But only one more podium followed before he elected to return to American Racing – helmed by Eitan Butbul and MotoGP podium finisher-turned rider coach John Hopkins. “To be honest I don’t ...

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(CNN) -- MotoGP is the latest branch of motorsport to be hit by the global economic downturn as Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki ended a week of speculation by withdrawing their team. Aside from a ...

(CNN)-- Kawasaki have announced they will run Marco Melandri in a one-bike team in the 2009 MotoGP world championship ... Melandri's team-mate this season, American John Hopkins, appears set ...

2008: Starts his first full season with Kawasaki in MotoGP, riding alongside John Hopkins, but the ZX-RR has fundamental problems from the start of the season - West in particular battling chronic ...