This season's provisional entry listing for the FIM MotoGP World Championship has been confirmed by the FIM on Wednesday, January 27 as follows:

4. ANDREA DOVIZIOSO, ITALIAN
REPSOL HONDA TEAM, HONDA

5. COLIN EDWARDS, USA
MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3, YAMAHA

7. HIROSHI AOYAMA, JAPANESE
INTERWETTEN HONDA MOTOGP, HONDA

11. BEN SPIES, USA
MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3, YAMAHA

14. RANDY DE PUNIET, FRENCH
LCR HONDA MOTOGP, HONDA

19. ALVARO BAUTISTA, SPANISH
RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP, SUZUKI

26. DANI PEDROSA, SPANISH
REPSOL HONDA TEAM, HONDA

27. CASEY STONER, AUSTRALIAN
DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM, DUCATI

33. MARCO MELANDRI, ITALIAN
SAN CARLO HONDA GRESINI, HONDA

36. MIKA KALLIO, FINNISH
PRAMAC RACING TEAM, DUCATI

40. HECTOR BARBERA, SPANISH
ASPAR MOTOGP TEAM, DUCATI

41. ALEIX ESPARGARO, SPANISH
PRAMAC RACING TEAM, DUCATI

46. VALENTINO ROSSI, ITALIAN
FIAT YAMAHA TEAM, YAMAHA

58. MARCO SIMONCELLI, ITALIAN
SAN CARLO HONDA GRESINI, HONDA

65. LORIS CAPIROSSI, ITALIAN
RIZLA SUZUKI MOTOGP, SUZUKI

69. NICKY HAYDEN, USA

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Recently announcing he will race a British made FTR chassis in the upcoming category this year, Alex Debón has offered details on his new project.

Debón will have a challenging season, along with racing he he will also head Motor Sport 69 which is a company release to allow his involvement in the World Championship after Aprilia.

“Motor Sport 69 is the company we have created to compete in 2010. It is a totally new team and we will ride with Aki Ajo’s place, which he has given to us in order to contend this World Championship. It’s a big gamble but I am convinced we have made the right reinforcements to make this structure work,” explains Debón.

“The team will be called Team Aeroport de Castelló-Ajo, and I am in charge of sponsorship and other various functions. We have agreed with FTR that we will be in charge of developing the bike with Xavi Soldevila as engineer. I have also contracted the services of a technical team that I know very well. They’re great professionals and I’m convinced that I have team that is greatly suited to me.”

Debón will confirm full details whilst testing in Barcelona on February 15. This is his first opportunity to race the bike and start development work.

“This project is very appealing and I’m very excited because it’s about the development of a new bike for everyone in the World Championship, and there are specific regulations for the engine, electronics and fuel” Debón adds. “The chassis and other components are down to the rider and this is where my experience and, above all, the expertise of my engineer will be crucial for the tuning of a winning bike.”

“It’s going to be a hard-fought category, but at the same time very exciting and competitive.

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The Jerez track has dedicated one of it's turns to prior racer and current Team Manager, Jorge Martínez ‘Aspar’. Pilar Sánchez, Mayoress of the Andalusian city, confirmed the statement in Madrid whilst launching an event of the Gran Premio bwin.com de España which occurs on 2nd May.

“Jorge raced at our circuit many times and we wanted to give him this recognition,” says the Mayoress. “During the celebration of the GP we will organise an event to commemorate this – he deserves it. The whole city wanted this.”

The four times World hero and chief of Team Aspar, was present and excelled in his delight.

“It’s a great joy for me, because Jerez has always felt like a home,” says Martínez. “I was lucky to race in the streets of Jerez in 1981, and won the first Grand Prix that was contested here. The fans and atmosphere here are marvellous.”

‘Aspar’, who recently announced his Moto2 squad will use an RSV chassis for this year's season ahead, states the decision of which bike to choose was a difficult decision.

“It was a difficult choice, because we want to have the best chance of winning,” he explains. “We tested many bikes and we waited until the last minute for Aprilia, but in the end the project was not possible. We think we have made a good choice and now we have work to do on the track.

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The Tech3 squad’s Moto2 calendar is filled ahead of a testing in Valencia next week, the chief Hervé Poncharal, is excited to seeing the results of much anticipated hard work.

Raffaele de Rosa and Yuki Takahashi will arrive at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit to test two motorbikes. A three day scheduled from January 26th - 28th sees Tech3 due to use the first two bikes followed by a third if required.

“We have a few things to test; we have a different swingarm, a different suspension setting, and we want to do a little bit of geometry also,” explains Poncharal. “I think what we need is proper weather conditions, which we haven’t had for quite a long time. We need the chance to do some laps with good track conditions, which will allow us to really be in a position where we can use the feedback and data effectively.”

An initital testing in Valencia at the beginning of January was cancelled due to poor weather, however the squad did provide some progress on their valuable work being done.

Poncharal adds: “We went back to Valencia from January 7-9 and unfortunately the first two days were impossible because of the weather. The last day was very cold as well but we managed about 100 laps with each rider and the chassis, with slight modifications, didn’t chatter any more.”

“It was interesting to hear Yuki because he knows 4-stroke bikes quite well and he gave us a lot of good information and feedback, and to have the two riders is helping a lot with the understanding of the bike.”

More testing is due prior to the official programs in March, Poncharal is happy with the project so far.

“I am happy because we now have the full team for the project, everybody is working here, it’s a proper factory. We have two bikes ready, two spare chassis, and a lot of bodywork, so we have a Moto2 team completely independent to our MotoGP organisation,” he says.

“We have something very important – two riders who are very competitive, very focused and very involved in the project. We’ve all been very busy and haven’t had any time off since the Valencia Grand Prix, but everybody is happy to have done this because we are starting a brand new adventure. I think it’s going to be a very exciting class, I’m sure.”

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