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A moratorium prohibiting testing by all teams in all classes of the FIM MotoGP World Championship begins today and will extend through January 20, 2005.

According to the 2004 FIM rulebook, this testing ban applies to: “all teams in all classes who participated in the preceding season and those teams that have been notified of acceptance for, or already have a contract of participation for, the following season. The restriction applies to testing by these teams of machines used in any class of the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix with riders nominated for the Championship or test riders.”