Manuela Raffaeta is the beauty often seen in the Melandri's MotoGP pit garage. Here's a picture gallery of Manuela through the years as she's followed Marco around the world, holding his umbrella on the grid and generally looking very pretty indeed.

New BMW World Superbike recruit, Marco Melandri has been using the Bavarian manufacturer's connection to Husqvarna to get himself a nice new motocross bike for the off-season.Melandri has been riding the Husky TC250 in preparation for the 2012

MARCO MELANDRI got his 2012 World Superbike campaign underway as testing the BMW S1000RR he will race next season.Melandri has spent the test switching between the 2011 S1000RR ridden by the recently retired Troy Corser and the 2012 machine

GP replica for the road. Apparently, the idea for the roadbike version of the still impressive all-black GP machine came about after a conversation with its MotoGP rider Marco Melandri. It's reported the tiny Italian suggested the ZX-10 would be an ideal base

-formed Hayate racing, with Italian fast man Marco Melandri as the team's sole rider.Hayate's Chief Engineer Andrea Dosoli has said Kawasaki will play no part in next year's MotoGP series: "Kawasaki will not take part in MotoGP next year."It seems Marco Melandri

KAWASAKI COMPETITIONS Manager, Michael Bartholemy has said that the third Kawasaki in MotoGP option has now been given the go-ahead by his factory bosses. He also pointed out that although the contract with Ducati refugee Marco Melandri has still

fastest lap in testing last week.The Spaniard was followed by Aprilia Racing's Max Biaggi and Marco Melandri on the BMW, Melandri was a full second faster than the times managed on the S1000RR last week.Next was a trio of Brits, with Jonathan Rea heading

appendage. There will be about as much technical interest as there is in the specifications of a cup final football. Talk about taking the “motorcycle” out of motorcycle sport.Never mind. Things can come back from the dead. Look at Marco Melandri, and his

BMW had a historic race at Donington Park taking the top two places with Marco Melandri taking the victorious honours for the German manufacturer.1. Marco Melandri (BMW Motorrad Motorsport) BMW S1000 RR 34'26.736 2. Leon Haslam (BMW

MARLBORO DUCATI rider Nicky Hayden looks as through he's facing some serious problems getting to grips with his new MotoGP ride. The American, who's been struggling for a decent race result all season, was hoping his luck might change at Mugello, the home ground for Ducati's GP9 ...