John Hopkins, Chris Vermeulen and all members of Team SUZUKI MotoGP would like to wish all their supporters, partners and associates a very merry Christmas and a prosperous and successful New Year. The Suzuki factory is working relentlessly through the winter months making preparations for the debut of the all-new 2006 GSV-R, and is currently working through an intensive dyno testing programme and test course schedule in Japan. Both of the team’s young racers are working hard on their fitness to make sure that they are at the peak of condition when GP testing proper starts again at Sepang in Malaysia on January 23rd. The first round of the MotoGP World Championship will be at Jerez in Spain on Sunday 26th March. The full calendar is listed below and Team SUZUKI MotoGP looks forward to meeting friends, fans and sponsors at all the races. March 26 Spain Jerez April 8 Qatar Losail (Sat) April 30 Turkey Istanbul May 14 China Shanghai May 21 France Le Mans June 4 Italy Mugello June 18 Catalunya Catalunya June 24 Netherlands Assen (Sat) July 2 Great Britain Donington Park July 16 Germany Sachsenring July 23 United States of America Laguna Seca (MotoGP only) August 20 Czech Republic Brno Sept 10 Malaysia Sepang Sept 17 Australia Phillip Island Sept 24 Japan Motegi Oct 15 Portugal Estoril Oct 29 Valencia Valencia (Sat) = Saturday race. (MotoGP only) = No 125 or 250cc.