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Valentino Rossi ended his pre-season preparations in fine style today after taking top honours in the traditional 40-minute ‘Qualifying’ Practice session at Jerez, smashing last year’s pole time and becoming the fastest man ever round the Spanish circuit in the process.

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Nieto was part of the a breakaway five-rider leading group in the early laps, and despite great pressure from behind towards the end he held onto fifth place, to go 10th overall in the championship. Laconi had problems with the duration of grip from his front tyre in the second race and had to ride carefully and smoothly to ensure a points score.

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Max Biaggi leads the World Superbike Championship after the Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider raced to a victory and second place in today’s opening round in Losail, Qatar.

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Troy Corser gave his Yamaha Motor Italy WSB Team something to cheer with a hard fought podium finish in the second race at today’s opening round of the 2007 Superbike World Championship in Qatar.

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Losail hosted the opening round of the 2007 SBK championship, results for both races follow.

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Preliminary shots have been fired in the opening day. Will newbie Biaggi make a mark?

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The wait is finally over ! 2007 racing begins this week at the Losail circuit. The battle of Troy returns for its second stanza, throw in Max Biaggi, a refreshed Honda squad and the improving Kawasakis and we should have a nice start to the season. Qualifying times, reports and comments as they happen.

Rumors floating around the net have SBK up for sales for a lazy 50 million, small change compared to the 350 million odd that MotoGP was sold for by its previous rights owners.

Ilmor GP rider Jeremy McWilliams is set to make his return to the race track during the MotoGP test this week at the Losail circuit in Qatar.

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Randy de Puniet is one of the emerging young stars of MotoGP, entering his second season at the elite level of racing with Kawasaki. By his own judgement his rookie season in 2006 was not easy, a learning year slowed by some unlucky crashes and injuries.

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KONICA MINOLTA Honda starts the next phase of testing with their new Honda RC212V 800cc machine tomorrow at the Losail circuit in Qatar. With just two more scheduled tests to go before the start of the season, it’s vitally important that the entire schedule is completed before the 2007 race season begins on 10th March.

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Rizla Suzuki MotoGP travels to the scorching heat of the Qatari desert for the first Official MotoGP Test of the season next week, looking to fine tune the new GSV-R800 and ensure its race competitiveness.

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Following the success of the recent test in Almeria, where despite being hampered by bad weather the team made significant progress, Ilmor GP had high hopes for the test in Sepang where they joined the likes of Kawasaki and Yamaha out on the track. (more…)

Randy de Puniet and Olivier Jacque confirmed during three more days of testing at the Sepang circuit this week that Kawasaki’s new 800cc Ninja ZX-RR is on track for a competitive race debut at the Grand Prix of Qatar in just four weeks time.

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Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi proved they are more than ready for the challenge ahead with their new 800cc Yamahas by clocking some outstanding times today, on the third and final day of testing in Sepang.

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Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards continued their relentless march towards the first race of the season with another promising day’s work in Sepang today.

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The Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s second test of 2007 got underway in Sepang, Malaysia today, with Valentino Rossi and Colin Edwards back out onboard their prototype 800cc machines for another three-day test.

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The fine weather allowed the Gresini Honda riders to continue the development of the bike in the third and last day of testing on the demanding track of Phillip Island, Australia.

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The Ducati Marlboro Team has concluded the third and final day of the double overseas testing session in Malaysia and Australia. Loris Capirossi and Casey Stoner did not complete as many laps today as the set-up of the Desmosedici was already at a good point, so both riders concentrated on testing the new Bridgestone race tyres and successfully concluded a 20 lap race simulation.

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