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Pedrosa's 217mph top speed record confirmed.
Dani Pedrosa's astonishing 349.3km/h (217.1mph) top speed during the Italian Grand Prix weekend has now been officially confirmed, making it a new MotoGP record.
Hayden '09 mirrors Melandri '08.
Nicky Hayden's troubled first five races for the Ducati Marlboro Team have yielded just 13 points, compared with 24 for his predecessor Marco Melandri and 38 for Casey Stoner's 2007 team-mate Loris Capirossi at the same point in the season.
Scans confirm Pedrosa hip injury.
Dani Pedrosa returned home to Barcelona on Monday where Doctor Xavier Mir, at the USP Institut Universitari Dexeus, confirmed that the Repsol Honda rider had not suffered any further injuries when he crashed out of Sunday's Italian Grand Prix (pictured).
125: Haojue split with engine designer Jan Witteveen.
After a disastrous start to its debut 125cc grand prix season, Team Haojue has split from esteemed engine designer Jan Witteveen.
Lorenzo: Like a movie!
Jorge Lorenzo was amazed to finish the Italian Grand Prix in second position, just one second from victory and ahead of team-mate and home hero Valentino Rossi, at the end of a race that was 'like a movie'.
250: Simoncelli 'warned' over Bautista clash.
Whilst deciding that reigning 250cc world champion Marco Simoncelli 'rode in an irresponsible manner, causing danger to Alvaro Bautista' in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, the Gilera rider has been allowed to keep his second place finish.
Dani Pedrosa confirms hip injury.
Dani Pedrosa has confirmed that he picked up a hip injury during day two of the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, despite not falling from his Repsol Honda.
'08 base helps puts de Angelis back in contention.
Alex de Angelis called up his successful 2008 Mugello base setting to make a flying start to the 2009 Italian Grand Prix weekend.
Pedrosa exceeds 217mph, sets top speed record?
Dani Pedrosa looks to have shattered the official MotoGP top speed record by reaching a claimed 349.3km/h (217.1mph) on his Repsol Honda during Friday free practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello.
125: Simon takes early Mugello advantage.
Julian Simon has set the fastest lap time during Friday's 125cc free practice session for the Italian Grand Prix at a sunny Mugello.
Valentino Rossi at Mugello: 1996-2008.
Last year at Mugello, Valentino Rossi became the first rider in motorcycle grand prix history to win his home event for seven years in a row; can he make it eight in 2009? Below is a brief summary of Rossi's 13 grand prix appearances, in all three classes, at Mugello:
Ducati: Mugello three-two-one?
Despite winning 25 MotoGP races since its 2003 debut, Ducati has never won its home Italian Grand Prix at Mugello. Instead, the home factory has had to settle for three second places and one third, out of six visits to a race won by Valentino Rossi ever since 2002.
125: Haojue to miss Mugello.
125GP's newest manufacturer, Haojue, has withdrawn from this weekend's Italian Grand Prix at Mugello 'in order to concentrate on addressing the problems affecting the engine performance' of its machine.
MotoGP tyre rules tweaked.
The MotoGP tyre rules are to be tweaked, following an announcement from the Grand Prix Commission that the number of hard and soft front tyres will no longer need to be the same from June 24 onwards.
'Foreign object' in Pedrosa's Motegi tyre.
The results of Bridgestone's investigation into the cause of Dani Pedrosa's damaged front tyre at the Japanese Grand Prix, round two of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship, have been announced.
Gibernau has surgery, targets Catalunya
Sete Gibernau has targeted a return to action for the Catalunya Grand Prix after undergoing surgery to secure a transversal displaced fracture to the middle of his left collarbone.
Hayden, Kallio clash leaves one out, one damaged.
Mika Kallio's attempt to overtake factory Ducati rider Nicky Hayden - or 'a much slower rider' as Pramac Ducati technical director Fabiano Sterlacchini called him - ended in disaster when the MotoGP rookie hit a wet patch and fell, forcing Hayden off track in the process.
'Amazing' second for Melandri and Hayate.
Marco Melandri's 2009 rebirth reached a new high at Le Mans on Sunday, when the Italian took his 'privateer' Kawasaki to second place in a dramatic wet/dry French Grand Prix.
125: Marquez takes debut pole at drying Le Mans.
Marc Marquez has taken pole position for the 125cc French Grand Prix at Le Mans. The 40-minute session took place on a wet - but steadily drying - track, prompting countless spills as riders tested the ever-changing grip levels.
Gibernau fractures collarbone at Le Mans - updated.
Sete Gibernau has been ruled out of the remainder of the French Grand Prix weekend after sustaining a suspected double fracture of his left collarbone during a Saturday morning free practice highside at Le Mans.
Bridgestone announce 'white line' markings.
Bridgestone officially introduced sidewall markings for its softer compound slick tyres during Friday free practice at Le Mans, after testing possible solutions during the previous Spanish Grand Prix.
250: Gabor Talmacsi leaves Aspar.
2007 125cc world champion Gabor Talmacsi has split from the Aspar Aprilia team after just three rounds of this year's 250cc World Championship.
Takahashi: Hairpins are my speciality!
Yuki Takahashi believes one of his strongest points as a rider is dealing with slow hairpin corners, a feature of Le Mans - venue for this weekend's French Grand Prix.
Lorenzo wants Le Mans podium - without crutches.
Last year, Jorge Lorenzo stunned the MotoGP paddock by finishing second at Le Mans despite riding with two fractured ankles, sustained at the previous Shanghai round.