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The 2005 YZR M1 begins the season in much better shape than at this time last year. The bi...

The 2005 YZR M1 begins the season in much better shape than at this time last year. The bike is clearly still down on horsepower compared to the Honda though.

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The class of 2005 - Checa, capirossi, Barros, Bayliss, Hoffman, Nakano, Byrne, Hopkins, Ro...

Sete Gibernau has the speed, the bike, the blood to take the title. For two seasons he has...

Gibernau's exciting riding style has not yet seen him ride the official HRC bike. Our mone...

Valentino - shaping up to become the best motorcycle rider in history.

Jeremy Burgess has fettled the bikes that have won 10 of the last 18 world titles and he o...

The 2005 YZR M1 begins the season in much better shape than at this time last year. The bi...

Nicky Hayden and the team working on the set-up of the bike. It wasn't that long ago that...

Max Biaggi and the team during pre-season testing

Loris Capirossi and Carlos Checa in pre-season testing prior to Checa's injury

It has the glorious look and sound of an Italian Grand Prix bike - let's hope the fortunes...

Checa in testing before his shoulder injury destroyed the pre-season.

Capirossi once again has a machine capable of winning. Many believe he has the talent to c...

John Hopkins was one of the surprises of the off-season - Hopkins has speed and the Suzuki...

Kenny Roberts Junior, John Hopkins and the Suzuki GSV-R990 prototype racer. Hopkins could ...

Hopkins in the pre-season testing has worked hard

Kenny Roberts Junior in Malaysia testing prior to the season

Colin Edwards and the Yamaha team - sensors on the machinery now measure dozens of paramet...

Loris Capirossi - some of the most extreme career highs and lows possible but still a Moto...

Alex Barros has been on the Grand Prix circuit for two decades for his six MotoGP wins

The Kawasaki has been racing for three seasons with just one podium finish to show - Kawas...

Hoffman and Nakano - Nakano will pay good odds for the places he is certain to score at di...

Success appears to be just around the corner for the Lime Green Kawasakis.

The Harris WCM machine in 2004 was slow and uncompetitive. this year it is hoped a V6 will...

Team Roberts Proton circa 2004. Fingers are crossed that one of motorcycling's most loved ...

Curtis Roberts (son of) on the 2004 Proton V5. With more power from the KTM, expect to see...

Ruben Xaus is another hard-charging product of the thriving Spanish motorcycle scene. Last...

Colin Edwards has been a journeyman motorcycle racer for more than a decade on the interna...

Troy Bayliss has found himself on a bike that doesn't suit his style. Fortunately, his tal...

An artist's impression of the Blata V6 - the bike may make its public debut at Jerez. Can'...

Marco Melandri has the talent and the machinery and enough experience to win races in 2005...

Article Summary

The MotoGP season starts again next weekend with Valentino Rossi and his Yamaha YZR M1 a raging hot favourite to take the title again. Rossi appears likely to face increased competition this year though, with at least ten riders looking capable of taking a race win during the season and with his most likely rival, Honda-mounted Sete Gibernau, already in fine form. Read our extensive 2005 season preview with in-dpeth coverage of the pre-season testing, bookies odds, links and background.

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