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Checa puts Ducati up front.
Ducati Marlboro rider Carlos Checa featured strongly in the opening day of free practice at the Sachsenring, ending the day fourth fastest just 0.246secs from the top.
Hopkins chips teeth in fourth gear highside.
Team Suzuki's John Hopkins is a question mar for the rest of the German Grand Prix weekend after suffered a heavy, fourth gear, highside during this afternoon's second practice session at Sachsenring.
Chatter leaves Biaggi speechless.
If Max Biaggi thought that returning to one of his most successful circuits would mark a change of fortune for the Repsol Honda rider, he was left sorely disappointed after the same chatter problems that have haunted him all season resulted in him lapping slower than one year ago.
Byrne, Ellison jealous of Hayden.
MotoGP finally welcomed a new winner on July 10 when Nicky Hayden joined Valentino Rossi, Max Biaggi, Alex Barros, Sete Gibernau, Loris Capirossi and Makoto Tamada on the limited list of active grand prix winners since the premier-class switched from 500cc two-strokes to 990cc four-strokes in 200
Rossi: My hardest race - ever!
Valentino Rossi survived one of the most accident-strewn races in MotoGP history to seal his seventh win of the season with a brilliant performance in Sunday's British Grand Prix at Donington Park - a race he would later call the hardest of his career.
Barros fined $2.9million for breach of contract.
The Paris Court of Arbitration has found Alex Barros guilty of breaching a contract with Altadis - owners of the Gauloises and Fortuna tobacco brands - when he left the Gauloises backed Tech 3 Yamaha team to join Repsol Honda.
Olympic star Pinsent takes two-seater ride.
Four-times Olympic gold medallist Sir Matthew Pinsent had the ride of his life with former grand prix star Randy Mamola at the weekend.
Pictures: Melandri takes out Bayliss.
For the second time in as many races, a mistake by Movistar Honda's Marco Melandri resulted in a Camel Honda rider crashing out - the Italian, who clipped Alex Barros on lap one of the US GP, falling on his own at Donington Park on Sunday...
Warm-up times - Donington Park.
Full wet MotoGP warm-up times from the British Grand Prix at Donington park, round nine of the 2005 world championship.
Roberts leads Rossi in wet Donington warm-up.
Kenny Roberts has confirmed his wet weather potential on the Bridgestone shod Suzuki by leading this morning's warm-up session ahead of the British Grand Prix at Donington Park.
Simon wins rain-soaked and restarted 125 GP.
Red Bull KTM rider Julian Simon scored his first grand prix victory with a courageous wet weather ride in today's 125cc British Grand Prix at Donington Park.
Rossi beats Movistars for Donington pole.
Valentino Rossi delivered a stunning new lap record around the Donington Park circuit to hold off the double challenge of Movistar Honda team-mates Sete Gibernau and Marco Melandri during today's qualifying session for the British Grand Prix.
Frustration continues at Ducati.
The Ducati Marlboro Team has arrived at every grand prix since Mugello hoping to find the light at the end of an uncompetitive tunnel, but unfortunately for the Bologna based team it appears that Donington Park - like Catalunya, Assen and Laguna Seca before it - will again be a case of damage lim
Hayden turns 'fall guy`.
Nicky Hayden's first day on a MotoGP machine since winning his home grand prix was something of a frustrating affair as the Repsol Honda rider was caught out by the weather conditions this afternoon at Donington Park.
Rossi`s love for London, anger at bombings.
At a time when Londoners are facing what looks like being their second wave of terrorist attacks in two-weeks, four-times reigning MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi - a resident of the capital since 2000 - has spoken of his own anger at the original 7/7 attacks.
<I>Riders for Health</I> auction goodies....
The following is the latest information on items available and time schedule for the Riders for Health charity auction, which will take place on Thursday at Donington Park, venue for this weekend's British Grand Prix.
Melandri: Donington is something special.
Movistar Honda rider Marco Melandri heads for his second home GP of the season, the British Grand Prix at Donington Park, eager to erase the disappointment of his first DNF of 2005 sustained last time out at Laguna Seca.
Byrne: I won`t be doing a Hayden...
Former British Superbike Champion Shane Byrne returns to Donington Park, a circuit where he's achieved so much previous success, knowing he could be in for a frustrating weekend in his home British Grand Prix.
Impact Safe-T Armor celebrates US GP one-two.
Not only did Nicky Hayden and Colin Edwards claim an American one-two in last Sunday's US GP, but their results also marked the first time that chest protectors were worn by the top two finishers in grand prix racing's premier-class.
Three Brits labelled `too old and too slow`.
On June 21, Britain's Auto Cycle Union's (ACU) Road Racing Committee announced details of the wild-card riders selected for the upcoming British Grand Prix at Donington Park.
800 US Grand Prix pictures now online!
Crash.net has now completed the uploading of no less than 800 pictures from the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca.
Incident packed seventh for Tamada.
After a frustrating few races, not helped by healing injuries, Konica Minolta Honda's Makoto Tamada delivered an attacking, confidence boosting, ride to net an 'honourable' seventh in the US GP at Laguna Seca on Sunday.
Moody Blues: Laguna Seca.
In the latest of his exclusive columns for Crash.net , Eurosport MotoGP commentator Toby Moody reveals more news from round eight of the 2005 world championship; the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca...
Edwards: Oh no, not on the last lap!
Colin Edwards joined a very limited list of riders who have beaten Valentino Rossi as a MotoGP team-mate when he clinched a tense second place ahead of the Italian, and behind Nicky Hayden, in his home US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca on Sunday.