© Fiat Yamaha MotoGP. Valentino Rossi has been back on board for two busy days of testing at the Bugatti circuit in Le Mans.

Last week it was Dani Pedrosa who gave us his particular view on the venues of the 2007 season, and this week it is his team-mate at the Repsol Honda Team and reigning MotoGP World Champion who will offer us his opinion on the 18 tracks that will be hosting the 2007 Motorcycling World Championship.

© Repsol Media Service. Dani Pedrosa reveals some of the secrets of the circuits in which the 18 rounds of the 2007 MotoGP World Championship are going to be held.

© Yamaha Motor Italia. As forecasted Noriyuki Haga with a fourth and a win managed to be only the 6th rider ever to gain 150 races in the points.

This Fire Blade only has 600 miles on the clock after a testing session at Brno. This Honda Fire Blade was purchased for Leon Camier as a practice bike for the Suzuka 8-Hour, the livery is the stunning black Northpoint Honda colours from the 2006 season.

© Ducati Corse. Aussie rider Casey Stoner was able to get to grips for the first time with the new Ducati Desmosedici GP7 at Valencia circuit.

© Repsol Media Service. Nickys 2006 season began in January with the first of five three-day tests.

© Ducati Corse. Bridgestone’s most successful season at the pinnacle of motorcycle racing comes to a conclusion this weekend at the Valencia Grand Prix in Spain, the final event of this year’s highly competitive 17-race MotoGP championship.

© Camel Yamaha Team. One of the most exciting seasons in the history of the MotoGP World Championship reaches an intense climax next weekend as Valentino Rossi and Nicky Hayden go head-to-head for the title in a final-round shootout at Valencia.

© Ducati Corse. The Ducati Marlboro Team goes into the 2006 season finale aiming to end MotoGPs 990cc era on a high by adding to its haul of race wins and podium finishes.

The FIM announced this morning the 2007 calendar of the Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix with some changes and new dates since previous publication.

© Camel Yamaha Team. Valentino Rossi has taken the lead in the MotoGP World Championship by eight points ahead of the final round of the season at Valencia, after taking second place in a race that saw Nicky Hayden dramatically crash out at Estoril.

© Camel Yamaha Team. Five years to the week since he won the MotoGP World Championship for the first time, Valentino Rossi heads into the penultimate round of the 2006 season at Estoril in Portugal next Sunday aiming to finally overthrow Nicky Hayden from the top of the standings and set-up his sixth premier-class title in a row.

© Winston Media Service. Winston Ten Kate Honda rider Sebastien Charpentier made history at Magny-Cours by becoming the first rider to score back-to-back World Supersport title wins.

© Winston Ten Kate Honda. An unscriptable drama decided the final shape of the World Championship table in France, as Winston Ten Kate rider Sebastien Charpentier won the race and the championship, after the pre-Magny-Cours points leader Kevin Curtain fell from his machine and scored no points.

© Ducati Corse. Two incredible 23-lap races at Magny-Cours delivered a suitable finale to an outstanding season of racing in the World Superbike Championship, and it was in some way fitting that the riders who took the race wins were the riders who finished the season first and second overall; race two winner and champion Troy Bayliss and James Toseland.

© Winston Ten Kate Honda. A superb display of formation flying from Winston Ten Kate riders Sebastien Charpentier and Kenan Sofuoglu gave them the best result possible, with Charpentiers win keeping his championship hopes very much alive and Sofuoglu's second moving him up to third in the overall classification.

© Ducati Corse. Following Sundays extraordinary victory and with no time for rest, Ducati riders Loris Capirossi and Sete Gibernau stayed at Motegi to continue development work on the new 800cc GP7 Desmosedici.