MotoGP Race Reports

Jorge Lorenzo took his third victory of the season after a closely fought 250cc Italian Grand Prix, ending a drought which started after wins in the opening two races of the season.

MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has ignited his troubled 2006 season with a dramatic home win over fellow Italian Loris Capirossi after a gladiatorial contest worthy of ancient Rome.

Mattia Pasini provided the Italian crowd with a perfect start to a spectacular Sunday raceday by beating Aspar team-mate Alvaro Bautista and Gilera's Lukas Pesek in a 125cc photo-finish thriller, with a winning margin of just one thousandth of a second!

Marco Melandri has become the first double winner of the 2006 MotoGP season, after world champion Valentino Rossi lost a comfortable lead in Sunday's French Grand Prix at Le Mans.

Yuki Takahashi took his first victory of 2006 in the 250cc French Grand Prix at Le Mans today, after snatching victory from Humangest Honda team-mate Andrea Dovizioso on the finishing line.

After a disastrous start to his 2006 season, 125cc world champion Thomas Luthi stepped onto the podium for the first time this year at Le Mans - the Swiss rider being victorious in a damp race, following a heartbreaking finale for Alvaro Bautista.

Amazing MotoGP rookie Dani Pedrosa has won his first ever premier-class victory - at only his fourth attempt - after defeating team-mate Nicky Hayden in a dramatic Chinese Grand Prix.

Marco Melandri has taken his first victory of the 2006 MotoGP season, from 14th on the grid, after overtaking class rookie Casey Stoner at the final turn of the Turkish Grand Prix - capping a breathtaking race that saw nine riders battling for victory.

MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi has won his first race since last October after taking a tense victory over Nicky Hayden in today's Qatar Grand Prix - an achievement that also put him level with Mick Doohan on 54 premier-class wins.

Ducati's Loris Capirossi has taken victory in a dramatic season opening Spanish Grand Prix - after finally breaking the amazing challenge of MotoGP rookie Dani Pedrosa with just two laps to go.

Marco Melandri has backed up his debut MotoGP win two weeks ago in Turkey by taking a narrow victory over fellow Honda star Nicky Hayden in today's Valencia season finale - an event enjoyed by a sell out 124,520 crowd, who also witnessed an impressive Valentino Rossi fight back, but saw pole sitt

Mika Kallio did all he could to try and secure the 2005 125cc World Championship at today's Valencia season finale - the Finn taking a dramatic last turn victory, but ninth place for Thomas Luthi was more than enough to hand the world title to the Swiss rider.

Thomas L?thi has put one hand on the 125cc World Champion after his only remaining rival for the title, Mika Kallio, crashed out of today's Turkish Grand Prix.

Marco Melandri has completed a remarkable 2005 revival by holding off Valentino Rossi for a much deserved first ever MotoGP win in today's inaugural Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul - making the young Italian clear favourite for second in the 2005 world championship standings with just one round to

Valentino Rossi won his eleventh race of the season today at Phillip Island, the Italian beating Nicky Hayden after a tense, tactical, battle which saw the pair locked together until Rossi made a late race burst - clinching his seventh Australian Grand Prix victory and with it the 2005 MotoGP Man

Dani Pedrosa celebrated the 250cc World Championship title for the second successive season at Phillip Island, taking a surprise victory after his only remaining rival crashed out.

Valentino Rossi earned his hardest victory of the season during today's incident packed Qatar Grand Prix, the Italian emerging on top after overcoming Movistar Honda team-mates Sete Gibernau and Marco Melandri - the latter losing out with just a few turns to go, while long time race leader Gibern

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.

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.

Thomas Luthi has bounced back from his spectacular Motegi accident in perfect fashion - by beating title rival Mika Kallio by just 0.002secs at today's 125cc Malaysian Grand Prix.

Loris Capirossi has ended his and Ducati's two-year MotoGP win drought by taking a hard fought victory over countryman Max Biaggi in today's Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi - following a dramatic race that saw Valentino Rossi collide with Marco Melandri during a failed overtaking attempt, which too

Hiroshi Aoyama has taken an emotional home win in today's 250cc Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi - the Movistar Honda rider clinching his first ever GP win after a faultless performance that saw him finish over 5secs clear of team-mate, and world champion, Dani Pedrosa.

Red Bull KTM rider Mika Kallio won a crash-shortened 125cc German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring today.

Valentino Rossi will head for his summer holiday a happy man after winning his eighth race from ten 2005 starts in today's German Grand Prix at Sachsenring; the Yamaha superstar benefiting from a costly last lap error from Sete Gibernau to rule a five-man lead pack containing four Hondas.