For 2009
Although he still remains focussed on completing the 2008 campaign with current employees Ducati Marlboro, former 250cc World Champion Marco Melandri has revealed that he is to join Kawasaki at the end of this season.

Following his move to the Ducati factory team from satellite outfit Honda Gresini last winter Melandri has experienced an abrupt ... [ more ]

“We couldn't find any improvement”
Repsol Honda RC212V rider Dani Pedrosa and HRC test rider Tadayuki Okada took to the track at Brno yesterday, following the Repsol Honda team's difficult Czech GP weekend.

Weather conditions were perfect, allowing both riders to start testing at 10.30am, with Pedrosa riding his RC212V with spring valves while Okada rode ... [ more ]

“I am very angry”
After Saturday's good qualifying session result on the wet, LCR Honda MotoGP racer Randy De Puniet made a good start from the 7th place for the 22-lap race at Brno track but crashed out on lap six.

Luckily the Frenchman aboard the Michelin-shod Honda RC212V escaped unhurt from the incident and rejoined the twelfth round of the season ... [ more ]

“It means so much!”
Loris Capirossi raced his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R to his maiden podium for the team - and 99th overall of his career - at the Czech Grand Prix in Brno on Sunday.

Starting from ninth on the grid Capirossi lost a couple of places early on, but he fought back to regain them by the end of the first lap.

He then set about hunting down ... [ more ]

“A really great feeling”
Kawasaki's Anthony West achieved a MotoGP career best finish on Sunday, with a determined ride to fifth place aboard his Ninja ZX-RR at the Czech Republic Grand Prix.

With a complete contrast in weather conditions following Saturday's rain-soaked qualifying, West made a strong start to the 22-lap dry race from sixth position on ... [ more ]

With gutsy ride in Brno
Fiat Yamaha Team rookie Jorge Lorenzo finished a creditable tenth in Brno on Sunday, making up seven places after starting last on the grid.

The Spaniard made the most of the tools he had available to pass several riders, including two on the last lap, and hangs onto his fourth place in the championship as a result.

His ... [ more ]

In Brno
Tech 3 Yamaha's James Toseland and Colin Edwards raced to top 15 results in today's Czech Republic GP.

In front of a record crowd of over 146,000 fans at a cool and cloudy Brno, the 22-lap race proved to be a tough challenge for Toseland and Edwards, who both gave their maximum effort in difficult circumstances to claim 13th and 14th places respectively. ... [ more ]

De Angelis takes encouraging eighth
Despite a difficult start to the race, Team San Carlo Honda Gresini's riders were two of the star performances of a dramatic Czech Republic Grand Prix that took place today at Brno.

Shinya Nakano, making his first appearance on the Honda RC212V, put together an impressive charge through the field in the second half ... [ more ]

At Brno
The weekend of the Czech Republic Grand Prix has ended with a race that threw the usual form-book into disarray.

Andrea Dovizioso after two days of intensive work, which was broken by unstable weather conditions that complicated work in the garage, made the most of the materials and technical package at his disposal.

With determination ... [ more ]

Guintoli twelfth
Toni Elias, Alice Team rider, has registered great lap times since the warm up concluded with the fifth fastest lap time.

Then in the race, where he started in thirteenth position, he has made understood that today it was a completely different story. Incredible overtakes that allowed him to find himself in sixth position after only seven ... [ more ]