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Valencia test times - Wednesday.
MotoGP test times from Wednesday's opening day of the Valencia test, held in cool and windy conditions. Testing concludes tomorrow... Valencia test - day one:
Pictures: Checa bins RCV!
Carlos Checa made a nightmare Honda debut during Wednesday's opening day of testing at Valencia, when the former Ducati Marlboro rider fell from his Pons run RCV at high-speed (pictured).
Stoner top rookie on Valencia day one.
Casey Stoner may have lost out on the 2005 250cc World Championship to Dani Pedrosa, but the young Australian scored a victory of sorts over the Spaniard during testing at Valencia today (Wednesday) when he took top rookie honours.
Stoner to make Honda debut.
250cc World Championship runner-up, Casey Stoner, is set to make his MotoGP debut with Honda today at Valencia - ahead of what is now expected to be a full 2006 season with the Pons team.
Team Roberts clinch Honda engine supply.
Team Roberts will enjoy Honda RCV power during the 2006 MotoGP season, with the news that HRC have reached an agreement with the independent team run by former triple 500cc world champion Kenny Roberts.
Number 17 mystery solved...
When Crash.net uploaded its pictures from Monday testing at Valencia, featuring Chris Vermeulen making his Suzuki debut and Randy de Puniet completing his first Kawasaki laps, eagle-eyed viewers soon spotted a potential contradiction...
Cartoon: Pedrosa`s new RCV.
125 and double 250cc world champion Dani Pedrosa makes his much anticipated debut as a Repsol Honda MotoGP rider today at Valencia, when the diminutive Spaniard takes part in the opening day of the first post-2005 season test.
Troy`s Story claims further award.
Following on from film festival awards in New York, Troy's Story - the feature length documentary on the career of Troy Bayliss, narrated by Ewan McGregor - has been awarded the prestigious Mention D'Honneur.
Valencia test pictures online...
The first pictures from the Valencia test, which is taking place throughout this week, are now available on Crash.net .
Kiyonari proves inconclusive.
BSB runner-up Ryuichi Kiyonari failed to convince that he is ready for a full time MotoGP return, after finishing twelfth for Camel Honda in Sunday's season-ending Valencia Grand Prix.
Vermeulen, Kurtis Roberts, de Puniet make debuts.
Monday at Valencia saw World Superbike runner-up Chris Vermeulen make his Team Suzuki MotoGP debut, while Kurtis Roberts - younger brother of outgoing Suzuki rider Kenny - also got track time on the GSV-R.
Melandri, Elias confirmed at Fortuna Honda.
As previously reported on this website, double 2005 MotoGP race winner Marco Melandri and impressive class rookie Toni Elias have today been officially confirmed as teaming up together next season when Fortuna will switch its backing from the Tech 3 Yamaha team to Gresini Honda.
Official: Gibernau joins Ducati.
The first piece in the remaining 2006 MotoGP rider line-up has fallen into place with the official announcement that Sete Gibernau has finally signed to leave Honda and ride for the Ducati Marlboro Team.
`Sad` end to Biaggi`s season - and Honda career?
Repsol Honda's Max Biaggi completed his first and last season as a factory Honda MotoGP rider with a sore sixth placed finish in Sunday's Valencia Grand Prix - a race that may also have marked his final ride on an RCV.
Hopkins can`t wait for Wednesday.
After a disappointing end to the 2005 season at Valencia on Sunday, John Hopkins and Team Suzuki can't wait for Wednesday to arrive - when they will be back on track and working towards 2006.
Kawasaki says `difficult` goodbye to Hofmann.
"Change for the sake of change" may be an unfair description, but many in MotoGP are still struggling to understand why Kawasaki is replacing Alex Hofmann with 250 rider Randy de Puniet next year.
Melandri wins 2005 season finale.
Marco Melandri has backed up his debut MotoGP win two weeks ago in Turkey by taking a narrow victory over fellow Honda star Nicky Hayden in today's Valencia season finale - an event enjoyed by a sell out 124,520 crowd, who also witnessed an impressive Valentino Rossi fight back, but saw pole sitt
Kallio wins 125 battle, but Luthi wins the war.
Mika Kallio did all he could to try and secure the 2005 125cc World Championship at today's Valencia season finale - the Finn taking a dramatic last turn victory, but ninth place for Thomas Luthi was more than enough to hand the world title to the Swiss rider.
Warm-up times - Valencia.
Full MotoGP warm-up times from the Valencia Grand Prix at the Ricardo Tormo circuit, the seventeenth and final round of the 2005 world championship. The only faller during the session was Repsol Honda's Max Biaggi, who lost his factory RCV at the final turn but walked away unharmed.
Rossi: I just lost the front and went down.
MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi will start from his lowest grid position since being sent to the back of the field by a pre-race penalty at Qatar last year, after a tough qualifying session for Sunday's season-ending Valencia Grand Prix ended with the Italian suffering his biggest fall of t
Gibernau takes Valencia pole, Rossi nightmare.
Sete Gibernau will start from pole position for Sunday's Valencia Grand Prix, the 17th and final round of the 2005 MotoGP World Championship season - a result which also sealed the BMW Best Qualifier Award for the Spaniard - while world champion Valentino Rossi will line-up just 15th on the grid
`Secret software` helps Aoki.
Nobuatsu Aoki was the fastest Suzuki rider after today's free practice sessions for this weekend's Valencia Grand Prix in Spain, with team-mate John Hopkins just a tenth of a second behind.
Pictures: Yamaha unveils `retro` Valencia livery.
These are the first pictures of the special 'retro' livery which factory Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards will use during this weekend's season-ending Valencia Grand Prix.
Yamaha confirms `retro` Valencia livery.
To commemorate Yamaha's 50th Anniversary and the end of a brilliantly successful racing year, Yamaha has - as rumoured - decided to compete at this weekend's final round of the 2005 MotoGP World Championship in the company's traditional red, white and black racing colour scheme.