World Endurance Champions Suzuki Castrol won the Zolder 6 Hour fourth round of the FIM World Endurance Championship in Belgium this afternoon and extended its lead in the series to 44 points.

Rizla Suzuki is hoping to make the most of the top speed advantage of its GSX-R1000s at this weekend?s seventh round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Snetterton in Norfolk, an ex- airfield circuit boasting a kilometre- long straight
that sees the bikes touch 200mph.

Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Yukio Kagayama and the team have concluded three days of World Superbike testing at Brno in the Czech Republic and left the track with masses of useful information.

Amidst comfortable temperatures and hazy sunshine somewhat
different to those encountered in March’s Official Test, the MotoGP paddock
was buzzing today as the teams and riders arrived at the Circuit de
Catalunya, scene of Sunday’s Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya.

With less than two weeks in which to catch their breath after the spectacular Gran Premio d’Italia Alice in Mugello, MotoGP fans will be treated to what is sure to be another heart-stopping race at the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya. It marks the first in three consecutive weekends of action, with the paddock set to move on from Spain directly to the Netherlands before a third race in as many weeks in the United Kingdom at the beginning of July.

Team Suzuki head to the British Grand Prix at the brand new MatterleyBasin near Winchester this weekend having notched four podium appearances in the last two rounds and are easily the strongest squad in the MX1 class.

Reigning AMA Motocross Champion Ricky Carmichael has increased his lead in the AMA Motocross Championship after taking the overall win in today's third round at Southwick in Massachusetts.

Rizla Suzuki MotoGP will be in Catalunya this weekend for the first of a hectic three weekends that will see it race in Spain, Holland and Great Britain The first port-of-call is the Montmelo circuit near Barcelona in Spain, for the Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya. This modern circuit is a great test of machinery and tyres alike, and both Suzuki and Bridgestone will be working intensely to get the best set-up for the Suzuki GSV-R. This weekend will also give Rizla Suzuki a good indication of how far the GSV-R has come since the pre-season testing, in very different conditions, in March. John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen both performed well in those pre-season tests and will be eager to continue from where they left off. Hopkins topped the time-sheets during final day’s dry session whilst Vermeulen narrowly missed out on winning a BMW car during the Official MotoGP Test timed session – held in very wet condition.

Next weekend the Circuit de Catalunya hosts the MotoGP World Championship for the fifteenth successive season since opening to coincide with the Olympic Games in 1992 and sees the Camel Yamaha Team looking to strike gold for the second consecutive race. Following on from Valentino Rossi's epic victory at his home Grand Prix in Italy less than two weeks ago, and backed up by encouraging data from a subsequent day of testing at the Mugello circuit, confidence could not be higher for a repeat result as the team look to close down the points gap to joint series leaders Loris Capirossi (Ducati) and Nicky Hayden (Honda).

Team Suzuki’s Kevin Strijbos successfully guided his works RM-Z450 to the second fastest time under hot and sunny skies at the Montevarchi circuit for the UFO Italian Grand Prix.

The Ducati Marlboro Team visits Spain for the second time this year to contest the Catalan Grand Prix, the seventh round of what's turning out to be the best World Championship since MotoGP kicked off in 2002.

Following yesterday's spectacular victory in front of his passionate home crowd at Mugello, Valentino Rossi was back on board his YZR-M1 this afternoon for another day of testing alongside team-mate Colin Edwards. Rossi and Edwards continued working on set-up of the latest evolution of the 2006 bike, which features a new chassis first used by Valentino in Le Mans and which is now being used by Edwards as well. Edwards also tested some new Michelin tyres and Rossi had hoped to do likewise, but light rain cut short the session before he could complete the planned tyre work and he finished his day after just 24 laps.

Ducati Marlboro Team riders Loris Capirossi and Sete Gibernau played starring roles in today's enthralling Italian Grand Prix, both riders leading to the delight of the Italian fans before finally finishing second and fifth.

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd is delighted to announce that Valentino Rossi will remain with the Japanese factory in 2007, racing for a fourth year with Yamaha's Factory Team in the MotoGP World Championship. Rossi will continue to spearhead Yamaha's Grand Prix challenge and bike development, as MotoGP enters a new era of 800cc racing in 2007.

A Philippine media delegation composed of InsideRACING (The first Filipino and best selling local motorcycle and scooter magazine) and Stoplight TV will be sent by Pilipinas Shell to the Italian MotoGP in Mugello, Italy this coming June 3-4.

The Camel Yamaha Team heads into its home Grand Prix this weekend looking to turn a stuttering start to the season into a consistent challenge for MotoGP World Championship honours. The fast and flowing Mugello circuit in Italy presents an entirely different challenge to the tight complexities of recent tracks such as Le Mans and Shanghai and both Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards hope it can also deliver a similar contrast in the fortunes that have followed them around the world during a dramatic opening five rounds of the campaign.

Suzuki Castrol has won the Albacete 8 Horas Nocturnas round of the FIM World Endurance Championship and increased its series lead to 39 points after three rounds.

Le Mans, France - Camel Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi's unfortunate start to his MotoGP World Championship defence continued today as the Italian rider was hit by another bout of bad luck at Le Mans, where he was forced to retire from the lead with an engine problem. This time his team-mate Colin Edwards was also hit by the jinx, the American being pushed wide in the second corner of the race and running into the gravel traps. The silver lining to the day for the team on a cloudy day in France was that Edwards did manage to get back on track and charge through from last place to finish in sixth - arguably the individual rider performance of the race.

Ben Spies raced his Yoshimura Suzuki GSX-R1000 to its sixth consecutive victory at today's second-leg AMA Superbike Championship double-header at Infineon Raceway in California.