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Roberts: I didn`t want to do `a Pedrosa`...
Dani Pedrosa may have had no hesitation in attacking world championship leading team-mate Nicky Hayden as if his life depended on it - contributing to a collision that took them both out of Sunday's Portuguese Grand prix - but Kenny Roberts Jr was careful to avoid such a mistake when fighting Val
PICTURES: Stoner fall leaves Gibernau injured.
Sete Gibernau sustained a broken bone in his right hand, and further damage to his recently re-plated collarbone, after being the innocent victim of Casey Stoner's early exit from Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix.
Toni turns `devil` for incredible debut win.
Toni Elias rode the race of his life at Estoril on Sunday, beating five-times MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi in a photo finish to claim his first ever victory - and podium - from eleventh on the grid!
Ilmor makes history.
Garry McCoy and the Ilmor SRT MotoGP team made history in Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix when they scored the first ever world championship point for an 800cc machine.
Hayden, Pedrosa talk after `title suicide`.
Dani Pedrosa committed motor racing's most cardinal sin at Estoril on Sunday, when he took out world championship leading team-mate Nicky Hayden in a moment of madness that could cost the American the 2006 MotoGP crown.
Warm-up times - Estoril.
Full MotoGP warm-up times from the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril, round 16 of the 2006 world championship. The only fall during the overcast session was a harmless low-side by Sete Gibernau.
Daniel Day-Lewis takes `radical` MotoGP ride.
Oscar-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis got to experience the full force of MotoGP at Estoril on Sunday, riding two high-speed laps of the Portuguese circuit aboard the Ducati Marlboro two-seater behind Randy Mamola.
Pedrosa takes out Hayden!
Dani Pedrosa has made one of the biggest mistakes ever seen in modern motorcycle grand prix racing - smashing into team-mate Nicky Hayden early in the Portuguese Grand Prix and destroying the American's world championship lead.
Rossi leads Camel qualifying sweep, Hayden third.
Valentino Rossi took his fourth pole position of the 2006 MotoGP season by leading a Camel Yamaha one-two at Estoril on Saturday, but title rival Nicky Hayden limited the damage with third position.
Learning curve continues at Ilmor.
Mario Illien's fledgling Ilmor SRT team completed its first ever MotoGP qualifying session 20th and last at Estoril on Saturday - but easily made the cut for Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix.
Ilmor makes credible debut.
The brand new Ilmor SRT team made a solid, if unspectacular, MotoGP debut at Estoril on Friday - its brand new 800cc X3 outpacing one of the regular 990cc machines as rider Garry McCoy found 1.3secs between the morning and afternoon sessions.
PICTURES: The Ilmor X3.
These are the first pictures of the new Ilmor X3 MotoGP machine, which will be raced for the first time in this weekend's Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril.
Yellow flags...
As the debate over Valentino Rossi's yellow flag infringement at Phillip Island continues, a possible solution to avoid future unpunished passes might be the use of GPS.
Aoyama latest in Kawasaki link.
KTM 250GP star Hiroshi Aoyama is the latest rider to be linked with a Kawasaki MotoGP seat for 2007.
Rossi confirmed for Rally NZ.
Five-times MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi will compete in next month's Rally New Zealand, having concluded a deal to use a 2005 specification Subaru Impreza.
125: KTM announces 2007 line-up.
Red Bull KTM has announced that Julian Simon will be retained to ride alongside new signing Tomoyoshi Koyama and current Junior Team rider Randy Krummenacher for next season's 125cc World Championship.
Ilmor X3 ready for MotoGP debut.
MotoGP's newest team, Ilmor, a joint venture between Ilmor and Suter Racing Technology (SRT), has completed a successful two day test at Jerez ahead of its race debut at the penultimate round of the 2006 world championship on October 13-15.
Yamaha silent on Edwards, Camel future.
Despite Nicky Hayden's decision to re-sign with Honda, the factory Yamaha team has politely told Crash.net that it can't comment on whether Colin Edwards is now likely to remain alongside Valentino Rossi in 2007 - or if Camel will stay for a second season as title sponsor.
Hopper: Brands Hatch brilliant for MotoGP.
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP's John Hopkins completed more than 10-laps of Brands Hatch GP circuit last weekend (pictured) while demonstrating his ear-splitting GSV-R at the final round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship - and reckons the circuit would make a great addition to the MotoGP calen
Chaz fifth on AMA debut.
Former 125 and 250 GP rider Chaz Davies finished a very impressive fifth on his AMA Supersport - and four-stroke - debut at Sunday's 2006 season finale, held at the challenging Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
PICTURES: Inside the Honda RC211V.
Last weekend's Japanese Grand Prix at Motegi saw Honda take the unprecedented step of opening up its RC211V's 990cc V5 MotoGP engine for the media.
Bridgestone hails new MotoGP tyre regulations.
Bridgestone has hailed the new MotoGP tyre regulations, drawn up after discussions between all three manufacturers, as a 'significant milestone' which will help 'reduce costs and preserve healthy competition'.
MotoGP introduces tyres restrictions for 2007.
The MotoGP World Championship will introduce tyre restrictions for the 2007 season - but, at present, they will only apply to Michelin and Bridgestone riders.
125: Koyama joins KTM for 2007.
Red Bull KTM has announced that 23-year-old Japanese Tomoyoshi Koyama will join their 125cc team for the 2007 season.