayliss was in the hunt for a provisional front row for half of this afternoon's opening qualifier at Catalunya.
Euro 2004 divides 'team-mates' Biaggi, Schumacher.
While Max Biaggi and Michael Schumacher may be just a little busy elsewhere during the forthcoming Euro 2004 Football Championships, they will be paying more than a passing interest on the results from group C and D.
Nakano confirmed, Bridgestone modify tyres.
Fuchs Kawasaki's Shinya Nakano has confirmed his intention to ride in this weekend's Catalunya Grand Prix - less than a week after his massive 300 kph Mugello accident, caused by a rear tyre failure.
Being Sete Gibernau.
The Catalan Grand Prix will probably be the biggest weekend Sete Gibernau has ever known, since - one quarter of the way through his eighth premier-class season - the 31-year-old will arrive at his home GP leading the world championship standings for the first time.
Rossi wins twice on 'greatest day'.
Home hero Valentino Rossi beat his MotoGP rivals not once, but twice, to claim a nail biting Italian GP victory in 'one of the greatest days of his life'.
Moody Blues: Mugello.
In the latest of his exclusive columns for Crash.net , renowned Eurosport MotoGP commentator Toby Moody reveals more 'behind the scenes' news from round four of the 2004 season; Sunday's action packed Italian Grand Prix...
Bridgestone: Tyre failures a total surprise.
Bridgestone have pledged to quickly find the source of Shinya Nakano's catastrophic rear tyre failure during yesterday's Italian Grand Prix, which saw the Kawasaki star thrown from his machine at 190mph along the Mugello main straight.
Nakano escapes serious injury.
It has now been confirmed that, amazingly, Shinya Nakano suffered only minor injuries when the rear tyre of his Kawasaki exploded at 300kph (186mph) during today's Italian Grand Prix.
Rossi wins dramatic Italian Grand Prix.
Valentino Rossi has won an incident packed Italian Grand Prix; The Doctor emerging victorious from a six lap dash to the flag after the original thriller had been red flagged due to rain.
Hayden: Just really happy!
Mugello final qualifying saw Nicky Hayden finally deliver the kind of performance expected of him this season, the young American putting his factory Honda an excellent second on the grid for tomorrow's Italian Grand Prix.
Capirossi, Bayliss choose GP4.
Having tested both the 2003 and 2004 Desmosedicis during the two days at Mugello, factory Ducati riders Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss have decided to race this year's machine in tomorrow's Italian Grand Prix.
Sete holds Mugello pole, Hayden surprises.
Sete Gibernau's sensational Friday time may have been enough to hand him pole position for tomorrow's Italian Grand Prix, but there was drama aplenty behind him when a fiery accident forced a red flag - then produced a nail biting final ten minutes.
Rossi explains `wooden` helmet...
As is almost traditional, reigning world champion Valentino Rossi turned up at his home event sporting some new livery in the form of a revised helmet design - inspired by his recent lack of podiums!
Roberts: Best top speed would allow.
Kenny Roberts will start tomorrow's Italian Grand Prix from a credible ninth - a position he describes as 'where we should be' given the GSV-R's current lack of top speed.
Red flags after fire at Mugello.
The final qualifying session for the Italian Grand Prix has been interrupted by a fiery accident for Proton KR's Kurtis Roberts. The American MotoGP rookie fell from his machine with nine-minutes of the session to go, coming to rest against an airfence.
Rossi: Sete is on top form.
Valentino Rossi has made the Italian Grand Prix his own in recent years, but today the five-times world champion was forced to play a supporting role in front of his adoring home crowd, having been outpaced to the tune of 0.4secs by Sete Gibernau.
Hopkins to miss Mugello.
Suzuki's John Hopkins has been ruled out of the Italian Grand Prix after an examination revealed insufficient fusion in his broken thumb, sustained during a first lap fall at Le Mans three weeks ago.
The magic and madness of Mugello.
It's quite simply the craziest day of the year with all the things you love and don't love about Italy crammed into 18 hours of pure mayhem. You return home exhilarated and exhausted in the same breath from a very special event - the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello.
Biaggi's best chance of home glory.
Sete Gibernau may be leading the MotoGP world championship by virtue of two brilliant victories and a third place, but the majority of the expected 75,000 Mugello fans will be cheering for one of the top three Italians at this weekend's Italian Grand Prix.
Proton KR confirms 'big bang' engine.
Proton Team KR heads to Mugello for this weekend's Italian Grand Prix eager to develop their new 'growler' engine further.
Hodgson 'optimistic' of Mugello return.
Neil Hodgson has declared that although he isn't fully recovered from his Le Mans injuries, he will try and race at this weekend's Italian Grand Prix.
Ducati: GP4 and GP3 at Mugello.
Ducati has revealed that they will allow Loris Capirossi and Troy Bayliss to choose between the 2004 spec Desmosedici GP4 and a modified GP3 model at the Bologna based company's home event; this weekend's Italian Grand Prix.
Xaus models, Hodgson mends.
The past week has been very different for d'Antin Ducati riders Ruben Xaus and Neil Hodgson, with Ruben meeting the King of Spain before travelling to the World Ducati Week, while Neil returned to England to try and heal his Le Mans injuries.
Hofmann, Nakano and ZX-RR at Imola.
The Italian Grand Prix may be two weeks away, but the historic Imola circuit will reverberate to the sound of MotoGP engines this weekend, as Shinya Nakano and Alex Hofmann give Italian Kawasaki riders their first glimpse of the 2004 Ninja ZX-RR.