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Rossi confirmed at Yamaha for 2006.
In a move long predicted, Yamaha Motor Co. and Valentino Rossi have officially announced that the Italian will stay with Yamaha for the 2006 MotoGP World Championship season.
Moody Blues: Sachsenring.
In the latest of his exclusive columns for Crash.net , Eurosport MotoGP commentator Toby Moody reveals news from round ten of the 2005 world championship; the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring...
Rossi to ride in one man team?
Yamaha and Valentino Rossi may have announced that they will extend their partnership for a third season, but significant changes could still take place for 2006 with rumours suggesting that the Italian will be part of a one man team backed by telecommunications company Alice.
Numb leg caused Hopkins red-flag highside.
John Hopkins has revealed that his huge highside - which forced Sunday's German Grand Prix to be stopped and restarted - was caused by the Suzuki star losing feeling in his already injured foot, resulting in the Anglo American accidentally shifting down a gear.
Kawasaki 'smiling and crying`.
With two of the three Kawasaki riders having been taken out in a first turn clash, Shinya Nakano went on to uphold team green honour with a fighting sixth position in Sunday's German Grand Prix at Sachsenring.
Picture: Rossi with 'redneck` teeth!
It is hard to imagine the likes of Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher doing it, but fun loving MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi caused amusement on the grid for Sunday's German Grand Prix at Sachsenring - by wearing a set of 'redneck' teeth (pictured)!
Sete blows his big chance, Rossi collects.
Sete Gibernau blew his big chance of beating Valentino Rossi for the first time this season with a crucial mistake just two and a half miles from the finish of Sunday's German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring.
'Sorry` Rossi joins Hailwood on all-time podium.
Valentino Rossi marked his 150th Grand Prix appearance, in Sunday's German Grand Prix at Sachsenring, with his 76th victory - a record that moves him up to third in the all-time winners list, level with the late, great, Mike Hailwood.
Pictures: Sachsenring turn one chaos.
Turn one of the 2005 German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring saw three riders eliminated on the spot, with Shane Byrne dropping his Proton KR after clipping the back of Carlos Checa while Kawasaki team-mates Alex Hofmann and Olivier Jacque tangled seconds later.
Hayden heads for Jay Leno TV show.
Fresh from his third place in Sunday's German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring, Repsol Hondas Nicky Hayden will return to America today (Monday) and on Tuesday he and his racing brothers, Tommy and Roger Lee, will be special guests on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - the prime time US evening
Rossi slays Hondas for Sachsenring win.
Valentino Rossi will head for his summer holiday a happy man after winning his eighth race from ten 2005 starts in today's German Grand Prix at Sachsenring; the Yamaha superstar benefiting from a costly last lap error from Sete Gibernau to rule a five-man lead pack containing four Hondas.
German GP red flagged after Hopkins highside.
The German Grand Prix has been red flagged on lap 6 of 30 after a nasty highside for Suzuki's John Hopkins, which left the already injured Anglo-American lying in the middle of the racetrack.
Kallio wins red-flagged German 125 GP.
Red Bull KTM rider Mika Kallio won a crash-shortened 125cc German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring today.
Hayden seizes Sachsenring pole.
Repsol Honda's Nicky Hayden has claimed his second premier-class pole position after leading an all-Honda top three in this afternoon's qualifying session for the German Grand Prix at Sachsenring.
Birthday pole but Hayden saving the cake.
American Nicky Hayden celebrated his 24th birthday in style by grabbing pole position for the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring this afternoon - but he is waiting for the outcome of the race tomorrow before he starts cutting the cake.
Sete a 'slightly bitter` second.
Sete Gibernau will attempt to put his Donington nightmare behind him from a strong second on the grid in tomorrow's German Grand Prix at Sachsenring, but felt a little bitter after failing to defend his provisional pole in the closing stages.
Pictures: Byrne`s bike burns!
Shane Byrne was lucky to limp away from a first free practice crash at the Sachsenring yesterday, after which his KTM powered Proton KR machine caught fire (pictured).
GPS tracking data to be broadcast at Sachsenring.
A new TV feature for MotoGP broadcasts is being introduced at this weekend's German Grand Prix, showing the precise location of a rider on the track - in real time (see pic).
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.
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.
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.
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
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...
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.