NINE-TIME World Champion Valentino Rossi led a barrage of requests to Dorna to change the date of the Australian GP, after stormy weather made riding conditions almost impossible during Friday Free Practice and decimated Race Day attendance figures

riding an off-road dirt bike as part of his training programme. The injury has been causing the Fiat Yamaha rider some grief over the last few races, especially on tracks which involve lots of hard braking and directions changes.Surgeons have said

BRITAIN'S Cal Crutchlow has taken his first ride on Yamaha's M1 MotoGP bike in a private test session in Japan ahead of his 2011 campaign in the premier class series.Joining Colin Edwards in the Tech 3 Yamaha team in 2011, Crutchlow tested the M1

in the process."For the first day of testing I'm super happy with the team, a lot of things are new including obviously riding the prototype bike," said Spies. "There are a lot of subtle changes from last year so I spent some time getting used to it along

."Burgess is scheduled to visit Bologna later this month to discuss in detail with Rossi and Ducati MotoGP boss Filippo Preziosi about changes that need to be made to the Desmosedici. It's reported Preziosi was amazed by Rossi's cool, calculating approach to the bike

TEN KATE World Superbike man Jonathan Rea will today (Tuesday) test Casey Stoner's 2011 Honda MotoGP bike in a private HRC test at Sepang, Malaysia.The Ulsterman posted the news of his whereabouts on social networking site Twitter:"First day of MotoGP

in MotoGP marketing - look at the examples of Valentino Rossi and Barry Sheene as evidence – and Lorenzo will continue his association with 99: “I won't forget my No 99 this season, it will be there somewhere on my leathers because No 99 is in my heart

GRADUATING UP to the Moto2 class for 2011 Bradley Smith has raring to get race preparations underway at the upcoming test at Valencia.Joining Tech 3 in his move to the Moto2 class Smith has been undergoing training sessions in the Californian heat

building hype, spoke at the Ducati MotoGP night in Bologna, “In a few years, when I’m older, I could even race in Superbikes with Ducati.” There is a high chance of the Italian taking the opportunity of riding a few races as a wildcard to assess

to be the most technological advanced version of Suzuki's MotoGP challenger. With a focus on the engine improvements have been made in the areas of horsepower, driveability and durability, as a result of the winter testing programme conducted by the team