Toni Elias scored a thrilling first win in the MotoGP class at Estoril, edging out Valentino Rossi in a photo-finish after a race that saw Nicky Hayden taken out by his Honda team-mate Dani Pedrosa. After an incredible battle with first Colin Edwards and then Rossi, he beat the seven-time World Champion on a sprint down the final straight to claim victory by just two thousandths of a second. Still third in the championship standings, Marco Melandri finished in eighth after a difficult weekend. The crash he suffered on Friday spoiled the race preparation. Despite the hard work with the team and Michelin, Melandri couldn’t find the good feeling. He looks forward to Valencia to defend his third position in the championship with a great race.

Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racers John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen both scored valuable Championship points as they finished in sixth and ninth places respectively during today’s Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril.

Jorge Lorenzo finished fifth in the 250cc Portuguese Grand Prix and had his championship lead cut to 13 points by title rival Andrea Dovizioso who won at Estoril. Lorenzo had his first chance to clinch the world championship at the Portuguese circuit and would have done so if he had finished ahead of the Italian, but must now wait until the final round of the season in Valencia to try and secure the 250 crown. Team-mate Hector Barbera finished tenth in Portugal after suffering a fall. The race took place under cloudy skies and with conditions much colder than on previous days. Despite making a good start, Lorenzo rapidly lost ground on the lead group of Locatelli, Aoyama, De Angelis and Dovizioso. Barbera fell on the second lap, but was able to get back on and rejoin the race. Up at the front, Jorge did not look comfortable and became embroiled in a battle for sixth with Takahashi and Simoncelli. However, in the closing stages the Mallorcan found a good rhythm and fought well to claim fifth, with Barbera having to settle for tenth.

Rizla Suzuki’s 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.

The MotoGP World Championship returns to Europe on October 15th for the penultimate race of the season, the bwin.com Grande Premio de Portugal. As the season draws to a close, the stakes are ever higher for the title contenders, who could either take the championship or set the scene for a dramatic finale at the end of the month in Valencia.

Yamaha Motor Italia has signed Australian Troy Corser to ride
alongside Noriyuki Haga in the 2007 Superbike World
Championship.

Five years to the week since he won the MotoGP World Championship for the first
time, Valentino Rossi heads into the penultimate round of the 2006 season at
Estoril in Portugal next Sunday aiming to finally overthrow Nicky Hayden from the
top of the standings and set-up his sixth premier-class title in a row. After an
amazing run of form for the Italian, who has made up 39 points over the last four
races, he is now just 12 behind and on course to catch the American by the final
round at Valencia.

Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Troy Corser finished the 2006 World Superbike
Championship season in style with two very hard-fought-for podiums on his GSX-R1000
at Magny-Cours in France today to secure fourth place in the series.

It may 'only' have been the battle for second place in the 2006 Superbike World
Championship, but Yamaha Motor Italia's Noriyuki Haga and Honda rider James
Toseland certainly served up an end of season thriller at Magny Cours today.

Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racer John Hopkins is currently enjoying his best ever season in
MotoGP, but the 23-year-old Anglo-American will be going all out at Estoril this
weekend in search of a podium finish.

Team Yoshimura Suzuki’s Ben Spies clinched his first AMA Superbike title aboard his GSX-R1000 at today’s final-round at Lexington’s Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course as team mates Mat Mladin and Aaron Yates topped the rostrum.

20th Suzuki 3S Shop opens at Valenzuela-In the picture are (L-R): Rey Ranas,
national sales manager, Suzuki Philippines Inc.; Rommel Santos, NCR Regional Head,
United Excelsior Marketing Inc (UEMI); Guanson Lo, Vice President, UEMI; Kiyoshi
Kawahara, president, Suzuki Philippines and Benedict Arreola, marketing manager for
motorcycles, Suzuki Philippines Inc.

BIKERS UNLIMITED MOTORCYCLE CLUB will be having an open TRACKDAY at the Batangas Racing Circuit (BRC) on October 8, 2006 to celebrate its 10th Year Club Anniversary .

Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Yukio Kagayama raced to a podium in the
second leg of todays World Superbike Championship round at Imola in Italy as team
mate Troy Corser suffered with a DNF in the opening race.

Andrew Pitt continued his rich vein of form at Imola today, scoring a podium
finish in the day's opening race to move up to fourth in the championship ahead of
next weekend's final round of the season.

Rizla Suzuki's Shane Shakey Byrne crashed out of the first race at the final round
of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch today while fighting
bravely for a podium finish in treacherous damp conditions.

BIKERS UNLIMITED MOTORCYCLE CLUB will be having an open TRACKDAY at the Batangas Racing Circuit (BRC) on October 8, 2006 to celebrate its 10th Year Club Anniversary .

MX1 World Champion Stefan Everts and vice-World Champion Antonio
Cairoli gave Yamaha a 100% score in the MX-des-Nations event.

Ducati Marlboro Team rider Loris Capirossi scored a majestic victory at sun-blessed Motegi this afternoon, beating his 2005 race-winning time by a massive 17 seconds to record his second consecutive Japanese Grand Prix success. Team-mate Sete Gibernau had a fine ride to fourth, just 1.3 seconds away from scoring his first podium for the team.

Camel Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi now trails MotoGP World Championship
series leader Nicky Hayden (Honda) by just twelve points with two rounds remaining
thanks to his fourth consecutive podium, his eighth from the last ten races, in
Japan today. Rossi took second place in a race dominated and won by Loris
Capirossi (Ducati), with Marco Melandri (Honda) completing the podium in a carbon
copy of the front row order. The 20-point reward for Rossi moved him another nine
closer to Hayden, who finished fifth behind Sete Gibernau (Ducati).