125cc Grand PRix Race Results From Assen: 1. Gabor TALMACSI, KTM, 17 laps, 38:09.487 2. Hector FAUBEL, Aprilia, -0.657 second 3. Mattia PASINI, Aprilia, -0.801 second 4. Alvaro BAUTISTA, Honda, -0.847 second 5. Alexis MASBOU, Honda, -1.403 seconds 6. Julian SIMON, KTM, -3.972 seconds 7. Tomoyoshi KOYAMA, Honda, -4.259 seconds 8. Manuel POGGIALI, Gilera, -4.323 seconds 9. Sergio GADEA, Aprilia, -4.492 seconds 10. Thomas LUTHI, Honda, -13.934 seconds

FUJIWARA MISSES POLE BY A WHISKER Katsuaki Fujiwara had to concede pole position for tomorrow’s sixth round World Supersport championship race at Misano, Italy to fellow Honda rider, Fabien Foret, this afternoon; the Frenchman beat his Japanese rival to the coveted spot by just .019s. Fujiwara’s Winston Ten Kate Honda team-mate, Sébastien Charpentier, saw his string of consecutive pole positions come to an end as he had to settle for third place on the grid for tomorrow’s 23-lap race around the 4.060km Misano circuit. Charpentier has taken pole position at the first five rounds of this year’s championship. Ronald ten Kate team manager: “The one sure thing about a string of results is that it has to come to an end sometime and that’s what happened with pole position this afternoon. It’s good to know that we fought hard to keep it going though, and at least it has gone to another Honda rider. Sebastien recovered well from his crash this morning and I’m very pleased with the way that Katsuaki has gone about making steady improvements yesterday and today. Both our riders are on the front row and happy with their race set-ups. We’ll spend some time confirming tyre choice tomorrow morning and hopefully be able to continue our string of race wins.” Katsuaki Fujiwara second fastest, 1m37.639s “I’m really happy with the set-up we have here and we’re pretty sure which tyres we’re going to use. We will check that in the morning during warm-up but we’re ready to race. It was very hot out there this afternoon, with the track temperature again very high. I think it might be even hotter tomorrow so 23 laps will be very hard work around here. But I like Misano and I’ve enjoyed being on the podium here before. Tomorrow I want to be on the top step.” Sébastien Charpentier third fastest, 1m37.959s “It’s OK I guess but I’ve become used to pole position and I like it. The crash this morning was nothing really near the end of a lap when I was coming in anyway. But I’m happy that we’ve continued to make progress with the set-up and the only problem we have is the lack of grip. The hot weather does not help and it is the same for everyone. Misano is certainly not my favourite track those are still to come so I’ll do my best here tomorrow and try to stay in a good position in the championship.” World Supersport, Misano final qualifying times: 1 Fabien Foret FRA (Honda) 1m37.620s, 2 Katsuaki Fujiwara JPN (Winston Ten Kate Honda) 1:37.639, 3 Sébastien Charpentier FRA (Winston Ten Kate Honda) 1:37.959, 4 Kevin Curtain AUS (Yamaha) 1:38.118, 5 Michel Fabrizio ITA (Honda) 1:38.215, 6 Gianluca Nannelli ITA (Ducati) 1m38.226, 7 Broc Parkes AUS (Yamaha) 1:38.470, 8 Simone Sanna ITA (Honda) 1:38.514, 9 Cristiano Migliatori ITA (Kawasaki) 1:38.661, 10 Javier Fores ESP (Suzuki) 1:38.814…30. Chris Peris CAN (Suzuki), 1:41.433.

250cc GP Race Results From Assen: 1. Sebastian PORTO, Aprilia, 18 laps, 38:02.148 2. Daniel PEDROSA, Honda, -0.381 second 3. Jorge LORENZO, Honda, -1.232 seconds 4. Hiroshi AOYAMA, Honda, -11.757 seconds 5. Alex DE ANGELIS, Aprilia, -12.017 seconds 6. Casey STONER, Aprilia, -12.026 seconds 7. Andrea DOVIZIOSO, Honda, -12.354 seconds 8. Randy DE PUNIET, Aprilia, -13.935 seconds 9. Hector BARBERA, Honda, -14.406 seconds 10. Simone CORSI, Aprilia, -29.294 seconds 11. Roberto LOCATELLI, Aprilia, -53.684 seconds 12. Sylvain GUINTOLI, Aprilia, -55.365 seconds 13. Alex DEBON, Honda, -55.366 seconds 14. Chaz DAVIES, Aprilia, -55.627 seconds 15. Yuki TAKAHASHI, Honda, -55.913 seconds 26. Alex BALDOLINI, Aprilia, -6 laps, mechanical 27. Anthony WEST, Honda, -6 laps, mechanical 28. Steve JENKNER, Aprilia, -15 laps, crash

Saturday Morning MotoGP Practice Times From Assen: 1. Marco MELANDRI, Honda, 2:15.483 2. Shinya NAKANO, Kawasaki, 2:16.156 3. Max BIAGGI, Honda, 2:16.367 4. Alex BARROS, Honda, 2:16.794 5. Sete GIBERNAU, Honda, 2:16.862 6. Valentino ROSSI, Yamaha, 2:17.366 7. John HOPKINS, Suzuki, 2:17.382 8. Nicky HAYDEN, Honda, 2:17.468 9. Alex HOFMANN, Kawasaki, 2:17.618 10. Troy BAYLISS, Honda, 2:17.898 11. Colin EDWARDS, Yamaha, 2:18.207 12. Carlos CHECA, Ducati, 2:18.450 13. Ruben XAUS, Yamaha, 2:18.692 14. Loris CAPIROSSI, Ducati, 2:18.747 15. Kenny ROBERTS, Suzuki, 2:19.247 16. Makoto TAMADA, Honda, 2:20.086 17. Shane BYRNE, Proton KR, 2:20.530 18. David CHECA, Yamaha, 2:21.301 19. Franco BATTAINI, Blata, 2:21.339 20. James ELLISON, Blata, 2:21.638 21. Roberto ROLFO, Ducati, 2:23.065

Laguna Seca Red Bull Suzuki is unveiled at Assen This evening at Assen in The Netherlands, Team SUZUKI MotoGP unveiled the fantastic new Red Bull livery that will adorn the Suzuki GSV-R at the US Grand Prix next month. Featuring the striking `Red Bull’ design the bike has a very modern, aggressive look combined with themes from the current GSV-R paint scheme. Red Bull will be partnering Suzuki at the first motorcycle Grand Prix to be held in America for 10 years. The race takes place at Laguna Seca near Monterey in California on Sunday 10th July. For more pictures of the new-look colours of the GSV-R, plus Kenny Roberts Jr and John Hopkins also sporting their stunning new Red Bull Suzuki leathers go to www.suzuki-motogp.com and click on the images link.

MTC is proud to announce its affiliation with Catalyst Reaction Suspension Tuning for several of its track days in 2005. Having already worked a couple of track days for MTC at Streets of Willow and Wilow Springs Raceway and worked on many customers and staff bikes, MTC owner Red is enthused with this new association; ” We have been very impressed with Dave’s knowledge, professionalism and ability to get a bike set up extremely well with only a few adjustments. That includes my personal bike as well as those of my instructors.” MTC are primarily based at the Willow Springs facility in Rosamond, CA and ca be found at ~http://www.mtctrackday.com~ . There are several events still available for 2005 so check their schedule for dates and availability. “We have had nothing but great feedback about Dave’s work from our customers, and we want to make sure we get CRST to our events.” “I feel very fortunate to have the enthusiasm and support of MTC and their staff” states CRST President, Dave Moss, and look forward to assisting customers and staff with bike set up to get their geometry and hydraulics optimized to match individual riding styles. Riding a bike that is not set up makes for a very long day at the track, and there is no reason to be fighting your bike!” For more information, dates and tracks that CRST will be attending, please go to www.feelthetrack.com/schedule

The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office, Consumer Protection Unit, has initiated an investigation into allegations of improper overbooking of rooms, reservation cancellation and price gouging relating to the 2005 Moto GT race being held at Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca. Persons with any information or complaints about this conduct are encouraged to contact the District Attorney’s Consumer Protection Unit: Consumer Protection Unit Monterey District Attorney 1200 Aguajito Road, #301 Monterey, CA 93940 (831) 647-7770 (831) 647-7762 fax

Erion Honda’s Kurtis Roberts is testing a pair of CBR1000RR Superbikes on the Classic Course at Las Vegas Motor Speedway today. Roberts is participating in a Fastrack Riders track day being held in conjunction with this weekend’s WERA National Endurance and National Challenge Series races. Jason Curtis and Jason DiSalvo are also at the track. Jason Curtis is riding his GSX-R1000 and DiSalvo says he plans to race on Sunday aboard a Graves Yamaha YZF-R1.

Friday’s World Supersport Qualifying Results: 1. Gianluca NANNELLI, Ducati 749R, 1:38.226 2. Katsuaki FUJIWARA, Honda CBR600RR, 1:38.343 3. Fabien FORET, Honda CBR600RR, 1:38.357 4. Michel FABRIZIO, Honda CBR600RR, 1:38.387 5. Kevin CURTAIN, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:38.463 6. Broc PARKES, Yamaha YZF-R6, 1:38.640 7. Sebastien CHARPENTIER, Honda CBR600RR, 1:38.733 8. Alessandro ANTONELLO, Kawasaki ZX-6RR, 1:38.904 9. Cristiano MIGLIORATI, Kawasaki ZX-6RR, 1:39.189 10. Simone SANNA, Honda CBR600RR, 1:39.244 28. Chris PERIS, Suzuki GSX-R600, 1:41.763 More, from a press release issued by Winston Ten Kate Honda: FUJIWARA SECOND FASTEST IN MISANO HEAT Katsuaki Fujiwara set the second fastest time in this afternoon’s opening qualifying session for the sixth round World Supersport championship at Misano in Italy, missing provisional pole position set by Gianluca Nannelli by just one tenth of a second. In hot and sunny conditions at the 4.060km Misano circuit, Fujiwara’s Winston Ten Kate Honda team-mate, Sebastien Charpentier crashed out unhurt early in the 45-minute qualifying session. He recovered to set the seventh fastest time on his spare machine. Ronald ten Kate team manager: “It wasn’t the best start to a weekend that we’ve had this season but I’m really pleased with Katsuaki’s progress after he spent this morning’s free practice searching for the right set-up. He was very close to taking provisional pole but one thing’s for sure: both the weather and the competition here are going to be red hot. Sébastien crashed on his third lap, I think, which left him with only one CBR600RR to ride for most of the session. It made things difficult because he obviously had to ride with some reserve. I know he has more to come though, as he has shown all season, so I’m sure he’ll be back near the top tomorrow.” Katsuaki Fujiwara second fastest, 1m38.343s “We changed most of the settings on the bike after this morning’s free practice making the damping more and more soft as the day went on. The tyres were getting really hot out there and the weather was causing the suspension to move around more than usual. We’ll check the data later on and see if we need to make some more changes tomorrow but I’m happy that we are working in the right direction.” Sébastien Charpentier seventh fastest, 1m38.733s “I’m not happy about the crash, for sure. I just lost the front going into the Tramonto corner at the end of the fast back straight. It made the rest of the session very difficult, especially in these hot conditions. We need to work some more on improving the rear grip as well but at least we have tomorrow’s sessions to do that. This season has been going really well for me so far, so I’m not going to let one crash worry me too much; but I’m not used to being where I am after today!”

Friday Afternoon World Superbike Qualifying Times From Misano: 1. Troy CORSER, Suuzki GSX-R1000, 1:35.717 2. Max NEUKIRCHNER, Honda CBR1000RR, 1:35.836 3. Regis LACONI, Ducati 999F05, 1:36.012 4. Karl MUGGERIDGE, Honda CBR1000RR, 1:36.170 5. James TOSELAND, Ducati 999F05, 1:36.384 6. Pierfrancesco CHILI, Honda CBR1000RR, 1:36.492 7. Yukio KAGAYAMA, Suzuki GSX-R1000, 1:36.652 8. Lorenzo ALFONSI, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:36.957 9. Ivan CLEMENTI, Ducati 999RS, 1:36.990 10. Steve MARTIN, Foggy Petronas FP1, 1:37.106 11. Andrew PITT, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:37.121 12. Noriyuki HAGA, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:37.203 13. Fonsi NIETO, Ducati 999RS, 1:37.210 14. Chris VERMEULEN, Honda CBR1000RR, 1:37.223 15. Lucio PEDERCINI, Ducati 999RS, 1:37.298 16. Mauro SANCHINI, Kawasaki ZX-10R, 1:37.305 17. Jose Luis CARDOSO, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:37.329 18. Gianluca VIZZIELLO, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:37.361 19. Chris WALKER, Kawasaki ZX-10R, 1:37.487 20. Ben BOSTROM, Honda CBR1000RR, 1:37.589 21. Norino BRIGNOLA, Ducati 999RS, 1:37.835 22. Giovanni BUSSEI, Kawasaki ZX-10R, 1:37.950 23. Marco BORCIANI, Ducati 999RS, 1:38.076 24. Norick ABE, Yamaha YZF-R1, 1:38.235 25. Michele GALLINA, MV Agusta F4-1000, 1:38.280 26. Lorenzo LANZI, Ducati 999RS, 1:38.486 31. Garry MCCOY, Foggy Petronas FP1, 1:39.041 More, from a press release issued by Winston Ten Kate Honda: PROVISIONAL FRONT ROW FOR MUGGERIDGE Karl Muggeridge set the second fastest time in this afternoon’s opening qualifying session for Sunday’s World Superbike championship sixth round at Misano, Italy. In hot conditions, Troy Corser took provisional pole position, despite crashing out unhurt towards the end of the hour-long session. Muggeridge’s Winston Ten Kate Honda team-mate, Chris Vermeulen, was fourteenth fastest, concentrating on fine-tuning the race set-up of his Honda CBR1000RR rather than opting for a quick lap on a qualifying tyre. Ronald ten Kate team manager: “Karl is doing well here making small but steady improvements to his set-up. With the track temperature at around 50 degrees, the level of grip is very low for everyone so every little bit extra we can find is important. The changes we’ve made to the rear of the bike after our test at Magny-Course were confirmed in back-to-back tests this morning on the bumpier Misano track. Now we’ve found that improvement, it’s easier to see where else we need to improve things. Chris didn’t use a qualifier today but with the consistent hot weather here, there should be no problem for him to be up at the front after tomorrow’s sessions.” Karl Muggeridge fourth fastest, 1m36.170s “The bike is so much easier to work with now and I’m able to give much more accurate and useful information to the guys back in the garage. We’re not there yet but we have a good idea that we think will work tomorrow. It’s nothing big but, because the track is so slippery everywhere, a little change can make a big difference. It’s really a question of finding the best balance between the front and the rear. More grip at the back makes it harder to turn but if we can find maybe four tenths, we’ll be in a good position. And four tenths is only like half a sneeze per corner so I’m pretty confident we can find it.” Chris Vermeulen fourteenth fastest, 1m37.223s “We tried a lot of different tyres and combinations today, trying to find that grip that everyone is after. The track was really hot this afternoon, which makes it really slippery so we’re just after a combination of grip and durability, because 25 laps out there on Sunday is going to be really hard on the tyres. The ones we tried today all have advantages and disadvantages so we’ll try to nail the choice tomorrow and concentrate on that. I’m pretty comfortable even though I’m fourteenth at the moment, and at least I have a couple of qualifiers to use tomorrow that the others don’t have.” More, from a press release issued by Scuderia SC Caracchi: PROVISIONAL POLE FOR GIANLUCA NANNELLI AT MISANO WELL FONSI NIETO IN SUPERBIKE, DIFFICULTIES FOR LANZI (Misano 2005, June 24) Gianluca Nannelli has carried its 749R Ducati of Scuderia SC Caracchi to provisional pole position in the first qualifying day on the track of Misano Adriatico. The Florentine rider has grabbed his result in the final five minutes of the session, passing the Honda that had monopolized up to now the qualifying in Supersport. “I can only be satisfied of the qualifying practices today afternoon.” it has been the final comment of Gianluca Nannelli. “Evidently the testing days to the Mugello circuit have been useful and have given important indications for the set up, even if it must still improve. The bike is very fast and has recorded the best speed trap. However we must make still better, the three Hondas of Fujiwara, Foret and Fabrizio are very close to me and sure tomorrow they will try to grab the pole position. I’m quite satisfied also about tyres; tomorrow we will select the one that us seems better for the race, however have already caught up a good setting in order of the race, a race that is outlined sure hardest and uncertain, also for the great warmth that on asphalt in the afternoon has caught up the 47°C and in these conditions the tyres are stressed to the maximum and after a fewe laps they begin to slip, above all in the final split of the course ,the corner Del Rio and the last chicane, where several times I found some difficult.” In Superbike good performance of Fonsi Nieto that has obtained the thirteenth position, while Lorenzo Lanzi has had diffucult to find the just set up on the treacherous circuit on the Adriatic Sea. “The job carried out to Mugello has given its results”. said an enough satisfied Fonsi at the end of practices. ” I could have obtained a better result, because when I have recorded the fast lap I was alone and did not have nobody to supply me a reference. HoweverI’m satisfied, looking better improving for a small fractions of second I would have earned two-three positions. In order to the race we have also recorded good lap times and the tyres have performed well. The machine runs very well, the top speed is in line with the fastest ones and if tomorrow we will be able to work without difficulties the things will go sure better and I’m confident to obtain a good position on the starting grid.” Lorenzo Lanzi has something to complain in this day in which she has practically rode in the times obtained with his Superstock two years ago, and this has been a large disappointment after the very good test results obtained at Mugello during the tests one week ago. “For the truth I have always used race tyres, without using soft tyres looking a better fast time in a single lap, because we have had other problems”. is the comment of Lorenzo at the end of qualifying session. “We have been not able to find a good set up and the bike hasn’t grip; this after the satisfying Mugello’s test has been a big disappointment. Now we’ll have to look with Maurizio Perlini the intervents necessary in order to recover tomorrow. The pace for the race isn’t very bad, but also in these conditions we have to work, by now in the Superbike with a gap of a second you lose ten positions and then to recover during the is difficult.” More, from a press release issued by Team Suzuki: Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra rider Troy Corser showed just why Misano is one of his favourite circuits by setting the fastest time on the first day of qualifying for Sunday’s World Superbike Championship. Despite very high temperatures in the afternoon timed session, Corser posted a lap of 1:35.717, a tenth-of-a-second faster than nearest challenger Max Neukirchner (Honda) and third-placed Regis Laconi (Ducati). Corser’s team mate Yukio Kagayama was very satisfied with seventh fastest – as it is his first time at the circuit. The day was not without incident though: Corser crashed in the afternoon session when he lost the front in the middle of Tramonto – the corner at the end of the back straight. He wasn’t injured, but was a little cross at having given his mechanics some extra work to do repairing the bike. Troy Corser – 1st, 1:35.717: “In the morning I felt that the track was a bit dirty and so didn’t really push hard at all. In the afternoon the grip definitely improved, but it was quite a bit hotter so then it was the tyres we had to consider. My Alstare Suzuki is working pretty well round here and there’s not a lot we need to do to the bike except decide on a front tyre. We started off on some tyres we didn’t feel we would use, so that we could conserve what we thought we might use. That was OK this morning. “In the afternoon I just lost the front without any warning whatsoever. One minute I was up, the next I was down – it was as quick as that. That’s my first crash of the year so that’s pretty good going considering. Today I have not felt confident in my front tyre so that’s the direction we will be working on tomorrow. We may also try some different gearing but I do not reckon it’s going to make a lot of difference.” Yukio Kagayama – 7th, 1:36.652: “Considering that this is my first time here, I am happy to end the first day of practice in seventh position. Misano is not a very difficult track to learn but it is a track where it is hard to shave off those last few fractions-of-a-second. That requires circuit knowledge and, at the moment, I am building that up. I think the track has some depressions and that means you need a good suspension set-up here. “For me, today was mostly about learning which way the track goes and how to ride it fast. So, I tried to put in many laps today and learn quickly! Tomorrow we will continue our job and I will try to decide which tyres to use. If it is as hot on race day as today, then tyre wear is going to be a problem, but at least it is the same problem for all of us. After my disappointment at Silverstone my target here is at least one podium – even though I know that is going to be difficult.” More, from a press release issued by Ducati Corse: LACONI AND TOSELAND ON THE PACE FOR DUCATI XEROX TEAM IN MISANO HEAT Misano Adriatico (Italy), Friday 24 June: Ducati Xerox Team riders Régis Laconi and James Toseland were on the pace in today’s opening qualifying session in sweltering heat at Misano (air 30°/track 49°). Laconi was third quickest today with a time of 1m36.012s, three-tenths off the provisional pole mark, while Toseland was two places further back with a time of 1m36.384s. “I am quite happy with my time” declared Laconi. “We did a good job for the settings in the afternoon. The heat was not making the grip worse, I was surprised about that because I thought there would be a lot less grip in the afternoon. We improved the front and the rear and tried the new big 200mm rear tyre and it was OK. I just feel so good on the bike, and the heat too was making it not too hard to ride. The race will not be easy but it’s physically it’s OK. I used the qualifying tyre in the end but my first pass was not perfect and I know I can do better”. “I’m quietly confident” declared Toseland. “Everything was going well until I put a qualifier in and got caught up in a traffic jam at the final corner with five guys spread out in front of me! I tried a new front just before the qualifier but didn’t push that much because the rear was not that good and then with the qualifier it let go a couple of times. My race times are good and I feel really comfortable. The larger rear tyre is the way to go here at Misano, because on just the three lefts it gives you more drive grip than the narrower tyre which doesn’t have as much contact space as the wider profile. Physically the heat is going to be an issue on Sunday but I’m quietly confident about that as well”.