the tragic accident that claimed the young life of MotoGP's rising star. Speaking to Italian media, his father Paolo said: "Marco was a very special person, and perhaps people have understood what he was like. If he had to swear he would, he was like that

have said that Edwards has agreed a new one-year contract after the Texan produced the best form of his MotoGP career during 2009, including a stunning second place in the British MotoGP at Donington Park.The 35-year-old has featured in the top seven

NICKY HAYDEN has warned the Ducati MotoGP fans not to expect too much for this weekend at Misano, even though he managed to put the factory Desmo on the podium in third place at Indianapolis last Sunday.Hayden said: “The little time we’ve had since

BACK-ON-FORM Aussie Casey Stoner notched up the fastest time at this morning's free practice at Valencia, ahead of the weekend's MotoGP season finale.The Ducati man posted a best lap of 1:32.813, almost 0.4 secs quicker than second place man Jorge

the Ducati man from holding his position along the 200mph start/finish straight. Hayden overcame the problem to battle to an impressive fifth place.After the race the former MotoGP World Champion said:“I thought it might be possible to do a little better than

of the ocean' the Italian race team FB Corse has confirmed Hopkins is still the squad's number one option for the vacant MotoGP ride.Yesterday, Visordown reported the news that Hopkins has been confirmed to test for AMA Superbike team M4 Suzuki (Team Hammer

, Ducati-mounted Nicky Hayden.The Ducati man surprised himself and the rest of the MotoGP paddock with the second-fastest time of the session, beating 2010 championship leader Jorge Lorenzo into third place.Other surprises: Marco Simoncelli took fifth

VALENTINO ROSSI has recorded the fastest time during first Free Practice at Sepang ahead of this weekend's Malaysian GP.The Fiat Yamaha rider clocked a best of 2:02.724 at the 5.5km circuit, 0.1 secs faster than Repsol Honda man Andrea Dovizioso

THE RACE for the 2010 MotoGP World Championship may be over but there's still an almighty scrap going on over who'll take runner-up spot in this year's premier class series.Following his win at the weekend's Phillip Island round, Casey Stoner moves

Paginas Amarillas Aspar 1m 33.782s12. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team 1m 33.927s13. Aleix Espargaro ESP Pramac Racing 1m 33.954s14. Hiroshi Aoyama JPN Interwetten Honda MotoGP 1m 34.154s15. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1m 34.248s16. Alvaro