CURRENT MOTO2 rider Karel Abraham was formally confirmed at Brno for next year's MotoGP grid, boosting Ducati's presence in the premier league to six machines, equalling Honda.     The Czech rider is the son of wealthy businessman, who owns a

FORMER MotoGP champion Casey Stoner took a gamble to try to cure the front-end problems that have marred his 2010 season, switching to the latest prototype Öhlins forks in a bid to claim a final victory before he departs for Honda in 2011

-old Moto2 frontrunner is to take place after concerns arose about the way trackside marshals dealt with the incident.Tomizawa was hit by the machines of Alex de Angelis and Scott Redding after the Japanese rider fell on lap 12 of the Moto2 race. Questions

REPSOL Honda rider Dani Pedrosa today begins the second stage of his recovery in order to participate in the Grand Prix of Portugal, which will be held at Estoril circuit on May 1st.Yesterday, Dani had the first medical check up after

CASEY Stoner highsided his Repsol Honda in the Assen Friday morning practice session following a huge oil spill.The oil spill was caused by Alex Baldolini’s Suter in the Moto2 session. He carried on riding, covering half the circuit in oil, which

there in 125 and in 250, in fact I won the 250 races there in 2008 and 2009."Simoncelli kept a clean-sheet at Mugello, finishing a slightly lack-lustre 5th, despite qualifying on the front row.However, the young Italian's fastest lap was just 0.096 seconds

VALENTINO Rossi will make his 250th GP start at this weekend's Sachsenring GP.Rossi, who made his first appearance in GPs in 1996 at the Shah Alam circuit in Malaysia, riding for Aprilia, finished 6th. It took Rossi just 11 races to nothc up his

in northeastern Japan.Earlier this year, Rossi suggested moving the race to the Suzuka circuit which lies further south.The earthquake in March left more than 20,000 people dead or missing and caused a nuclear crisis.

JEREZ has agreed a deal to host MotoGP in 2012, with the potential to retain the race for a further four years.The deal has been heavily backed by the Andalusian tourist board, to the tune of 4.4 million Euros, which will be paid directly to Dorna

purposes.A statement from Gresini Honda says that the team are preparing a Honda CBR1000RR for the Italian and that he will not take part in any of the 2011 World Superbike championship rounds. The FIM rules allow for a MotoGP rider to put in some training