FOLLOWING A STRING of impressive performances in the last few events, Repsol Honda rider Andrea Dovizioso retired from Sunday's Australian Grand Prix following mechanical steering issues with the Italian's RC212V racer.Honda technicians have said

is Aleix Espargaro. The Spanish rookie is expected to move to a top seat in Moto2, with assistance from Dorna.The decision to run a break-away factory Honda team has been quashed with news leaking in Spain that Repsol are to up their budget to 15-million

Hoffman...will contest dismissal from teamSACKED MOTOGP rider Alex Hoffman has issued this statement concerning his dismissal from Pramac D'Antin Ducati:According to a recent press release issued by my team, my contract as a rider for Team Pramac D

MOTORPOINT Yamaha and Loris Baz have parted ways because of an issue with the French rider's backers.The split has come into effect immediately ahead of the triple race weekend at Brands Hatch, as the Rob Mac Racing team announced

, it is an issue of honour for me."The Italian has said that the Italian race is the one where his home fans expect so much more from the Italian, adding: "That need for honour is shared there. It will be a very hard race because there will be the four of us up

victory in Germany had a very special taste. But he has no time to digest everything that happened because the race at Laguna Seca is in a couple of days. Pedrosa hopes to win there and to get victory number 300 for Iberian riders.The German track suited

in and will be looking to turn his hometown knowledge to his advantage over the 32-lap race. He will -- as in previous years -- have a huge stateside following of friends and family cheering him on as he goes in search of his first MotoGP victory.Chris Vermeulen

. Before the return of the world's premier motorcycle racing series to Laguna Seca, national attention was focused on the production series, which has been a huge success since the 1970s, producing top international racers such as Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey

better because the layout is very technical with a lot of tight turns. It's great to have a Grand Prix at Misano once again because everyone in the Emilia Romagna region loves motorcycles so the atmosphere should be huge. Of course it's another race

The Ducati Team comes to the United States leading all three MotoGP World Championships despite a race of contrasting fortunes in Germany last weekend. Loris Capirossi scored a brilliant second place while series leader Casey Stoner finished fifth