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Moody Blues: Istanbul.
In the latest of his exclusive columns for Crash.net , Eurosport MotoGP commentator Toby Moody reviews the action-packed Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul Park - round three of the 2006 world championship...
PICTURES: de Angelis, Barbera collide at 150mph.
This was the heart-stopping moment when Alex de Angelis and Hector Barbera collided at 150mph, while battling for victory on the final lap of Sunday's 250cc Turkish Grand Prix at Istanbul.
PICTURES: 250cc turn one chaos.
Jorge Lorenzo began Sunday's 250cc Turkish Grand Prix chasing his third victory from three 2006 starts, but his hopes of maintaining a perfect record ended with a bizarre accident at turn one.
Hayden: The tyre warmer melted to disc.
Nicky Hayden may have inherited a podium position in Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix - following the last lap downfall of his team-mate Dani Pedrosa - and with it the world championship lead, but the Repsol Honda rider believes more was possible if it hadn't suffered an unusual braking problem.
Pedrosa: Maybe I wasn`t fully concentrating...
Dani Pedrosa was just one lap away from completing the best performance of his young MotoGP career - having stormed from a lowly 16th place on the grid to lead the Turkish Grand Prix for five laps, only to fall while fighting for victory.
Melandri beats Stoner in Turkish thriller.
Marco Melandri has taken his first victory of the 2006 MotoGP season, from 14th on the grid, after overtaking class rookie Casey Stoner at the final turn of the Turkish Grand Prix - capping a breathtaking race that saw nine riders battling for victory.
Aoyama, KTM win heart-stopping 250 showdown.
Hiroshi Aoyama took KTM's first ever victory in the 250cc class at Turkey today, after one of the most breathtaking final laps of all time.
Rossi washed away as Yamaha drama continues.
The ongoing drama of Valentino Rossi and Yamaha's 2006 season continued at Istanbul today, when the reigning world champion plummeted to 11th on the grid after a problematic wet qualifying session for Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix.
Vermeulen pole completes Suzuki turnaround.
MotoGP rookie Chris Vermeulen exploited treacherously wet conditions at Istanbul to secure a shock debut pole position ahead of Sunday's Turkish Grand Prix - and complete a dream turnaround for Rizla Suzuki.
No chatter, but Rossi goes backwards.
Reigning MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi made a fast start to the Turkish Grand Prix - setting the third fastest lap time in first free practice - but then went backwards during this afternoon's second session to end the day down in eleventh.
Rossi`s landmark races.
Five times MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi is scheduled to make his 100th appearance in the premier-class at Turkey this weekend. The Italian superstar has not missed a race since making his debut in the category at the first race of the 2000 season, in South Africa.
Hopkins hugging rather than kicking?
Suzuki will be hoping to see John Hopkins hugging rather than kicking his GSV-R on Sunday in Turkey, after "burning a lot of midnight oil" to solve the crippling technical problems experienced in Qatar.
Absolutely Authentic Action Canvases on display.
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West fans auction kidneys for sponsorship!
Two Anthony West fans are going to extreme lengths to secure sponsorship for their favourite rider - by trying to auction a kidney each on ebay!
Biaggi joins Schumacher`s team...
Former MotoGP star Max Biaggi will line-up alongside F1 aces Michael Schumacher, Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli and Felipe Massa next Wednesday... for a charity football match.
Airwaves dismiss MotoGP rumours.
Airwaves Ducati BSB team manager Colin Wright has dismissed, but not entirely ruled out, rumours that GSE Racing could become the satellite Ducati team in MotoGP next season.
Yamaha: 2006 bike best, despite chatter.
Valentino Rossi may have won Saturday's Qatar Grand Prix, but the chatter problems that struck so badly at Jerez were still present - albeit on a smaller scale - and Camel Yamaha spent Sunday's test day again trying to fully eliminate the vibration issue.
Denning: John was obviously visibly upset...
Rizla Suzuki team manager Paul Denning has said that John Hopkins will face no form of punishment for 'physically' venting his frustration on his GSV-R, after yet another technical failure in Saturday's Qatar Grand Prix.
Warm-up times - Losail.
Full MotoGP warm-up times from the Qatar Grand Prix at Losail, round two of the 2006 world championship.
Sensational Stoner grabs Qatar pole!
20-year-old MotoGP rookie Casey Stoner has taken his first pole position at only his second attempt, after leading a front row separated by just 0.052secs during qualifying for Saturday's Qatar Grand Prix.
PICTURES: Yamaha records its rivals.
These exclusive pictures (top and middle), taken by Toby Moody, show a Yamaha engineer recording acoustic data from rival machines on the Qatar pit wall, during this morning's final free practice session.
Rossi: Stoner, Elias, Pedrosa the guys to beat.
As suggested by Crash.net earlier today, Camel Yamaha's chatter problems - which had been less significant for most of the Qatar weekend - were magnified by the use of qualifying tyres, leaving MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi and team-mate Colin Edwards just sixth and eighth on the g
Elias overcomes `mental limitation`.
2005 MotoGP rookie of the year, Toni Elias, made an instant impression in his first grand prix for Honda - when he knocked down world champion Valentino Rossi at the very first turn of the season opening Spanish Grand Prix.
Rossi plots Qatar fight back.
MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi is out to prove his Jerez nightmare was just a freak one-off 'blip', by bouncing back to the top in this Saturday's Qatar Grand Prix.