2005

Year: 2005

Month: ALL

D'Antin Ducati signs duo

16 December 2005

Alex Hofmann and Jose Luis Cardoso will race for the D’Antin Ducati team in 2006, although it isn’t known which tyres the team will use. Cardoso returns to the MotoGP paddock following time in World...

Davies wins BBC award

09 December 2005

Chaz Davies has won the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year’s award for young sportsmen and women. Davies shared the Carwyn James prize with teenage runner Non Stanford, at the ceremony in...

Pons team loses Stoner

09 December 2005

Casey Stoner will ride a Honda RCV in 2006 – but not for the Sito Pons squad as expected. Stoner’s former Aprilia 250 boss Lucio Cecchinello confirmed late last night that he had secured a deal with...

KTM's junior GP team

09 December 2005

KTM will field a Junior Team in the 125cc GP championship in 2006, to run alongside the official works team of Mika Kallio and Julian Simon. The KTM Junior Team will consist of Austrian Michael...

Audio file: Biaggi in crisis

02 December 2005

MCN’s award-winning MotoGP reporter Matthew Birt has broken yet another world exclusive in this week’s issue of MCN (out Wednesday, December 7) – this time revealing the crisis facing Max Biaggi. ...

Award for Kallio

02 December 2005

Finnish fans have shown their appreciation for MotoGP, by making 125cc KTM rider Mika Kallio the “Best Driver of the Year.” A TV and print election saw Kallio ranked ahead of Formula 1 star Kimi...

We ride Honda RCV

02 December 2005

MCN road tester Michael Neeves is just back from riding Honda’s awesome 260bhp MotoGP bike in Sepang, Malaysia. Read his full report in MCN, out on Wednesday, December 6 and download the five-minute...

Phillip Island revamp

02 December 2005

A $300 million development of facilities at the Phillip Island track in Australia has been anounced. GP legend Mick Doohan attended the press conference to announce plans for a major upgrade and...

Pedrosa tops final day

01 December 2005

MotoGP rookie Dani Pedrosa set the fastest lap on the final day of testing at Sepang despite awkward weather conditions. Intermittent rain made it difficult for riders to get out on track as it was...

Loris fastest in Jerez

01 December 2005

Ducati GP riders Loris Capirossi and new team-mate Sete Gibernau completed the final day of their three-day Jerez test in bitter cold with Capirossi putting in the fastest lap. The cold wind kept the...

Suzuki await new motor

01 December 2005

Team Suzuki MotoGP say they are pleased with consistent results from their tests in Malaysia this week and are now looking forward to testing with a new engine after the seven week MotoGP test ban...

Rossi takes control

25 November 2005

Valentino Rossi has broken the Honda dominance of the Sepang MotoGP test. Rossi beat yesterday’s best time of 2:02.99, set by Marco Melandri, by 0.38 seconds riding the 2006 Yamaha M1. Melandri...

Melandri tops 1st day

25 November 2005

Early reports from the MotoGP testing session in Sepang have shown the Hondas dominating the first day with Marco Melandri setting the fastest time. Rain caused some delay in the morning but it soon...

Gibernau ups the pace

25 November 2005

The Ducati GP team has had a much-improved second day of testing at Jerez, despite the cold weather, with Sete Gibernau setting the best lap. Loris Capirossi and new team-mate Gibernau spent the day...

Three in a row for Smith

25 November 2005

British youngster Bradley Smith won the final round of the Spanish 125cc championship at the weekend, just missing out on the championship win by one point. The MotoGP Academy rider, who celebrated...

Damp start for Ducati

25 November 2005

The Ducati GP team’s run of bad luck has continued with yet another day of testing disrupted by wet weather. The team’s previous test session in Valencia was abandoned to rain, and now their first...

WCM to use KTM

18 November 2005

With the WCM team still waiting for the brand new Blata V6 engine to appear it seems they might be able to run the ditched KTM engine for some of next year. The Proton KR team ran the engine in 2005...

Yamaha test for Ellison

18 November 2005

James Ellison will test a factory Yamaha YZR-M1 in Sepang at the multi-team MotoGP test beginning on November 28. The British rider’s future took a dramatic twist this week when he began negotiations about riding a full factory YZR-M1 in 2006 for the French-based Tech 3 squad on Dunlop tyres. MCN understands a deal is close to being clinched, and Ellison will then line-up on next year’s MotoGP...

Smith wins again in Spain

125cc free practice one: 1. Kallio 2:05.571. 2. Gadea 2:06.621. 3. Luthi 2:06.782. 4. Pasini 2:07.041. 5. Faubel 2:07.404. 6. Rodriguez 2:07.686. 7. Zanetti 2:07.799. 8. Koyama 2:07.815. 9. De Rosa...

Gibernau on pole

21 October 2005

Sete Gibernau is on pole for the first Turkish Gran Prix at the Istanbul Park circuit on Sunday, October 22, 2005. Gibernau benefitted from a mistake by Marco Melandri, who had dominated the practice...

Suzuki part with Roberts

21 October 2005

The Suzuki MotoGP squad has officially confirmed it will part company with American Kenny Roberts when his contract ends in December, 2005. The 32-year-old American joined the team in 1999 and became...