2010 MotoGP Season Preparation

The 2009 MotoGP season is officially over and the riders and teams have learned their lessons and are now preparing for the 2010 MotoGP season. Valentino Rossi will be back for a try at his eighth MotoGP Premier Class Championship and Jorge, Pedrosa, Dovizioso and the boys will be back, along with a new entry, American rider Ben Spies, and maybe a surprise entry or two. Ben Spies is going to be a new and fast rider on the MotoGP scene and we can expect him to give his best at all times. His entry gives American fans another hero to cheer for when the MotoGP comes to North American shores and another rival for the championship.

Valentino Rossi will be back for a try at his eighth MotoGP Premier Class World Championship for 2010

In other news, Repsol Honda has already begun testing their Honda RC212V motorcycles for the up coming 2010 season. Dani Pedrosa and Andrea Dovizioso were seen out on the Ricardo Tormo Circuit testing their new Ohlin suspension which they decided to switch to for 2010, from the old Showa suspension which they have been using for a few years. They looked fast and recorded excellent times on the track and are already looking to be contenders for 2010. They were obviously concentrating on the new suspension and trying to get a feel for the new set up and will get to test the chassis later this week. The 2010 MotoGP season is just about the corner and all the teams will begin testing soon and preparing for the 2010 MotoGP campaign.

It was announced that 2009 250 cc MotoGP World Champion Hiroshi Aoyama will be racing for the Interwetten Honda MotoGP team for 2010. Aoyama was recently awarded a letter of recognition by the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Yuko Hatoyama, which is quite an honour and certainly indicates how much his championship means to the Japanese people. The Japanese people and MotoGP fans have really embraced the young champion, along with his open and inviting demeanour.

Aoyama also got to meet Nakamura during the presentation ceremony, who he presented his championship helmet to, before the two gentlemen spent a little time talking about the future and the MotoGP. We expect big things from Aoyama in the MotoGP and he has a bright future that seems to be on the rise.

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