FIM 125cc GP World Championship Valencia, Spain October 28, 2006 Final Qualifying Results: 1. Alvaro BAUTISTA (Aprilia), 1:39.058 2. Hector FAUBEL (Aprilia), 1:39.288 3. Sergio GADEA (Aprilia), 1:39.499 4. Mattia PASINI (Aprilia), 1:39.667 5. Mika KALLIO (KTM), 1:39.698 6. Pol ESPARGARO (Derbi), 1:39.756 7. Lukas PESEK (Derbi), 1:39.877 8. Julian SIMON (KTM), 1:39.949 9. Sandro CORTESE (Honda), 1:40.117 10. Randy KRUMMENACHER (KTM), 1:40.243 11. Nicolas TEROL (Derbi), 1:40.318 12. Gabor TALMACSI (Honda), 1:40.397 13. Thomas LUTHI (Honda), 1:40.474 14. Fabrizio LAI (Honda), 1:40.563 15. Karel ABRAHAM (Aprilia), 1:40.645

FRANCO MORBIDELLI YOUNG PROMISING RIDER FOR THE FUTURE OF PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP TEAM His name is Franco Morbidelli, he will be 12 years-old in December. He’s part of a new project of PRAMAC D’ANTIN MOTOGP Team. Paolo Campinoti and Luis d’Antin decided to invest on him for the future. The agreement between the parts has been reached today at Valencia, where is taking place the last round of the 2006 MotoGP World Championship. The young promising rider will be managed with the aim of bringing him to the premier-class of the World Championship. MORBIDELLI, born in Rome but living in Babbucce (Province of Pesaro, Italy), is coming from the races of minibikes. In 2005, he won the “Assoluti d’Italia”, the selections of the Regional Championship and he was Italian Vice-Champion in the Junior B class. He made some practice with the 125GP during the 2006 season and is a really promising rider. FRANCO MORBIDELLI: “I’m very happy, until now, I’ve raced with the minibikes and it is great to have an opportunity as this one. I’ve been practising with the 125GP from this year, I will go on and I would really like to reach the World Championship. Until now, everything has gone in the right way, and I hope they will believe in me for a long time. I will do my best to reach our aims”. PAOLO CAMPINOTI (CEO PRAMAC Group): “We have decided to raise a young Italian rider to make him reach the World Championship, following him from the beginning. With this new project, our aim is to make an investment in the long term. This young champion is a really promising rider and we believe very much in his possibilities”.

MICHELIN REVEALS MotoGP’s MOST COLORFUL TIRES Michelin got the season-ending Valencia GP off to a great start on Thursday night, October 26, with a party to mark the end of MotoGP’s 990cc era. During the event Michelin unveiled special multicolored display tires bearing the racing number and national flag of each of the company’s ten MotoGP riders, who all attended the party. The tires (not for track use, of course) illustrated two points: Michelin’s mastery of multi-compound technology and its policy of tailor-making tires to suit each of its MotoGP riders. The tires were made with different colored layers of rubber, which were then hand cut to form the flags and numbers. For example, the tire made for Valentino Rossi (Camel Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) featured the Italian tricolor and Rossi’s famous number 46, the tricolor formed out of three different compounds in green, white and red rubber. “These tires show how well we have mastered multi-compound technology because we can now use many different compounds in one tire,” explained Nicolas Goubert, Michelin’s outgoing director of motorcycle racing. “We started using 2-Compound Technology in 1994 and we now sell the Power Race and Pilot Power 2CT tires designed for street use. This is always our aim – to develop technology in MotoGP which we then make available to everyone. Our other message with these special tires is to emphasize how we tailor tires to suit the riding style of each of our riders. Riding style has a lot of effect on tire choice, much more so than in car racing.” The recent Portuguese GP victory of Toni Elias (Fortuna Honda RC211V-Michelin) proves the importance of Michelin’s tailor-made service. “I spoke to Nicolas after the Australian GP and asked for some help,” revealed Elias. “I told him I needed softer carcass rear tires, so he made a special program for me, bringing softer tires to Estoril. They helped me a lot, I won the race!” Nicolas Goubert also used the Valencia event to introduce his successor Jean-Philippe Weber and to review five MotoGP World Championships, all of them won by Michelin riders. “We are really proud to have dominated the five years of 990cc MotoGP the same way we used to dominate 500 GPs,” he said. “Not only has the first five years of four-stroke GP racing presented us with great technical challenges, it has also been a big challenge to stay ahead of our competitors. That is why we go racing – to fight our rivals on the track, hopefully to beat them, and to make better tires for the end user.”

FIM MotoGP World Championships Valencia, Spain October 28, 2006 Saturday Morning Practice Results: 1. Valentino ROSSI (Yam YZR-M1), 1:31.817, Michelin 2. Nicky HAYDEN (Hon RC211V), 1:31.854, Michelin 3. Loris CAPIROSSI (Duc GP6), 1:32.133, Bridgestone 4. Colin EDWARDS (Yam YZR-M1), 1:32.302, Michelin 5. Marco MELANDRI (Hon RC211V), 1:32.432, Michelin 6. Troy BAYLISS (Duc GP6), 1:32.557, Bridgestone 7. Dani PEDROSA (Hon RC211V), 1:32.615, Michelin 8. John HOPKINS (Suz GSV-R), 1:32.886, Bridgestone 9. Chris VERMEULEN (Suz GSV-R), 1:33.087, Bridgestone 10. Makoto TAMADA (Hon RC211V), 1:33.204, Michelin 11. Shinya NAKANO (Kaw ZX-RR), 1:33.204, Bridgestone 12. Kenny Lee ROBERTS (Hon KR211V), 1:33.368, Michelin 13. Randy DE PUNIET (Kaw ZX-RR), 1:33.456, Michelin 14. Carlos CHECA (Yam YZR-M1), 1:33.545, Dunlop 15. Toni ELIAS (Hon RC211V), 1:33.859, Michelin 16. Alex HOFMANN (Duc GP5), 1:34.013, Dunlop 17. James ELLISON (Yam YZR-M1), 1:34.656, Dunlop 18. Jose Luis CARDOSO (Duc GP5), 1:35.132, Dunlop 19. Garry McCOY (Ilmor X3), 1:35.300, Michelin 20. Casey STONER (Hon RC211V), no time, Michelin Best Combined Practice Times: 1. Rossi, 1:31.817 2. Hayden, 1:31.854 3. Capirossi, 1:32.133 4. Edwards, 1:32.302 5. De Puniet, 1:32.408 6. Melandri, 1:32.432 7. Bayliss, 1:32.557 8. Pedrosa, 1:32.615 9. Vermeulen, 1:32.786 10. Hopkins, 1:32.886 11. Stoner, 1:33.080 12. Nakano, 1:33.204 13. Tamada, 1:33.204 14. Roberts, 1:33.368 15. Checa, 1:33.545 16. Elias, 1:33.859 17. Hofmann, 1:34.013 18. Ellison, 1:34.323 19. Cardoso, 1:35.132 20. McCoy, 1:35.300

PRAMAC AND D’ANTIN CONFIRMATION AGREEMENT FOR NEXT SEASON IN THE MOTOGP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP The main men behind the PRAMAC D’ANTIN bond, Paolo Campinoti and Luis D’Antin have recently signed an important agreement which will see the D’Antin MOTOGP team become an integral part of the PRAMAC Group. This new strategy is designed to strengthen the working relationship between the two parties and push the team up the MOTO GP grid. PAOLO CAMPINOTI (CEO PRAMAC Group): “We have a lot of faith in this project, and we have always put forth our best efforts and strong desire to succeed. The PRAMAC D’ANTIN team will be supported by the new Racing Division within the PRAMAC Group, created expressly to satisfy the needs of the team, of its sponsors, and the media. We will put at the team’s disposal the experience of a group of persons who work with great passion and enthusiasm, along with all the technology and strength that characterise the PRAMAC Group. We trust in the team we are creating, and we are confident that this program, designed for longterm viability, will bring the same mentality to win which allowed PRAMAC to become a solid, dynamic, competitive, and global group. Our company’s values and the spirit of working together in harmony are ideally suited for the top level of motorcycle competition. The PRAMAC Group is very enthusiastic about new challenges and we also have a strong passion for sports. The PRAMAC D’ANTIN team will be able to start the new era with the necessary energy and capacity to achieve its objectives. The strategy of the company is to serve the team”. LUIS D’ANTIN (CEO PRAMAC D’ANTIN): “Our team is ready for an important evolution. I believe that the new PRAMAC D’ANTIN team will achieve important objectives thanks to the winning philosophy the PRAMAC Group will bring. The team will be structured to compete at the highest level, and will be diversified for this new and different approach to our motorcycle racing competition. We will have a new team spirit and our passion and humanity of our members will be our strength. The unity of our team will be the fuel to evolve and become stronger, always looking towards the future. The phenomenal global growth of the PRAMAC Group shows their energy and commitment to success, and I am sure that its support will be fundamental for us. The team will carry on with a new and strong competitive energy, combining all our wisdom and experience in the racing world with quality and reliability. The team’s passion is the engine which moves us to make winning choices. Our team will represent the strength behind the PRAMAC Group.

PICKERINGTON, Ohio — The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) has announced that AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days 2007 will be held July 27-29 at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. As in previous years, AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days will kick off a ten-day celebration of motorcycling at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, concluding with the AMA Honda Super Cycle Weekend presented by Dunlop Tire the following weekend, August 3-5. AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days 2007, which will benefit the Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, will include exhibits of classic motorcycles and memorabilia, the all-brands AMA Swapmeet, bike shows, a full slate of American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) racing, and other features to be announced in the coming months. For the latest news about AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days 2007, visit www.AMADirectlink.com or call 1-800-AMA-JOIN. For more information about Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, visit www.midohio.com or call 1-800-MID-OHIO.

The Tech 3 Yamaha Team have chosen Makoto Tamada to join their team for the 2007 MotoGP World Championship season. The 29-year-old Japanese will ride the new 800cc Yamaha and continue the development of Dunlop tyres of which the performance has significantly improved during the 2006 season. “We are very happy to welcome Makoto Tamada” says Herve Poncharal, Tech 3 Yamaha Dunlop team manager. ” He is an excellent rider who has already proved his potential by winning two Grands Prix and being on the podium five times in the MotoGP era. We are sure that he will be able to help Dunlop becoming more competitive – a challenge that has become even more interesting as we will all jointly work with the new Yamaha 800 with the full support of the Yamaha factory.” Makoto Tamada, who made his MotoGP debut in 2003 also looks forward to joining this project: “I am happy to be back on Dunlop tyres again, and have good memories of riding on Dunlop in the Japanese Superbike Championship. I am excited by the challenge that the Tech 3 Yamaha Dunlop project offers. I was able to judge at close quarters the current level of the Yamaha Dunlup package during the Portuguese GP, where Carlos Checa and I raced very close together.” Makoto Tamada’s statistics: Grands Prix contested in total: 62 Debut in Grand Prix: 1998 in 250 cc First MotoGP: Japanese Grand Prix, Suzuka, 2003 MotoGP Podiums: 5 MotoGP victories: 2 (Japan and Brazil 2004)

PICKERINGTON, Ohio Chris Carr has earned his ninth AMA Pro Racing SPEED Athlete of the Year nomination. In addition to another solid year in the AMA Ford Quality Checked Flat Track Championship, Carr became the fastest motorcyclist ever this September when he cracked the 350 mph barrier at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Carr, a 39-year-old Californian who now calls Fleetwood, Pa., home, won the prestigious Athlete of the Year Award in 2003. In what will be remembered as one of the biggest days in the history of motorcycle land-speed racing, seven-time AMA Grand National Champion Chris Carr shattered the FIM world record by piloting Denis Manning’s BUB Enterprises streamliner to 350.884 mph at the AMA/FIM International Motorcycle Speed Trials by BUB on the Bonneville Salt Flats. “When I committed this year to this project we had a goal we wanted to reach and we reached it,” Carr said of breaking the land speed record. “I was disappointed that I didn’t reach the goal of winning the championship in flat track, but I’ll be back next year with an even stronger desire to win back that title.” Carr finished tied for fourth in this year’s AMA GNC Twins Championship and was fourth in the Singles Championship as well riding his Quality Checked Certified Pre-Owned Ford-sponsored machines. “Being the first to reach 350 miles per hour was a great milestone,” Carr added. Through the years whenever we’ve driven past Bonneville, Kenny Tolbert [Carr’s Grand National mechanic] and I have always said we’d like to take a flat track bike out there to try to break a record. Then this opportunity came up. Denis Manning and his crew were such professionals. I never felt like they wanted me to get in there and cowboy it. Things were approached very methodically and we were fortunate to have perfect conditions. I hope someday to be the first rider to reach 400 mph.” Carr continues to show incredible versatility in his racing career. In addition to his accomplished flat track career, Carr was also a leading AMA Superbike rider in the 1990s, giving Harley-Davidson its only AMA Superbike pole. Now he can add fastest man on two wheels to his impressive list of accomplishments. The 2006 AMA Pro Racing SPEED Athlete of the Year will be named at the 32nd annual AMA Pro Racing Awards Banquet on Sunday evening, Nov. 19 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Carr joins Josh Hayes, Ricky Carmichael and Ben Spies as nominees for this year’s award. The final nominee will be announced next week.