Moto GP rumours for '06

[gav]

Hot gossip time, Valentino is to run his own Yamaha team next year with sponsers Nastro Azzuro
John Hopkins to switch to Ducati with Vodafone sponsership
Kawasaki to have two teams, four bikes.
Honda to dump Biaggi and Bayliss, replacing with Pedrosa and Vermuellan
Tech 3 to dump Xaus and hire Roby Rolfo
Suzuki to dump both riders, one replacement named is Yukio Kagayama
Mika Kallio to race the KTM 250
Marco Simoncelli to move to Safio-Carrera LCR
Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo have signed 'development' deals with Honda that will see them test the RC211V later in the year and depending on those tests and their 250 results could lead to a MotoGP ride next year (from a Spanish newspaper)
Talks of Donington, Brno and Sachenring being replaced on the calender in '07 (again from a Spanish paper)

[ZorsT]

what will happen baiggi?

[SPman]

what will happen baiggi?

Que? . . . . . . .

[Marknz]

from www.mcnews.com.au


March 26th - Spain - Jerez de la Frontera

April 8th - Qatar - Doha/Losail

April 23rd - Turkey - Istanbul

May 7th - China - Shanghai

May 21st - France - Le Mans

June 4th - Italy - Mugello

June 11th - Catalunya - Catalunya

June 24th - Netherlands - Assen

July 2nd - Germany - Sachsenring

July 16th - Great Britain - Donington Park

July 23rd - United States - Laguna Seca (MotoGP class only)

August 20th - Czech Republic - Brno

September 10th - Malaysia - Sepang

September 17th - Australia - Phillip Island

September 24th - Japan - Motegi

October 8th - Portugal - Estoril

October 29th - Valencia - Ricardo Tormo

[Suney]

how reliable are your sources gav?

[gav]

They are rumours, the silly season is in full swing!
Biaggi could be line for one of the Suzuki rides, but more likely he will end up back with the Sito Pons team on a Honda with Chris Vermuellan as team mate.
Dani Pedrosa will be teamamte to Nicky Hayden in the Repsol Honda team.
James Toseland is another who could be moving to MotoGP.
Alot of these rumours are out of Spanish newspapers and also the rumours doing the rounds in Barcelona, sorry couldn't possibly reveal my sources :whistle:
Other big talk I've heard is...
1) Alex Barros to retire at the end of the season.
2) Michele Fabrizio to come back to MotoGP with Tech3
3) Kawasaki seems to be talking to Marco Simoncelli
4) Casey Stoner has no interest in racing MotoGP next year.
5) MotoGP to go to a single tyre company next year, that being Michelin.
6) And finally, the race at Laguna Seca being a one-off unless safety issues are addressed. Talk has the MotoGP race moving to Homestead but I've heard Dorna really want it to stay in California.

[That Guy]

If Toseland goes to MotoGP at least that will let the WCM bikes beat someone for a change......haha

[enigma51]

what will happen baiggi?
:whocares:

[White trash]

Yea, I was asked if I wanted Biaggis spot at Honda, told them to eat shit, there's no way they could pay me enough to ride one of them things.

[Lou Girardin]

Yea, I was asked if I wanted Biaggis spot at Honda, told them to eat shit, there's no way they could pay me enough to ride one of them things.

So it's back to Suzuki and praying for all wet races then?

[Ivan]

vermulen will stay in sbk he is to go for motogp superbike is the ultimate level the level runs 125 250 600 world sbk and moto gp is a side tray

[Toast]

A one tyre series? That didn't go down too well when the said it would happen for SBK, did it?

[White trash]

So it's back to Suzuki and praying for all wet races then?

Fuck off! Wet races, they want Loosebruce, not me.

[Marknz]

vermulen will stay in sbk he is to go for motogp superbike is the ultimate level the level runs 125 250 600 world sbk and moto gp is a side tray

Wha? The Tui pretty good over there tonight?

[gav]

vermulen will stay in sbk he is to go for motogp superbike is the ultimate level the level runs 125 250 600 world sbk and moto gp is a side tray
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: oh hang on, your serious :whistle: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[v.ros`]

lets hope the rossi rumour is true :) about the nastro azzuro ...

:Punk:

[k14]

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: oh hang on, your serious :whistle: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
I think that fogarty has somehow brainwashed him into thinking that. Next he will be telling us about how successful he is at racing due to his "high corner speed style" :rofl:

[gav]

Heres how the Hondas are shaping up for next year :clap:
8 bikes 2 of them are the new 800's.

Repsol Honda
Nicky Hayden & Dani Pedrosa (800cc)

Gresini Honda
Sete Gibernau & Marco Melandri

Pons Honda
Alex Barros & Chris Vermuellen

JIR Honda
Makoto Tamada & Max Biaggi (800cc)

[gav]

More gossip and rumours

Rossi will be in a one man team next year sponsored by Alice.

Team Alice Yamaha.

Colin Edwards looks set to be joined by Toni Elias at Gauloises Yamaha.

Tech 3 are out at Yamaha and are looking at running two Kawasaki's.

A stronger 250cc team set-up are also set to run Kawasaki's, taking over from Harold Eckl who has been rumoured for the chop for a while now.

Troy Bayliss may have also found salvation for 2006, he's talking to Kawasaki......as well as Winston Ten Kate Honda about a move back to WSBK with Vermeulen going the other way. However it is more likely that Ten Kate will promte Charpentier and also look at Ruichi Kiyonari.

Biaggi has spoken to Pons and Montiron, and Luca is trying to get Biaggi on a second Konica Minolta Honda with Tamada. They are based in Italy.

Telefonica, now without Pedrosa (he's off to Repsol) are looking at leaving MotoGP to go full time to back Alonso in Formula One.

Red Bull are being linked with Gresini and Sete may be off to Ducati if Phillip Morris can stump up the cash, Sete talked to them last year and wanted 7 milion euros for two years.

Hopper has spoken to Ducati but they've offered him less than Suzuki, Hopkins almost got a Ducati ride for 05' but that was quashed at Sepang last October.

[k14]

Troy Bayliss may have also found salvation for 2006, he's talking to Kawasaki......as well as Winston Ten Kate Honda about a move back to WSBK with Vermeulen going the other way. However it is more likely that Ten Kate will promte Charpentier and also look at Ruichi Kiyonari.
Yeah sadly it looks as if he will never have a show in motogp again, but i still think he would do alright in supers, just to add another auzzie to the mix.

[gav]

What we could see next year.....

YAMAHA
Alice Team Yamaha
RIDER(s) - Valentino Rossi

Gauloises Yamaha
RIDER(s) - Colin Edwards

Fortuna Yamaha
RIDER(s) - Toni Elias

HONDA
Repsol / Movistar HRC
RIDER(s) - Dani Pedrosa & Sete Gibernau

Red Bull Gresini Honda
RIDER(s) - Nicky Hayden & John Hopkins

Konica Minolta JIR
RIDER(s) - Makoto Tamada & Loris Capirossi

Camel Pons
RIDER(s) - Marco Melandri & Chris Vermuellen

DUCATI
Marlboro / Vodafone Ducati
RIDER(s) - Carlos Checa & James Toseland

D'Antin Ducati
RIDER(s) - Vittoriano Guareschi & Alex Hoffman

KAWASAKI
Team Kawasaki
RIDER(s) - Shinya Nakano & Olivier Jacque

Tech3 Kawasaki
RIDER(s) - Alex Barros & Troy Bayliss

SUZUKI
Team Suzuki
RIDER(s) - Max Biaggi & Yukio Kagayama

STILL UNKNOWN
TEAMS
Eckl
WCM
KR KTM
Zongshen-Piaggio

[Ivan]

Wha? The Tui pretty good over there tonight?

Sure is :sherlock:
But it is the truth

[gav]

Latest rumours from my sources

- Kenny Roberts Jr to retire.
- John Hopkins to Gresini Honda if Red Bull sponsorship comes through, otherwise Ducati or Kawasaki.
- Nicky Hayden off the HRC team, no matter what the situation with Red Bull is most likely going to Gresini.
- Loris Capirossi off to Honda, team undecided until Honda sort out which riders and teams will have factory bikes.
- Toni Elias on the third factory Yamaha next year.
- Suzuki to have all new lineup, Yukio Kagayama seems a popular choice.
- Kawasaki to run at least three bikes next, possibly four, spread over two teams.
- Tech3 seem a favourite to run a Kawasaki or two, although rumours have mentioned them with Ducati's or Suzuki's.
- Zongshen-Piaggio project possibly delayed until 2007, although if it gets the green light a 800cc bike could debut in the second half of next year.
- Ilmor, BMW, Cosworth and Yoshimura all rumoured to be looking at MotoGP in 2006 or 2007.

[Marknz]

Latest rumours from my sources

- Kenny Roberts Jr to retire.

- Ilmor, BMW, Cosworth and Yoshimura all rumoured to be looking at MotoGP in 2006 or 2007.


KR Jr gone... not before time. But then the same could be said of Charlie Chucka and a few others.

Ilmor, BMW, Cosworth and Yoshimura aye... well Team KR will be needing another engine supplier for next season now that KTM have pulled the plug on the rest of this season for the MotoGP class.

The only really big question about next season is whether or not Rossi will be ahead by 100+ points at the half way point of the season.

[Suney]

James Toseland has just signed a year at Winston Ten Kate Honda WBSK so looks like he won't be playing with the big boys next year

[k14]

James Toseland has just signed a year at Winston Ten Kate Honda WBSK so looks like he won't be playing with the big boys next year
Nah he won't even be playing with the little boys. Be able to take ben bostroms place (with similar results) next year. :rofl:

[Cleve]

and Caparossi already signed for Ducati next year.

[Ivan]

Nah he won't even be playing with the little boys. Be able to take ben bostroms place (with similar results) next year. :rofl:

Ben Bostrom was only on a shit bike they need the great legend Aaron SLight back out there he would carve up in Moto GP

[k14]

Ben Bostrom was only on a shit bike they need the great legend Aaron SLight back out there he would carve up in Moto GP
Yeah right, just like you'd carve up in 125GP i'm guessing?

[Ivan]

Yeah right, just like you'd carve up in 125GP i'm guessing?

Nah I dont think I would for lots of reasons one im not experienced and two my bike to them is a cave man machine, It would be fun but Slight still would do good he is an extrordinary rider just to comeback to racing after his brain hemrage