Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd has announced that it has signed a new two-year agreement with Valentino Rossi. The seven-time world champion will continue to race with the Yamaha Factory Racing Team for the 2009 and 2010 MotoGP World Championships.
The 29-year-old Italian joined Yamaha in 2004 and since then he has won two world championships, 32 [...]

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd has signed a new one-year deal with current Tech 3 Yamaha team rider Colin Edwards. Edwards will continue to race with the Tech 3 Team alongside Briton James Toseland in 2009.
The Texan has agreed the new one-year contract for the 2009 MotoGP World Championship after enjoying the best spell of his [...]

Casey Stoner took his second consecutive victory and his third of the season at Assen, to complete a clean sweep after taking pole position and setting the fastest lap of the race. The Australian dominated the race from start to finish, closing the gap to new series leader Dani Pedrosa to 29 points and bringing [...]

FIM in a decision yesterday has decided to abolish the 250cc 2st class from MotoGP, will be replaced by 600cc 4st. A move that is sure to cause heartburn amongst two stroke fans around the world:
The Grand Prix Commission, composed of Messrs. Carmelo Ezpeleta (Dorna, Chairman), Claude Danis (FIM), Hervé Poncharal (IRTA) and Takanao Tsubouchi [...]

Casey Stoner took his second victory of the season and the 40th podium of his career on Sunday, with a dominant display at Donington Park.
As a result the reigning MotoGP World Champion moved up a place to third in the championship, closing the gap by five points to series leader Valentino Rossi and by nine [...]