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Rossi unlikely to race in Japan
"I really don't think I'll go to Japan" - Valentino Rossi.
Hayden finds time on GP11.1
"I was immediately just as fast [as on the GP11], but steadily through the day, I was quicker and quicker" - Nicky Hayden.
Spies enjoys 1000cc debut
"There's more improvements to be made to the 1000cc for sure, but for the first day to go faster than the 800 was a surprise" - Ben Spies.
Simoncelli claims his podium
"Finally, finally, finally we are on the podium!" - Fausto Gresini.
2011 MotoGP points standings
2011 MotoGP World Championship standings after Sunday's Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno.
Hopkins withdraws after finger fractures
"...This caused a substantial break to one finger and further damage to another. If the injury had been on his left hand he would be on the GSV-R this afternoon" - Paul Denning.
Rossi shy on aluminium switch
"I don't know exactly about [an] aluminium frame or some other things. So we have to wait" - Valentino Rossi.
Stoner and wife expecting first child
"I'm not saying that I am going [to Japan], but I'm not saying that I'm not now" - Casey Stoner.
Abraham ready for home race
"If somebody predicted these results when the season started I wouldn't believe them. But now I know I can do even better" - Karel Abraham.
Ducati to test 800cc on Monday
"On Monday we'll continue the development work on the GP11.1 with both Valentino and Nicky"
Your sexiest grid girl for July revealed!
You have, this time, truly excelled yourselves. Prepare to discover who you rated as July's sexiest grid girls - and be warned, these ladies will send temperatures soaring...
Hopkins enjoying his career revival
Having stunned the regulars on the World Superbike stage, Hopkins takes in British Superbikes before heading to the Czech Republic for a MotoGP outing.
de Puniet: The pain was unbearable
"The pain was unbearable and I had to call the doctors from the mobile clinic to ease it" - Randy de Puniet.
Wild-card Bostrom ups pace in race
"I was riding so much faster I started having problems when I shifted down, because my foot was hitting the ground" - Ben Bostrom.
PICS: US MotoGP, Laguna Seca
Pictures from the US MotoGP at the Laguna Seca, round ten of the 2011 season.
Lorenzo takes pole for US GP
Jorge Lorenzo takes pole position for the US MotoGP at Laguna Seca!
de Puniet injured, but will try to race
"The physical pain is also strong, I move with difficulties, but tomorrow morning I want to try to get on the bike" - Randy de Puniet.
PICS: Roberts rides at Laguna
Kenny Roberts on track at Laguna Seca, on eve of US MotoGP weekend.
Bostrom to ride LCR Honda at Laguna Seca
The former World Superbike Championship race winner will ride in both MotoGP and AMA Superbike over the weekend.
Stoner sets warm-up pace in Germany
Casey Stoner fastest in warm-up for the German MotoGP at Sachsenring.
Rossi 'upset' with 16th on the grid
"Now we think maybe to come back to the normal, standard, bike. Maybe after Brno" - Valentino Rossi.
Stoner sets warm-up pace in Germany
Casey Stoner fastest in warm-up for the German MotoGP at Sachsenring.
Rough start to Rossi's 250th grand prix
"This morning's crash caused a hole in my right arm that looks like a little anatomy lesson because you can see 'inside' as far as the muscle" - Valentino Rossi.
Capirossi withdraws from German MotoGP
Loris Capirossi withdraws from German MotoGP, replaced by Sylvain Guintoli.