WSB & Moto GP

[Motig]

Can anyone reassure me and Thomas Luthis fiance that we'll see these on telly again this year? WSB on Sky, Moto GP on Prime? If know one does I'll email and find out.:spudwhat:

[loosebruce]

Sky has got WSB starting in late Feb, and to my knowledge Prime still has MotoGP.

As for MotoGP heres how this years teams are looking

The FIM has announced today the MotoGP provisional entry list of the 2006 Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix:

5 COLIN EDWARDS USA CAMEL YAMAHA TEAM YAMAHA
6 MAKOTO TAMADA JPN JIR KONICA MINOLTA HONDA HONDA
10 KENNY ROBERTS USA TEAM ROBERTS KR211V
15 SETE GIBERNAU SPA DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM DUCATI
17 RANDY DE PUNIET FRA KAWASAKI RACING TEAM KAWASAKI
21 JOHN HOPKINS USA TEAM SUZUKI MOTOGP SUZUKI
24 TONI ELIAS SPA FORTUNA HONDA HONDA
25 JASON PEREZ USA WCM BIMOTA
26 DANI PEDROSA SPA REPSOL HONDA TEAM HONDA
27 CASEY STONER AUS HONDA LCR HONDA
30 JOSE LUIS CARDOSO SPA D'ANTIN PRAMAC DUCATI
33 MARCO MELANDRI ITA FORTUNA HONDA HONDA
46 VALENTINO ROSSI ITA CAMEL YAMAHA TEAM YAMAHA
56 SHINYA NAKANO JPN KAWASAKI RACING TEAM KAWASAKI
65 LORIS CAPIROSSI ITA DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM DUCATI
66 ALEX HOFMANN GER D'ANTIN PRAMAC DUCATI
69 NICKY HAYDEN USA REPSOL HONDA TEAM HONDA
71 CHRIS VERMEULEN AUS TEAM SUZUKI MOTOGP SUZUKI
77 JAMES ELLISON GBR TECH 3 YAMAHA YAMAHA
99 JEREMY McWILLIAMS GBR WCM BIMOTA
TBA TECH 3 YAMAHA YAMAHA

And judging by the lastest test at Sepang it's gonna be an awesome year, with Gibers and Capirossi topping the timning sheets on Day 3 on the Ducatis :shit: Melandri very close behind on his RCV Honda. And what about Dani Pedrosa 2nd major test on the RCV and he's right up there and then some, Suzuki are reported to be having a few issues with power and the new electronics system on the bike :confused:

Sepang Test – Day 3
Unofficial Times
1. Sete Gibernau(Ducati Marlboro) - 2’01.03
2. Loris Capirossi (Ducati Marlboro) - 2’01.08
3. Marco Melandri (Fortuna Honda) - 2’01.09
4. Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda) - 2’01.51
5. Valentino Rossi (Camel Yamaha) - 2’01.601
6. Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda) - 2’01.69
7. Shinya Nakano (Kawasaki Racing) - 2’01.79
8. Randy de Puniet (Kawasaki Racing) - 2’02.18
9. Toni Elías (Fortuna Honda) - 2’02.23
10. Chris Vermeulen (Suzuki MotoGP) - 2’02.37
11. Colin Edwards (Camel Yamaha) - 2’02.45
12. John Hopkins (Suzuki MotoGP) - 2’02.50
13. Casey Stoer (LCR Honda) - 2’02.67
14. Alex Hofmann (D’Antin Ducati) - 2’03.20
15. Kenny Roberts jr. (KR Honda) - 2’03.45
16. Shinichi Itoh (Ducati- Bridgestone) - 2’03.72
17. James Ellison (Yamaha Tech 3) - 2’04.12
18. Jose Luis Cardoso (D’Antin Ducati) - 2’04.30
19. Naoki Matsudo (Kawasaki Racing) - 2’05.48

Shit even ol Kenny got a ride on a RCV, bet he prays for rain each round.

pity we have to wait till April 10 for racing to start.

For more MotoGP news check out here www.motogp.com

[James Deuce]

4 seconds between "best" and "worst" times.

That is bloody close. In a 20 lap race at that pace, no one would get lapped.

[sAsLEX]

And judging by the lastest test at Sepang it's gonna be an awesome year, with Gibers and Capirossi topping the timning sheets on Day 3 on the Ducatis :shit:
Sepang Test – Day 3
Unofficial Times
1. Sete Gibernau(Ducati Marlboro) - 2’01.03
5. Valentino Rossi (Camel Yamaha) - 2’01.601


But racing aint all about the fastest times or the flashest bike, heres hoping gibby can hold his head together and stop rossi prancin away with the title again