in Laguna and Indianapolis because I know those tracks and I’ll have some knowledge of the bike and be able to put my head down and go for it there. This is great for me to get the chance, but it is in an unfortunate way that I am there because of the injury

of the championship, Lorenzo stays second, 12 points ahead of a sickly Casey Stoner, who in turn is 27 points ahead of Pedrosa.The next race takes place at the Indianapolis Grand Prix in two weeks time.1.  Valentino Rossi  I  Fiat Yamaha Team  Yamaha        2.  Dani

.The best Suzuki could do was promise wild card rides for Laguna Seca (where Spies will also be contesting his usual AMA Superbike race on the same day!) and Indianapolis. That is, until Rizla Suzuki team regular Loris Capirossi smashed his hand at Catalunya

GP win. The others are Indianapolis, Le Mans and Silverstone.2.465 seconds – The time covering the top four finishers in the MotoGP race at Jerez. This is the closest top four in the MotoGP class since the opening race of 2010 at Qatar when 1.876 seconds

of the Americas.A new course, COTA hosted an exciting Formula One Grand Prix in November of last year - it will join Laguna Seca and Indianapolis as the third US circuit in the MotoGP calendar for 2013. On just his eleventh ride out on the RC213V, Marquez

; the others were Jerez, Le Mans, Silverstone and Indianapolis.4 – Hiroshi Aoyama’s fourth place finish in Jerez is the best result in the MotoGP class by a Japanese rider since Shinya Nakano finished fourth at the Czech GP in 2008.4 - Estoril is one of just

circuits at which Casey Stoner did not win during his time in the Ducati factory team; the others were Jerez, Estoril, Silverstone and Indianapolis. 4 - Since the introduction of the four-stroke MotoGP formula in 2002, both Honda and Yamaha have had four

at Laguna Seca and an even more impressive 6th at Indianapolis."I'm very excited about joining Yamaha in World Superbike," Spies said. "This is a positive step for the direction of my career. I'll have a great opportunity to race on many of the top road

a headache. Moto GP08. I have played all of the previous games in this series, they were all good, but nowhere near as lifelike as this version. It has every single circuit from the 2008 season, including Qatar under lights and Indianapolis

and his mate Tom would crate up their own bikes (a Yamaha TDM and a BMW GS) have them shipped to New York and, over three weeks, ride them to Los Angeles, taking in as many sights as possible, including the Indianapolis MotoGP. The beauty of their plan