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Hayden: We`ve made Valentino mad.
Just days after his shock title victory over Valentino Rossi, and following his first ever test on an 800cc machine, MotoGP world champion Nicky Hayden has declared his intention to join an 'elite group' by taking a second title next season.
Rossi keeps #46 for Rally NZ.
Former five-times MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi will be able to sport his famous #46 during an upcoming drive in Rally New Zealand, the penultimate round of the 2006 FIA World Rally Championship.
Hopkins fast in F1 car, Liuzzi `loves` MotoGP.
Tuesday at Valencia saw Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racer John Hopkins and Toro Rosso F1 star Tonio Liuzzi swap teams and machines, for a special high-speed taste of the other's racing world.
Valencia MotoGP test times - Wednesday.
Leading times from the opening day of post-season testing at Valencia, Spain, where most teams and riders concentrated on development of the new-for-2007 800cc MotoGP machines.
Schwantz, Mamola `battle` at Valencia!
1993 500cc world champion Kevin Schwantz and former four-times title runner-up Randy Mamola rolled back the years at Valencia on Tuesday, when they completed some high-speed demonstration laps on Rizla Suzuki's 2006 MotoGP machinery.
Dakar winner Coma rides Pedrosa`s RCV.
Among those lucky enough to be given the chance to test a MotoGP machine after the season-ending Valencian Grand Prix was 2006 Dakar rally winner Marc Coma.
Valencia guest/test pictures online...
Extensive pictures from the post-Valencian Grand Prix guest rides, plus the start of 800cc MotoGP testing, are now online.
PICTURES: Rossi falls, loses world championship.
This is the moment that Valentino Rossi lost control of his Camel Yamaha - and with it the 2006 MotoGP World Championship.
Bayliss celebrates `first and last` MotoGP win!
Newly crowned World Superbike champion Troy Bayliss took his first, and last, MotoGP victory with a fairytale performance in Sunday's Valencian Grand Prix.
Official: Nakano signs for Konica Minolta Honda.
As expected, former Kawasaki rider Shinya Nakano has signed to replace Makoto Tamada at the Konica Minolta Honda team for the 2007 MotoGP season.
Kawasaki signs Jacque to replace Nakano.
Kawasaki has promoted test rider Olivier Jacque to race alongside Randy de Puniet in the 2007 MotoGP World Championship.
Hayden`s dream comes true.
The odds were stacked against Nicky Hayden heading into Sunday's Valencian title showdown, but the American went on to produce one of the greatest upsets in MotoGP history and take the title from five-times world champion Valentino Rossi.
Rossi: A disaster.
An eight-point lead and pole position should have been more than enough to hand Valentino Rossi his sixth consecutive MotoGP World Championship in Sunday's Valencia title showdown, but a thrilling season had one last dramatic twist in store.
Gresini confirms Michelin, Fortuna exit.
Shortly after the season-ending Valencia Grand Prix, Fausto Gresini confirmed that neither tyre supplier Michelin, nor cigarette manufacturer Fortuna, will continue to support the satellite Honda team next season.
Fortuna concentrates on Lorenzo.
Having announced its departure from title sponsorship of the Gresini Honda MotoGP team, despite riders Marco Melandri and Toni Elias taking four victories this season, cigarette manufacturer Fortuna will instead concentrate all its backing behind newly crowned 250cc world champion Jorge Lorenzo.
Rossi falls in title decider!
Valentino Rossi has fallen from seventh position on lap five of the Valencia title decider, dropping him to 20th and potentially handing the 2006 MotoGP world title to Nicky Hayden.
Final 2006 MotoGP World Championship standings.
These are the top-ten 2006 MotoGP World Championship standings after the 17th and final round at Valencia, Spain.
Rossi on target, Hayden `all or nothing`.
The most crucial pole position of Valentino Rossi's career means the Italian is perfectly placed to claim a sixth MotoGP crown in Sunday's Valencia title showdown, while a second row start has limited Nicky Hayden's already slim options to an all or nothing attack.
Rossi, Hayden ready for final battle.
It's the battle that will decide the war: 30 laps inside a Valencia 'cauldron', lined by 125,000 fans, will end with either Valentino Rossi or Nicky Hayden crowned the 2006 MotoGP world champion.
Tamada joins Tech 3 Yamaha, Dunlop stays.
Having lost his Konica Minolta Honda ride, former MotoGP race winner Makoto Tamada will switch to the Dunlop backed Tech 3 Yamaha team for the 2007 MotoGP World Championship.
Ilmor: We`re in it for the long haul.
The new Ilmor SRT MotoGP team will line-up for its second ever race this weekend at Valencia, where it aims to build on its point-scoring debut at Estoril.
Dunlop increases MotoGP effort.
Dunlop has announced a major investment in new technology at its Fort Dunlop plant in Birmingham, UK, aimed at delivering success in the MotoGP World Championship - although the identity of its 2007 team(s) remains a mystery.
Pedrosa responds, pledges full Hayden support.
Having been branded the 'team-mate from hell' for taking out MotoGP championship leader Nicky Hayden in a clumsy collision at Estoril, Dani Pedrosa has pledged to be the American's best friend in Sunday's Valencian title showdown.
Hopkins to F1, Liuzzi to MotoGP!
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racer John Hopkins and Scuderia Toro Rosso Formula One driver Tonio Liuzzi will swap 'day jobs' next week - when Hopkins will drive Luizzi's F1 car, while the American steps onto Hopper's GSV-R.