for the second time on the 2008 Rizla Suzuki GSV-R following a behind-closed-doors test last November, although this time the two riders will be using the definitive new machine, rather than the 2008 prototype, that showed impressive potential first timeout

was in scintillating form all day and steadily lowered his lap time to end the first day with a time of 2m 01.377s, a massive 1.2s faster than his best ever previous lap time at the track.Second fastest was Repsol Honda factory team rider Dani Pedrosa. The diminutive

fastest time of the day. The Tech 3 Yamaha rider posted a best time of 1:41.539 - 0.2 secs behind his American team-mate, Colin Edwards.Test Times1.Dani Pedrosa (SPA) Repsol Honda 1'39.525 2.Valentino Rossi (ITA) Fiat Yamaha Team 1'40.1353.Jorge Lorenzo

cylinders maximum.1.4 No oval pistons.1.5 Engines must be normally aspirated. No turbo-charging, no super-charging.1.6 Engine speed limited to maximum: 16,000 rpm. 4-cylinder engines15,500 rpm. 3-cylinder engines15,000 rpm. 2-cylinder enginesAn electronic

. Chris VERMEULEN (Suzuki) 1:42.78210. Andrea DOVIZIOSO (Honda) 1:42.81811. Colin EDWARDS (Yamaha) 1:43.12712. Toni ELIAS (Ducati) 1:43.19713. Dani PEDROSA (Honda) 1:43.55214. John HOPKINS (Kawasaki) 1:43.63015. Marco MELANDRI (Ducati) 1:44.32616

the remainder of 2008 and through 2009.Vermeulen joined Suzuki at the Valencia test in 2005 – having finished as runner-up in the World Superbike Championship that year – and made his racing debut at Jerez in 2006. He achieved his first pole-position in Turkey

INTERWETTEN Moriwaki Team has taken delivery of their new Moto2 racer prototype that Thomas Lüthi will ride in this year's inaugural Moto2 season.The German-based team will now put the finishing touches to the new 600cc racer: an Akrapovic exhaust

FORMER INDEPENDENT Kawasaki team Hayate may be about to get thrown a lifeline for 2010 by Yamaha.It's reported the team can be saved from extinction by an agreement to lease engines from Yamaha.If successful, the idea would be a prototype

MONSTER TECH 3 MotoGP boss Herve Poncharal has said he can't see a situation where 800cc engines will race against 1000cc motors in MotoGP from 2010.Speaking to David Emmett at Motomatters.com, Poncharal, who's also IRTA's representative on the GP

THE FIRST BMW-powered MotoGP bike failed to make an appearance at Brno post-race testing.Eskil Suter's prototype Claiming Rule Team bike, expected to be on the grid for the 2012 season, was not ready in time, according to Suter.The Swiss race