Suzuki has announced Yoshimura as the new naming rights sponsor of its Australian Superbike team – Team Yoshimura Suzuki.

Watch the second round of the MotoGP World Championship powered by StoplightTV and Insideracing, the Qatar GP, with other riders and enthusiasts at the Station 2 Bar and Resto along Sgt.Esguerra in Quezon City on Saturday starting at 6:30pm. Trivia games, giveaways and lots of fun.

The Camel Yamaha Team move on to the Middle East next weekend with the objective of making up for lost points and pride following a disappointing start to the season in the opening round at Jerez. The Grand Prix of Qatar represents the ideal opportunity of a reprieve, with Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards having performed well in pre-season testing at the Losail International Circuit in February.

The World Championship circus is now well underway. After the opening round of the 2006 season at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in Spain, the bikes, parts and equipment have been boxed up and transported to Qatar, where the second race of the campaign will take place on the 8th April.

Team Makita Suzuki Racing's Ricky Carmichael continues to extend his points lead in the Amp'd Mobile AMA Supercross Series by finishing second at Houston's Reliant Stadium on Saturday night as team mate Ivan Tedesco walked away with a sixth-place finish.

Steve Ramon and Kevin Strijbos guided their works RM-Z450 machines to fourth and fifth positions overall respectively at a blustery Zolder circuit in Belgium today for the Karcher Grand Prix of Flanders, the opening round of the 2006 FIM MX1 World Championships.

Rizla Suzuki MotoGP is in the desert for this weekend’s race as the MotoGP spectacle heads to the heat of Qatar.

Noriyuki Haga set the fastest Yamaha lap at a three-day official SBK practice session in Valencia, finishing sixth overall on his Yamaha Motor Italia R1, with a time of 1'35.259. He worked his way through a full testing programme and undertook an extensive evaluation of new parts and modified machine settings, in preparation for the forthcoming Valencia race on 23 April. Troy Bayliss (Ducati) set a new Superbike track best in the morning session of the final day, with a 1'33.758.

The Camel Yamaha Team remained in Jerez yesterday for an intense afternoon of testing in an effort to find some answers to the problems they faced over the course of the season's opening weekend. Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards completed 72 and 76 laps respectively and made some positive steps towards understanding the cause of the vibration that kept their lap times down during the weekend's practice sessions and forced them to start from the fourth row of the grid for sunday's race.

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Bayliss Breaks New Ground with A 1’33.758 lap
The current championship leader Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) once more proved his unadulterated pace against the entire World Superbike field, setting a new all time Superbike best at the 4.005km Valencia circuit. He is the first rider to official break into the 1’33s, and he simply smashed his way to an eventual 1’33.758. On a superb final day for Ducati 999 riders, Ruben Xaus (Sterilgarda Berik Ducati) was second fastest, with a 1’434.659, which, like most of his peers, he set in the cooler morning session. Xaus’s impressive return to action in SBK is made all the more noteworthy as the tough Spaniard is still relying on crutches to get around off the bike, after an of-season training accident. In third place overall, Lorenzo Lanzi (Ducati Xerox) made it a top three sweep for the big desmo twins, outpacing reigning World Champion Troy Corser (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) who was over a second from his Aussie rival Bayliss.

BAYLISS INTO THE 1’34s DESPITE CRASH Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) set the fastest lap of the current Valencia tests in the morning session, posting a 1’34.987 on his way to the top of the timing sheets. He was to fall later in the afternoon session, without injury, losing the front on the first right-hander – partly thanks to an ever-present wind. In second place overall, on combined times from day one and day two, Troy Corser (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) improved on his first day best by over half a second. Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia) scored third place and all the top riders except Alex Barros (Klaffi Honda) managed to reduce their Monday times. Chris Walker (PSG-1 Kawasaki Corse) was an impressive fourth, making it four different machines in the top four. Steve Martin once more punched over his Petronas’ 900cc weight, setting a 1’36.413, good enough for 13th fastest status thus far.

Rizla Suzuki MotoGP rider John Hopkins raced to ninth place at the Gran Premio betandwin.com De Espaòa opening race of the season at Jerez in Spain.

Speedmaster-Yamaha team form Bulacan dominated the underbone races in the 2nd round round of the 2nd SK invitational series held last Sunday March 26 at the Ynares parking grounds in Antipolo City.

Loris Capirossi won today's season-opening Spanish GP in brilliant style to put the Ducati MotoGP Team at the top of the MotoGP points table for the first time in history. But it was a day of mixed emotions for the team with Sete Gibernau withdrawing due to a gear sensor problem which affected his bike's electronics.

The 2006 MotoGP World Championship kicked off on Sunday in Jerez, and in some style. In front of a captivated Spanish crowd, the MotoGP riders put on a spectacular show in the first round of the season. Spanish FORTUNA HONDA rider Toni Elias, who produced a superb ride, once again demonstrated his undoubted potential at this level. After a very close, bunched start, Elias came together with Valentino Rossi after breaking sharply and sent the reigning World Champion crashing to the floor. Rossi got back up, but was some way behind the field after his fall, while Elias too lost a lot of places after the collision. It was then that the young Spaniard started his charge through the field, showing great skill and determination to eventually take fourth spot. His team-mate Marco Melandri finished one place further back in fifth and declared himself satisfied after putting in a lot of hard work over the course of the weekend. After lapping with the leading riders at the beginning of the race, the Italian rode a consistent race and settled for fifth place and some very important championship points. The championship will now head towards Qatar for the next round in two weeks’ time.

An eventful weekend at Jerez ended in disappointing fashion today as both Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards got caught in a first corner melee that ended their hopes of glory in the opening round of the 2006 MotoGP World Championship. The Camel Yamaha Team pair made good starts from ninth and tenth on the grid respectively but a collision between Rossi and Toni Elías (Honda) on the inside of turn one saw the Italian knocked from his YZR-M1 and sent Edwards wide into the gravel trap.

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY – A completely different Arnon Theplib of Thailand soared high with his amazing sweep that completely stole what was expected to be a stiff rivalry between the country’s top bet Glenn Aguilar of Caltex-Revtex and New Zealand ace James Robinson yesterday to capture the 3rd Mayor Edward Hagedorn Cup in the 2006 Motocross Masters of Asia held Sunday at the challenging four-hectare Puerto Princesa International Raceway here.

IR was recently informed by the event organizers that the Heroes Day Circuit Race in Bataan on April 2 has been cancelled.

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