This year sees the 60th season Anniversary of MotoGP. Dorna, the company behind MotoGP, held a press conference yesterday (20th June) at Donington Park media centre to mark this special Anniversary and the very first ceremony handing out the 'MotoGP Champions Towers' to all past winners of the world championship. Present at the UK conference was Dave Hailwood, the son of the legendary Mike Hailwood who won the championship consecutively from 1962 - 1965, Phil Read who was world champion in 1973 and 1974, Stuart Graham who's father was TT winner Les Graham and the first man to win a MotoGP race 60 years ago in 1949. Of course it wasn't called MotoGP back in 1949, it was known as the 500cc World Championship.
MotoGP’s newest team Ilmor was officially launched on Thursday 12th October at a jam packed press conference in Estoril. The team, headed up by Mario Illien in conjunction with chassis designer Eskil Suter, unveiled the radical looking X³ in front of the international media as Ilmor make their debut at the Portuguese leg of the World Championship.