FIM ANNOUNCEMENT – CHANGES TO THE 2009 REGULATIONS The Grand Prix Commission, composed of Messrs. Carmelo Ezpeleta (Dorna, Chairman), Claude Danis (FIM), Hervé Poncharal (IRTA) and Takanao Tsubouchi (MSMA), in the presence of Messrs Vito Ippolito (FIM President), Ignacio Verneda (FIM Sport Director), Javier Alonso (Dorna) and M. Paul Butler (Secretary of the meeting), in a meeting held on February 18 in FIM Headquarters in Mies, unanimously decided to introduce the following amendments to the Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix Regulations immediate application. 1. Standard Time Schedule (local time) Friday 13:05-13:45 125cc Free Practice 1 14:05-14:50 MotoGP Free Practice 1 15:05-15:50 250cc Free Practice 1 Saturday 09:05 – 09:45 125cc Free Practice 2 10:05 – 10:50 MotoGP Free Practice 2 11:05 – 11:50 250cc Free Practice 2 13:05 – 13:45 125cc Qualifying Practice 14:05 – 14:50 MotoGP Qualifying Practice 15:05 – 15:50 250cc Qualifying Practice Sunday 08:40 – 09:00 125cc Warm Up 09:10 – 09:30 250cc Warm Up 09:40 – 10:00 MotoGP Warm Up 11:00 125cc Race 12:15 250cc Race 14:00 MotoGP Race 2. From Czech GP, maximum 5 engines can be used in 8 races. No changing of parts will be permitted except daily maintenance. 3. Ceramic composite materials are not permitted for brakes disc or pads. 4. Launch control system is not permitted. 5. Electronic controlled suspension is not permitted. 6. Only 2 post race tests at Catalunya and Czech GP for development purposes using test riders only are permitted. ABOUT DORNA Dorna Sports was established in 1988 as an international sports management and marketing company. Headquarters are in Madrid, with offices in Barcelona, London and Tokyo and over 150 dedicated staff. The company is owned by Bridgepoint Capital and its management. Dorna has been the exclusive holder of the commercial and television rights relating to the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix (MotoGP) since 1992. Dorna’s focus involves a 360° event management philosophy with direct involvement in all areas of the MotoGP World Championship: sporting (Relations with the FIM the championship’s rights owners, local promoters, supervision of technical rules and relations with manufacturers and teams), media (TV production, TV coverage rights and all communications issues of the Championship) and commercial (commercial, licensing and corporate hospitality rights). For further information about MotoGP please click through to www.motogp.com ABOUT FIM FIM (WWW.FIM-LIVE.COM), the world governing body for motorcycle sport, is an independent association formed by 98 National Federations throughout the world. It is recognized as the sole competent authority in motorcycle sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Among its 49 FIM World Championships its main events are MotoGP, Superbike, Endurance, Motocross, Supercross, Trial, Enduro and Speedway. FIM also deals with non-sporting matters such as leisure motorcycling, mobility, transport, road safety and public policy and the environment, FIM was the first International sporting Federation to enforce an Environmental Code in 1994.