in the final round at Valencia. The American was training at a private indoor flat-track facility near his home in Owensboro, Kentucky.“Obviously, injuries are never good,” Hayden said, “but it’s part of motorcycle racing. Just like at Valencia, it was kind

for the WSB rider with Guintoli competing over four consecutive race weekends, swapping his Effenbert 1198 for the Desmosedici GP11.Testing the Desmosedici at Mugello today, Guintoli is getting a feel for the Italian machine before the next race at Sachsenring

DANI PEDROSA has said he is aiming to take part in this coming weekend's Portuguese GP at Estoril, having been sidelined for the last three races through injury.The Spaniard broke his collarbone during a crash during practice at Motegi circuit

AUSTRALIAN Damian Cudlin has been drafted in to substitute for the injured Loris Capirossi at Pramac Ducati in this weekend's Japanese GP at Motegi.Capirossi will miss his final race in Japan after further damaging his shoulder in a coming

duties in the hands of a test rider, probably Kousuke Akiyoshi. However, the seat at Tech 3 appears to be staying with Colin Edwards as the Texan will be fit to race at Silverstone.Despite being at the age of 39, McCoy is still a viable option for MotoGP

Honda XR100.Both riders will be fighting to be fit for the first test session of 2012 at Sepang on January 31st.You can see the 2012 MotoGP calendar here.

KOUSUKE AKIYOSHI has been named by Interwetten Honda as a replacement for the injured Hiroshi Aoyama for the Dutch TT and Catalunya MotoGP rounds.Aoyama fractured his T12 vertebra in a warm-up accident at Silverstone and looks set for a lengthy lay

MOTORCYCLE RACING veteran Carlos Checa will make a return to MotoGP, albeit as a stand-in rider for Mika Kallio at Pramac Ducati, for the final two rounds of the 2010 World Championship.Checa quit premier class racing at the end of 2007, having

REIGNING MOTOGP World Champion Valentino Rossi has sent the following message today from his home in Italy, where he is currently recovering after breaking his leg at the Italian MotoGP round three weeks ago.From Rossi: "Three weeks have passed

JOHN Hopkins makes his return to MotoGP at Jerez this weekend reuniting with Rizla Suzuki to replace the injured Álvaro Bautista.“I was shocked by what happened to Álvaro, especially after such good winter testing, and I really wish him a speedy