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PICTURES: Rossi's 'dirty' fall.
Valentino Rossi was left disappointed after crashing out of victory contention on lap 10 of Sunday's Indianapolis Grand Prix.
Lorenzo: It's like Schwantz, Rainey and Lawson.
Jorge Lorenzo emerged as the sole survivor of a three-way victory battle in Sunday's Indianapolis Grand Prix.
Rossi: Yamaha's 2010 focus means no 'F1 errors'.
Valentino Rossi has revealed that Yamaha has now shelved development of the 2009 YZR-M1 and turned attention to the 2010 model.
Rossi, Edwards back Lorenzo decision.
Fellow M1 riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards both believe that Jorge Lorenzo did the right thing in signing a new contract with Yamaha for the 2010 season.
Suzuki confirms Capirossi alongside Bautista.
Rizla Suzuki has confirmed that Loris Capirossi will ride alongside rookie Alvaro Bautista in the 2010 MotoGP World Championship.
Jorge Lorenzo signs new Yamaha contract.
After months of speculation, Jorge Lorenzo has signed a new MotoGP contract with Yamaha.
Schwantz to ride '93 Suzuki at Indy.
Kevin Schwantz will ride the Suzuki RGV500 on which he won the 1993 500cc World Championship for some demonstration laps on Sunday at the Red Bull Indianapolis GP.
Aleix Espargaro - career to date.
At just 20 years of age, and without a single podium to show for his 67 grand prix starts in the 125 and 250cc classes, Aleix Espargaro will make his MotoGP debut for Pramac Ducati at next weekend's Indianapolis round (see previous story).
Repsol runs Ohlins, Gresini new Showa.
Repsol Honda remained non-committal about the chances of Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso racing with Ohlins suspension, after trying the brand back-to-back with existing Showa parts during Monday's Brno test, while over at Gresini Honda Toni Elias tried a new Showa frotn fork.
de Angelis battles a butterfly!
Having held ninth for the first 17 laps of Sunday's Czech Republic Grand Prix, Alex de Angelis suddenly saw his hopes of battling for a top eight finish put in serious jeopardy... by a butterfly!
Kallio, Melandri disagree over Brno clash.
Mika Kallio and Marco Melandri each felt the other was to blame for their spectacular clash in the closing stages of Sunday's Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno.
Melandri: Simoncelli will have factory Honda.
Marco Melandri has stated that his 2010 Gresini Honda team-mate Marco Simoncelli will have a factory spec bike, and be the team's number one rider.
Elias hits out after podium return.
After taking his first podium of the 2009 season at Brno on Sunday, Toni Elias hit out at the 'strange' decisions that have forced him to change teams every year for the past three seasons, and put his MotoGP future in doubt.
PICTURES: Alvaro Bautista's embarrassing back-flip!
This is the moment when 250GP title contender Alvaro Bautista lost control of his Aspar Aprilia - whilst celebrating third position on the slowdown lap after Sunday's Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno.
Rossi: Great pole, lucky escape.
Valentino Rossi claimed his fifth pole of the 2009 MotoGP season at Brno on Saturday by just 0.050sec from team-mate and title rival Jorge Lorenzo, despite a fast crash in the closing minutes.
250: Simoncelli claims pole at Brno.
Reigning 250cc world champion Marco Simoncelli took his third pole position of the season on his very last lap of qualifying at Brno on Saturday.
Rossi: Stoner loss 'a great pity'.
Reigning MotoGP champion and 2009 title leader Valentino Rossi has expressed sadness at the withdraw of Casey Stoner from the next three rounds of the championship.
Engine rule to cut MotoGP celebrations
Valentino Rossi has indicated that the new MotoGP engine rules, which come into force at this weekend's Czech Republic Grand Prix, will reduce on-track tricks and celebrations - such as tyre-smoking burnouts - due to the strain they put on the engine.
PICTURES: Building the Balatonring.
On a recent visit to Hungary, Crash.net viewer Garry Challinor stopped by to see the progress of the new Balatonring circuit, which will host a round of next year's MotoGP World Championship.
Fabrizio grateful for MotoGP 'gift'.
Michel Fabrizio, currently third in the 2009 World Superbike Championship, will make an unexpected return to MotoGP action at Brno this weekend, in place of Mika Kallio.
Casey Stoner sidelined - Kallio, Fabrizio in.
It has been officially confirmed that Casey Stoner will miss the next three rounds of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship, ending his title chances.
Colin Edwards quotes.
A selection of Colin Edwards' best quotes from his 'Tornado Warning' interviews for the official Red Bull Indianapolis GP website have been released:
MotoGP releases TV viewing figures.
The tense 2009 MotoGP World Championship battle looks to be having a highly positive effect on the sport's viewing figures, with last weekend's British Grand Prix enjoying particularly strong numbers.
MotoGP rookie rule, engine limit clarified.
During a meeting at last weekend's British Grand Prix at Donington Park, the Grand Prix Commission clarified the rules regarding rookie riders and engine limits, amongst other decisions.