Rossi can stifle Hayden's title hopes
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-10-13 08:57
Portugal will also see the debut of the Ilmor team, brainchild of former
Formula One engine designer Mario Illien and former rider Eskil Suter.
Australian Garry McCoy, a winner at Estoril on a Red Bull Yamaha six years
ago, will ride in a race that amounts to a test run for a bike designed for next
year's reduction in capacity from 990cc to 800.
In the 250cc championship, Spanish teenager Jorge Lorenzo has a 27 point lead
and will win the title if he finishes ahead of Honda's Italian Andrea Dovizioso.
The 19-year-old Aprilia rider has won eight of the 15 races so far this season.
Spaniard Alvaro Bautista has already won the 125cc crown on an Aprilia.
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