Motorcycling transfer list

Eurosport - Thu, 04 Dec 09:53:00 2008

It's that time of year when the silly season is drawing to a close and the landscape of who will be riding where is a little more clear.

2008 Malaysian GP Honda Dovizioso Hayden Barometer - 0

Several big names have landed several big rides across the championships, and 2009 looks like being one of the best years ever - especially in the World Superbike championship where several British Superbike riders are joining the ranks.

Here, at the moment, is where the rumour mill and confirmed rides are putting the riders for 2009 (the list may yet change):

MOTO GP

Fiat Yamaha - Stays the same: Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo

Suzuki - Stays the same: Chris Vermeulen, Loris Capirossi

Repsol Honda - Out: Nicky Hayden. In: Andrea Dovizioso. Staying: Dani Pedrosa

Ducati - Out: Marco Melandri. In: Nicky Hayden. Staying: Casey Stoner

Tech 3 Yamaha - Stays the same: James Toseland, Colin Edwards

Kawasaki - Out: Anthony West. In: Marco Melandri. Staying: John Hopkins

San Carlo Honda Gresini - Alex de Angelis

New team: Ducati Onde 2000 - Sete Gibernau

Alice Ducati - Mika Kallio, Niccolo Canepa

JiR Scot Honda - Yuki Takahashi

LCR Honda - Randy de Puniet

WORLD SUPERBIKE

Xerox Ducati - Retired: Troy Bayliss. In: Noriyuki Haga. Staying: Michel Fabrizio

Yamaha - Out: Troy Corser, Noriyuki Haga. In: Tom Sykes, Ben Spies

New team: Aprilia - Max Biaggi, Alex Hofmann

Suzuki - Yukio Kagayama, Max Neukirchner

Ten Kate Honda - Out: Kenan Sofuoglu. In: Jonathan Rea, Ryuichi Kiyonari. Staying: Carlos Checa

New team: BMW - Ruben Xaus, Troy Corser

Sterilgarda Ducati - Out: Max Biaggi, Ruben Xaus. In: Shane Byrne, Alex Polita

New team: Stiggy Honda - Leon Haslam

New team: Hannspree Althea Honda - Tommy Hill

Kind of new team: DFX Ducati - Regis Laconi, Lorenzo Lanzi

Kind of new team: PSG-1 Corse Kawasaki - Ayrton Badovini, another rider to be announced

Kind of new team: Suzuki Celani - Karl Muggeridge

Kind of new team: Pro-Bike Honda - Gregorio Lavilla

New team: Paul Bird Motorsport Kawasaki - Makoto Tamada, Broc Parkes

WORLD SUPERSPORT

Ten Kate Honda - Out: Jonathan Rea. In: Kenan Sofuoglu. Staying: Andrew Pitt

Yamaha - Out: Broc Parkes. In: Cal Crutchlow. Staying: Fabien Foret

Suzuki - Stays the same: Barry Veneman

Stiggy Honda - In: Anthony West, Robbie Harms

Parkalgar Honda - In: Eugene Laverty

BRITISH SUPERBIKE

GSE Yamaha (formerly Airwaves Ducati) - Out: Shane Byrne. In: James Ellison. Staying: Leon Camier

HM Plant Honda - Out: Leon Haslam, Cal Crutchlow. In: Josh Brookes, Glen Richards

Hydrex Bike Animal Honda - Out: James Ellison. In: Guy Martin (occasional British Supersport races, the rest of the season will be spent contesting the roads), Karl Harris

Suzuki - Out: Tom Sykes, Atsushi Watanabe. In: Sylvain Guintoli (outside chance of a second bike for as yet undisclosed rider)

Rob Mac Yamaha - Out: Karl Harris. In: Chris Walker, another rider to be announced

MSS Kawasaki - Out: Billy McConnell, Stuart Easton In: Simon Andrews, Julien Da Costa

NorthWest 200 Ducati - No news yet, may still run with John Laverty and Michael Rutter

Relentless TAS Suzuki - In: Atsushi Watanabe, Ian Lowry

Tony Carter / Eurosport

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  1. its sad to the end of kawasakis gp team .but go and do­ what they were good at in world superbikes ,in the­ muzzy era .dorna should wake up there aint no coffie­ and the toast is burnt .its time for europe to have its­ own chapionship within moto gp on hybrid 1000s in­ harris/roc frames tuned motors and no electronic aids­ ,moto gp are prototypes these will also be prototypes­ on a smaller budget as no two tuners will use all the­ same parts/ideas .young riders ,full grids ,nofly­ aways,bring it on make me want to go back to europe to­ watch gps instead of worldsupers

    From blackbike2008, on Sat 10 Jan 8:56PM
  2. ............and with NO Kawasaki in MotoGP, only 17­ bikes on the grid..............end of MotoGP as we know­ it................??

    From Poison, on Tue 30 Dec 1:14PM
  3. No Melandri or Hopkins next year as Kawasaki are­ OUT.................!!! Pity this site is so slow in­ getting the latest news......................!

    From Poison, on Tue 30 Dec 1:11PM
  4. i agree with garethunwin (comment 18) what a­ mouth-watering prospect doviziozo on the repsol honda­ bike is!
    one of the coolest,least modest guys on the­ grid........can't wait!
    good luck jimmy on the yamy­ again next year!

    From carl, on Sun 28 Dec 12:48PM
  5. JEZ32, if I had the money to try I would shut up but I­ dont , and I cant see any old racers signing on cos­ they are skint , can you, retired at 30 with one hell­ of a bank balance, TO55ER

    From duncan, on Sat 20 Dec 1:13PM
  6. if you think mr Bayiss was good you just watch SHAKEY­ burn the field up next year!!!! REMEMBER you head it­ here FIRST!!!!!!!!!

    From Alan, on Fri 19 Dec 7:56PM
  7. so dunkty2006 what team do you ride for and what have­ you won? thought so sweet F,A!!!
    As for the older­ riders bowing out im sure if you were in their shoes­ doing what you loved and getting paid loads of money­ with all the fame that goes with it you would say­ " sure take my job away i would love to be­ unemployed at 30 odd"!!!!!

    From jez32, on Wed 3 Dec 7:18PM
  8. Dovizioso will be a serious threat next year, a­ definate outside bet for the championship. That boy is­ fast.

    From garethunwin, on Fri 14 Nov 5:57PM
  9. In - Steve Plater and Glen Richards??? It'll be­ Giacomo Agostini back on a bike next. Gamble on the­ young turks, not the never-quite-got-there's.

    From STEPHEN, on Wed 12 Nov 11:01PM
  10. ALICE DUCATI - Niccolo Canepa and Mika Kallio

    From lady warrior, on Fri 7 Nov 9:36AM
  11. What happened to the Alice Ducati team from the MotoGP­ field??

    From mike.waghorn, on Thu 6 Nov 6:04PM
  12. After a poor year is 2009 the last chance for Chris­ Walker?

    From Dekan, on Thu 6 Nov 3:12PM
  13. shame troy bayliss retired damn good rider but what a­ good replcement with Noriyuki Haga gonna be another­ winning combination look forward to next year.

    From michaelhirst1609, on Sun 2 Nov 7:49PM
  14. To those of you putting down these riders what team are­ you riding for? I don't remember seeing any of your­ names on the entry list for these races. If Leon­ wasn't good enough he wouldn't be where he is­ today regardless of his parentage. He is competing with­ the best and regularly beating them. Todays result­ shows he's got what it takes. Good luck to him in­ his new team and to all the others. Thank you for­ keeping me entertained again this year.

    From anne r, on Sun 2 Nov 3:50PM
  15. HM Plant Honda were very slow sorting their bike out­ this year but once they got it right Haslam was on fire­ and winning loads of races. They offered him loads of­ cash to stay in BSB and had he done so I'm sure he­ would have won it but new team and bike in WSB so BSB­ is poorer for losing all the top 4 riders.

    From GEORGE, on Fri 24 Oct 5:17PM
  16. well said comment number 2 all haslam gos on about is­ having a top ride, well he had it this year and­ could,nt stay on it or was full of lame excuses. all he­ seems to do is ride on his surname

    From jase, on Thu 23 Oct 3:49PM
  17. maybe hard but true, he has been in everything on bikes­ and won nothing, another aaron slight, shakey like­ hodgeson(wooden spoon champ, no other factory bike but­ the petronas, ha), only likes ducatis when he wins,­ dont get me wrong i like the ducatis but i dont agree­ with the 1200cc palava, when people started beeting the­ 999 the rules are changed in favour , that said i'm­ a big nori fan so GO NORI(on your 1200),

    From duncan, on Thu 23 Oct 3:40PM
  18. yeah very @#$% Leon his consistently up there on­ whatever machine so best of luck to him. I agree the­ older ones need to give young life a chance but thatss­ to be seen...

    From neil, on Thu 23 Oct 12:43PM
  19. Dunkty, bit @#$% Leon, without Shakeys flying start he­ would have been in with a shout of winning it,­ certainly front seat for next season if he'd stayed­ at HM Plant Honda.

    From pfy1101, on Thu 23 Oct 10:35AM
  20. Would like to have seen Ant west in WSB but I am glad­ he has a ride for next year. Maybe now he can be on a­ half descent bike.

    From jubes44, on Thu 23 Oct 12:34AM
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