Moto GP

just watch the opening round of the 2006 motogp. what a race, the young riders are very quick, i didnt think they would get in top 9 as they have just moved up. unlucky rossi (he was gutted) congratulations to loris caparossi and dani pedrosa great racing lads. 1st Loris Caparossi 2nd Dani Pedrosa 3rd Nicky Hayden 4th Toni Elias 5th Marco Melandri 6th Casey Stoner 7th Shinya Nakano 8th Kenny Roberts jnr 9th John Hopkins 10th Makoto Tamada 11th Colin Edwards 12th Chris Vermeulen 13th Carlos Checa 14th Valentino Rossi 15th Alex Hofmann 16th James Ellison DNF Sete Gibernau Randy De Puniet Jose Luis Cardoso

The season

IRTA MotoGP test Jerez, Spain. First day of three-day test March 10, 2006 Pedrosa springs surprise on opening day of IRTA test at Jerez The final pre-season MotoGP test got underway in bright sunshine at the 4.423 km Jerez circuit in the south of Spain. Three-days of intense testing for the MotoGP teams prepare the 990cc four-stroke grand prix machines they will race in the 17-round World Championship that opens at the same Jerez circuit on march 26. Repsol Honda factory team rider Dani Pedrosa was the fastest Honda rider on the opening day of the test with fourth place, and also the fastest Michelin equipped machine on the day. Spaniard Pedrosa, the reigning double 25…

MotoGP test Catalunya. Day one March 3, 2006. The MotoGP teams returned to Europe this week for the closing stages of winter testing. The teams began a three-day test at the Catalunya circuit, close to Barcelona today with final testing taking place at the Jerez circuit in, Andalusia scene of the opening race of the 17-round world championship series. Cold weather and strong wind made for a difficult early morning but as soon as the track surface warmed the teams set about finding machine base settings the riders will need to get the best out of the three-day test. Fastest Honda rider on the opening day of test was American Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda). Th…