Provisional 2004 entry list, Barros at Yamaha?
The FIM has to🅷day announced the 🎶provisional entry list for the 2004 MotoGP world championship.
The list states that Valent🌊ino Rossi will ride a #46 Gauloises Yamaha and that Alex Barros will not be moving to Honda, but stay as Marco Meland♕ri's team-mate in what will become the Fortuna Yamaha team (Gauloises and Fortuna backed having been swapped).
However, the second Repsol seat alongside Nicky Hayden remai🥂ns vacant, suggesting Barros could still move... but his chances are getting ever slimmer.
The FIM has today an🔥nounced the provisional entry list for the 2004🐈 MotoGP world championship.
The list states that Valentino Rossi will ride a #46 Gauloises Yamaha and that Alex🦄 Barros will not be moving to Honda, but stay as Marco Melandri's team-m🌄ate in what will become the Fortuna Yamaha team (Gauloises and Fortuna backed having been swapped).
However, the second Repsol sea🐼t alongside Nicky Hayden remains vacant, suggesting Barros could still move... but his chances are getting ever slimmer.
Meanw🌞hile, Shinya Nakano is confirmed at Kawasaki alongside Alex Hofmann, with Kurtis Roberts revealed as the n🐲ew Proton KR rider alongside Nobuatsu Aoki (see seperate story).
As expected, Makoto Tamada has become Max Biaggi's new team-mate at the newly named 'Camel Pramac Honda Pons' outfit - a combination of the former 'Camel Pramac Pons' team owned by Sito Pons and 'Pramac Honda', which fielded Ta﷽mada this year.
It is exꦏpected that - despite officially racing for the same team - Tamada will keep Bridgestone tyres and Biaggi Michelins in 2004.
The WCM outfit is yet to name either of its riders, while Neil Hodgso🌊n is yet to officially pick a race number (he used t﷽he #100 in WSBK) - team-mate Ruben Xaus will ride with his usual #11.
The FIM state that the following is a: "list of riders and teams which ha♎ve so far been confirmed by the selection committee. A number of other applications have also been received and are currently under consideration."
Provisional 2004 MotoGP entry list:
#3Max BiaggiITA (Honda) Camel Pramac Honda Pons
#4Alex BarrosBRA (Yamaha)Fortuna Yamaha Team
#6Makoto Tamada JPN (Honda) Camel Pramac Honda Pons
#7Carlos ChecaSPA (Yamaha)Gauloises Yamaha Team
#9Nobuatsu AokiJPN (Proton KR)Proton Team KR
#10Kenny RobertsUSA (Suzuki)Suzuki Grand Prix Team
#11Ruben XausSPA (Ducati) D'Antin MotoGP
#12Troy BaylissAUS (Ducati) Ducati Marlboro Team
#15Sete GibernauSPA (Honda) Telefonica Movistar Honda
#21John HopkinsUSA (Suzuki) Suzuki Grand Prix Team
#33Marco MelandriITA (Yamaha) Fortuna Yamaha Team
#45Colin EdwardsUSA (Honda) Telefonica Movistar Honda
#46Valentino RossiITA (Yamaha)Gauloises Yamaha Team
#56Shinya NakanoJPN (Kawasaki)Kawasaki Racing Team
#65Loris CapirossiITA (Ducati) Ducati Marlboro Team
#66Alex HofmannGER (Kawasaki) Kawasaki Racing Team
#67Shane ByrneGBR (Aprilia)Aprilia Racing
#69Nicky HaydenUSA (Honda) Repsol Honda
#80Kurtis RobertsUSA (Proton KR)Proton Team KR
#99Jeremy McWilliamsGBR (Aprilia)Aprilia Racing
#tbaNeil HodgsonGBR (Ducati) tba D'Antin MotoGP
#tba tba(Honda) Repsol Honda
#tba tba(Harris WCM) WCM
#tba tba(Harris WCM) WCM
Peter has been in the paddock for 20 years and has se🎐en Valentino Rossi come and go. He is at the forefront of the Suzuki exit story and Marc Marque🤡z’s injury issues.
