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MotoGP for season 2004 is about to begin this weekend.

Full Calendar:

18/04/2004 SOUTH AFRICA - WELKOMME
02/05/2004 SPAIN - JEREZ
16/05/2004 FRANCE - LE MANS
06/06/2004 ITALY - MUGELLO
13/06/2004 CATALUNYA - BARCELONA
26/06/2004 NETHERLANDS - ASSEN (It's on saturday, don't miss it!)
11/07/2004 GREAT BRITAIN - DONINGTON PARK, ENGLAND
18/07/2004 GERMANY - SACHSENRING
31/07/2004 BRAZIL - JACAREPAGUA, RIO DE JANEIRO
22/08/2004 CZECH REPUBLIC - BRNO
05/09/2004 PORTUGAL - ESTORIL
19/09/2004 JAPAN - TWIN RING, MOTEGI
02/10/2004 QATAR - QATAR
10/10/2004 MALAYSIA - SEPANG
17/10/2004 AUSTRALIA - EASTERN CREEK, PHILLIP ISLAND
31/10/2004 VALENCIA - VALENCIA


Teams and Drivers:

HONDA MotoGP
Sete Gibernau - SPA - Honda/Telefonica Movistar Honda
Nicky Hayden - USA - Honda/Repsol Honda
Alex Barros - BRA - Honda/Repsol Honda
Max Biaggi - ITA - Honda/Camel Pramac Honda Pons
Colin Edwards - USA - Honda/Telefonica Movistar Honda
Makoto Tamada - JPN - Honda/Camel Pramac Honda Pons

YAMAHA MotoGP
Valentino Rossi - ITA - Yamaha/Gauloises Factory Team
Carlos Checa - SPA - Yamaha/Gauloises Factory Team
Norick Abe - JPN - Yamaha/Fortuna Yamaha Team
Marco Melandri - ITA - Yamaha/Fortuna Yamaha Team

DUCATI MotoGP
Loris Capirossi - ITA - Ducati/Ducati Marlboro Team
Troy Bayliss - AUS - Ducati/Ducati Marlboro Team
Neil Hodgson - GBR - Ducati/D'Antin MotoGP
Ruben Xaus - SPA - Ducati/D'Antin MotoGP

SUZUKI MotoGP
Kenny Roberts Jr - USA - Suzuki/Suzuki Grand Prix Team
John Hopkins - USA - Suzuki/Suzuki Grand Prix Team

KAWASAKI MotoGP
Shinya Nakano - JPN - Kawasaki/Kawasaki Racing Team
Alex Hofmann - GER - Kawasaki/Kawasaki Racing Team

APRILIA MotoGP
Shane Byrne - GBR - Aprilia/Aprilia Racing
Jeremy McWilliams - GBR - Aprilia/Aprilia Racing

PROTON MotoGP
Nobuatsu Aoki - JPN - Proton KR/Proton Team KR
Kurtis Roberts - USA - Proton KR/Proton Team KR


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