and was looking forward to continuing his work in the afternoon, but another heavy rainstorm after lunch meant the track did not dry out sufficiently again and the team abandoned testing for the day. Lorenzo posted the 9th fastest time of the day with a lap of 2'04

AUSSIE MOTOGP star Chris Vermeulen has recently tested on four wheels, as well as two, with a few high-speed laps in a Ford Falcon V8 Supercar. The drive took place at Winton Motor Raceway in North-Eastern Victoria this week, a track Vermeulen last

with Rizla Suzuki's British Superbike Team, has extensively tested the new naked musclebike around Suzuki's test track in Japan. Visordown caught up with the 3-times BSB champion and asked him for his views on the new 1340cc brute.John, is the B

, however, dates back to 1991 when Shah Alam started a run of seven consecutive events. A one-off race was held at Johor in 1998 before Sepang took over the mantle, taking the total number of Malaysian GPs to 16 prior to this weekend's round. At 5.548km

Dovizioso...fourth fastest at SepangITALIAN ACE Andrea Dovizioso continued to make excellent progress in his early winter test schedule today at the Sepang circuit in Malaysia. The 21-year-old former 125cc World Champion was able to make 57 laps

targeting a return to the podium after a dry spell of eight races since his last top-three finish at Donington Park. Sepang is one of the widest tracks on the calendar, measuring 16 metres across in some areas, and high track temperatures are always a factor

Donald' to be shown on ITV at 10pm on Tuesday 11 December. The programme reveals a growing trend amongst young drivers and motorcyclists to film themselves racing, speeding and driving dangerously on the public highway.Incidents on the programme include a motorcyclist

. Bridgestone has, however, claimed Australian victory in other classes. The team's field technician for the Suzuki team, former 125cc rider Masao Azuma, was twice victorious at Phillip Island in 1998 and 2000. Tyre Talk with Hiroshi Yamada - Bridgestone

posted a best lap of 2'03.033, to be 0.3s faster than Suzuki rider Chris Vermeulen. De Puniet is riding the RC212V as used by Carlos Checa in last week's Valencia GP. The fast Frenchman continued his impressive transition to Michelin tyres and Honda V4

, media and corporate facilities. The venue replaced Malaysia's original GP tracks at Shah Alam and Johor. Lap record: Loris Capirossi (Ducati Marlboro Team Desmosedici GP6), 2m 02.127s, 163.541km/h-101.620mph (2006) Pole position 2006: Valentino Rossi