Suzuki World Champion Kevin Schwantz and Grand Prix legend Randy Mamola took to the
track yesterday on a pair of Rizla Suzuki GSV-Rs, and the years rolled back as the
two stars of yesterday completed some high-speed demonstration laps.

Alex Barros will ride for the first time on the Ducati Desmosedici GP6 "Sat." 990cc with tyres Bridgestone during the test that will take place on Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd November, on the Ricardo Tormo circuit of Valencia . The Brazilian rider of the Pramac D'Antin MotoGP Team, already at Valencia for a first approach with his new Team, will have two days at his disposal to get confidence with the motorcycle, the tyres and to get to know his new Team better. Barros is really motivated and can't wait to make the firsts kilometres to get ready for the 2007 season.

The Kawasaki Racing Team will combine youth and experience in their rider line-up for the 2007 season, with former world champion, Olivier Jacque, making his full time return to the MotoGP grid, riding alongside current Kawasaki young gun, and fellow countryman, Randy de Puniet.

The unstoppable Troy Bayliss, fresh from snatching his second World
Superbike title for Ducati at Imola at the beginning of October, ended
the month with another major victory for Ducati at the 2006 MotoGP
finale at Valencia on Sunday.

One of the closest MotoGP title fights ended in victory for Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC211V) at Valencia as the American cruised home in third behind Ducati riders Troy Bayliss (winner) and second-placed Loris Capirossi. It was enough for the Kentucky Kid to end the reign of Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) who fell on lap five.

The Tech 3 Team is pleased to announce that the Yamaha-Dunlop project
will continue in 2007 with a two-rider line-up. After signing Makoto
Tamada last week, Tech 3 Yamaha has completed its 2007 squad with the
addition of French 250cc rider and current Tech 3 test rider Sylvain
Guintoli.

Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Max Biaggi ended three days of testing the
GSX-R1000 K6 at Vallelunga , Italy today in a positive frame of mind and is already
looking forward to his next outing in Valencia early next month.

The 2006 MotoGP Wold Championship ended today at Valencia with an exciting race that saw the Fortuna Honda riders take a secondary role in a race that decided the destiny of the title. After two tough days both Marco Melandri and Toni Elias rode with great determination, with the Italian fighting for third place in the championship. After getting a great start and moving up to fifth place, Melandri kept pace with the lead group before his rhythm eventually faded. Eventually he was forced to settle for fifth behind Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden who clinched the title with third place. The race was won by Ducati rider Troy Bayliss ahead of Loris Capirossi. Melandri ends the 2006 season in fourth place overall with 228 points, just one behind Loris Capirossi, with Valentino Rossi runner-up behind Hayden. Elias followed up his win in Portugal with another determined race, charging from 13th place to finish just behind his team-mate in sixth. The Spaniard ends the season ninth overall on 116 points.

Camel Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi slid out of the Grand Prix of Valencia
today and lost his grip on the MotoGP World Championship for the first time in six
years on the final day of an implausibly dramatic season. Nicky Hayden (Honda)
lifted the title after claiming third place behind surprise winner Troy Bayliss
and Loris Capirossi (both Ducati), with Rossi recovering to cross the line in 13th
place but missing out on the title by just five points.

Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racer John Hopkins secured 10th place in the MotoGP World
Championship by finishing 11th at today's final Grand Prix of the season at Valencia
in Spain .

Jorge Lorenzo has given Spain a thirteenth World Championship after finishing fourth at the Grand Prix of Comunitat Valenciana. The Majorcan Fortuna Aprilia rider accomplished his goal at the second bite of the cherry after an initial opportunity escaped two weeks ago in Portugal . Lorenzo completed an intelligent race, getting into a decent position, maintaining a good speed and controlling his advantage in the points table until the chequered flag. Andrea Dovizioso, his sole challenger for the title, was never in a place to threaten his bid to secure the Championship. He remained close for a few laps but the point gap held by Lorenzo was sufficient. In the end Jorge finished quite close to his team-mate Héctor Barberá, who closed the season with a podium result, and in front of Alex Debón, who was on hand to lend assistance when Dovizioso's attack was at its sharpest. Jorge "claws" have been fiercer at other times in the season, with eight victories, eleven pole positions and finally a number one on the fairing of the Aprilia RSW250.

More than 5000 fans and international media turned out to see Max Biaggi ride his
Team Alstare Suzuki Corona GSX-R1000 Superbike at the Italian Vallelunga circuit
today for the team's official presentation.

The Tech 3 Yamaha Team have chosen Makoto Tamada to join their
team for the 2007 MotoGP World Championship season. The
29-year-old Japanese will ride the new 800cc Yamaha and continue
the development of Dunlop tyres of which the performance has
significantly improved during the 2006 season.

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd is pleased to announce that Colin Edwards
will continue with the Japanese factory for a third year in
2007, racing in the official Yamaha Factory Team. The
32-year-old American, who has previously won two World Superbike
titles and has a best finish of fourth in the MotoGP World
Championship with Yamaha, joined the Team in 2005 and has scored
points in all but one of his 33 starts for them. Edwards has
signed a one-year agreement, which will see him race on Yamaha's
new 800cc bike alongside Valentino Rossi again next season.

Today two-time former world superbike champion Troy Corser had
his first outing with the Yamaha Motor Italia team with whom he
will compete in the 2007 Superbike World Championship.

Chris Walker will race a Rizla Suzuki GSX-R1000 in the 2007 British Superbike
Championship.

At the beginning of the 123rd FIM Congress taking place yesterday in
Salvador, Brazil, Mr. Vito Ippolito (Venezuela) was elected as FIM
President, in the presence of the delegates from 79 National Federations.

Rizla Suzukis Chris Walker led from start-to-finish to win The Race of the Year at
Mallory Park today and was followed home in second place by his team mate Cal
Crutchlow.

Former GP star Max Biaggi had his first Superbike experience at Magny-Cours when he
tested the Alstare Suzuki GSX-R1000 this week.

From The National Racing Association:

REVISED MGP RACE SCHEDULE

Recently the NRA received a call from the management of the Batangas Racing Circuit, informing us of an error made by the track manager with the track bookings.