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Yamaha factory team to continue without sponsor

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 08:21:02 +0000

Yamaha without Gauloises in 2006 Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. hereby announces that Altadis/Seita's sponsorship regarding Yamaha's Factory MotoGP Team will not continue after the end of the 2005 season. For more than 40 years, Yamaha has successfully participated in the Road Racing Grand Prix World Championship and it has become the leading manufacturer of the MotoGP ... Keep reading

2006 Moto Grand Prix calendar

Tue, 20 Dec 2005 01:50:11 +0000

FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix 2006 Calendar


DATE            VENUE                                   LOCATION
Mar 24-26       Circuito de Jerez                       Jerez, Spain
Apr 6-8         Losail International Circuit            Doha, Qatar
Apr 28-30       Istanbul Park                           Istanbul, Turkey
May 12-14       Shanghai International ... Keep reading

Gauloises Yamaha Team Sepang test 2005-11-30

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:33:47 +0000

RAIN AFFECTS THIRD DAY OF TESTING FOR YAMAHA IN MALAYSIA The final day of Yamaha's three-day Sepang Test was interrupted today, when rain throughout the morning meant that Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards were not able to get out on track until mid-afternoon. Despite the delay, Edwards had his first ride on the prototype 2006-spec YZR-M1 and both riders completed some important ... Keep reading

Gauloises Yamaha Team Sepang test 2005-11-29

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:33:44 +0000

Ambient temperature: 30.7 degrees Track temperature: 40 degrees Humidity: 62% ROSSI AND EDWARDS SPEED UP IN SEPANG Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards completed a positive second day of testing at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia today, both making marked improvements to their lap times from yesterday. Rossi topped the unofficial time sheets at the close of play and Edwards was also ... Keep reading

Rossi on top in Sepang day two testing

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:33:44 +0000

The FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix (MotoGP) testing continued on Tuesday at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia as the teams and riders prepare for next season. The current champion Valentino Rossi set the fastest lap time of the journey with Yamaha's new prototype 2006-spec YZR-M1 on the second day of testing. Rossi used most of the day testing the new prototype for the ... Keep reading

Gauloises Yamaha Team Sepang test 2005-11-28

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:33:43 +0000

Ambient temperature: 30.2 degrees Track temperature: 40 degrees Humidity: 65% GAULOISES YAMAHA TEAM GET BACK TO BUSINESS IN SEPANG Just three weeks after rounding off Yamaha's victorious 2005 season in Valencia, Gauloises Yamaha Team riders Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards were back in Malaysia at their most frequently-visited testing venue today, as they commenced their winter ... Keep reading

Melandri tops Sepang tests, Ducati at Jerez

Fri, 02 Dec 2005 05:33:43 +0000

Just three weeks after the 2005 season closed in Valencia, the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix (MotoGP) has returned to action at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia for three days of testing. Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki are at Sepang, while Ducati has chosen to test during the same time in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. The first day of testing in Sepang was very hot ... Keep reading

Hayden and Pedrosa to ride for Honda in 2006

Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:28:29 +0000

The Honda Racing Competition has confirmed today Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa as their two riders for the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix (MotoGP) 2006 season in the factory Repsol Honda Team. Nicky Hayden. Photo by Repsol YPF Media. Both ri ... Keep reading

Ducati, the next challenge for Gibernau

Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:36:40 +0000

Spaniard rider Sete Gibernau will switch from the Honda Movistar team to Ducati Marlboro in MotoGP competition next year the Italian team announced on Monday. "I'm delighted to welcome Sete. We think Sete is one of the strongest guys in MotoGP. He's a talented, gritty and courageous rider", commented Federico Minoli, president of Ducati Motor Holding. Since 2003, Gibernau has ... Keep reading

2005 Final standings

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:47:24 +0000

Pos Rider Nat Bike Points --- ------------------------- --- --------------- --------- 1. Valentino Rossi ITA Yamaha 367 2. Marco Melandri ITA Honda 220 3. Nicky Hayden USA Honda 206 4. Colin Edwards USA Yamaha 179 5. Massimiliano Biaggi ... Keep reading

Michelin's Dupasquier says his final goodbyes

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 17:47:22 +0000

MICHELIN BOSS SAYS HIS GOODBYES The MotoGP paddock gathered last night to commemorate the departure of Michelin's charismatic director of motorsports Pierre Dupasquier. The 68-year-old Frenchman, who has headed the company's racing division for more than three decades, is to be succeeded by Frederic Henry-Biabaud. The early evening paddock party saw bike racing's great ... Keep reading

Melandri wins season finale in Valencia

Tue, 08 Nov 2005 14:38:36 +0000

Marco Melandri took his second career MotoGP victory -- and second in a row -- with a victory at the final MotoGP race of the year, the Valencian GP. The Italian held off Nicky Hayden at the finish line to take the victory for the Telefonica Movistar Honda team by just 0.097 seconds. Melandri's victory also clinched for the 23-year-old the second position in the MotoGP championship ... Keep reading

Valencian GP: Telefonica Movistar Honda race report

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:40:35 +0000

Marco Melandri could not have dreamed of a better way to finish as MotoGP World Championship runner-up than by ending an excellent season with another victory at Valencia. His second consecutive win came ahead of his main rival for the coveted position Nicky Hayden and caps his best ever season, with two victories and seven podiums to his name. His team mate Sete Gibernau hands ... Keep reading

Valencian GP: Michelin race report

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:40:35 +0000

MotoGP's young guns Marco Melandri (Telefonica Movistar Honda RC211V-Michelin) and Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda Team RC211V-Michelin) fought out a tense duel in today's season-ending Valencia Grand Prix. The pair made the 30-lap all their own, Melandri beating Hayden by just 0.097 seconds. World Champion Valentino Rossi (Gauloises Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) completed an all-Michelin ... Keep reading

Valencian GP: Gauloises Yamaha Team race report

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:40:35 +0000

Yamaha Factory Racing rider Valentino Rossi scored his sixteenth podium from seventeen races in the final round of the 2005 MotoGP World Championship to put the shine on Yamaha's 50th Anniversary celebrations at Valencia. The Italian started from his lowest grid position of the season but produced a dramatic ride to end the race in third place, lapping quicker than eventual winner ... Keep reading

Valencian GP results

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 15:40:34 +0000

Pos Num Rider Nat Team Bike Gap to 1st --- --- -------------------- --- ------------------------- ---------- ------------ 1. 33 Marco Melandri I Telefonica Movistar Honda Honda 0.000 2. 69 Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Honda 0.097 3. 46 Valentino Rossi I Gauloises Fortuna ... Keep reading

Gibernau hangs on to Valencia pole

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 17:46:32 +0000

Sete Gibernau held on in the final moments of the Valencia GP qualifying session to claim the pole position from his Telefonica Movistar Honda teammate, Marco Melandri. Gibernau's time of 1:31.874 was a quarter of a second faster than Melandri. The Spaniard now has an opportunity to close what has surely been a disappointing season -- four second places and seventh in the ... Keep reading

Valencian GP: Telefonica Movistar Honda qualifying notes

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 06:07:52 +0000

Sete Gibernau and Marco Melandri put everything into the final qualifying session of the season and will start from the front row of the grid in the final Grand Prix of the season at Valencia. After a magical lap Sete Gibernau celebrated his fifth pole of the season and the eleventh of his career. Tomorrow he will try and provide the perfect end to a season in which he has again ... Keep reading

Valencian GP: Gauloises Yamaha Team qualifying notes

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 06:07:52 +0000

Yamaha Factory Racing rider Valentino Rossi faces an uphill battle in the final round of the 2005 MotoGP World Championship tomorrow after qualifying fifteenth fastest at the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia. Rossi slid from his YZR-M1 machine just over eleven minutes from the end of this afternoon's qualifying session and, despite returning to the track on his second machine, he ... Keep reading

Valencia GP qualifying times

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 06:07:51 +0000

1. 15 Sete Gibernau E Telefonica Movistar Honda Honda 1:31.874 2. 33 Marco Melandri I Telefonica Movistar Honda Honda 1:32.111 0.237 0.237 3. 69 Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda Honda 1:32.217 0.106 0.343 4. 7 Carlos Checa E Marlboro Ducati Ducati 1:32.374 0.157 0.500 5. 3 ... Keep reading