The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) has published the entry list for the 2009 MotoGP Championship , confirming a 19-rider field.There will be only one privateer Ducati for Sete Gibernau under the new Grupo Francisco Hernando banner which means that there will be 5 Italian bikes on the grid; two for the factory Ducati team and two entered by Pramac Racing, known before as the Alice team.Honda is back with more than six bikes; two for the factory team, two for Gresini and one each for LCR Honda and Scot Racing. MotoGP activities will kick-off on February the 5th for the first official test session at Sepang. Entries No Rider Team Bike 3 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Honda 4 Andrea Dovizioso Repsol Honda Honda 5 Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki Suzuki14 Randy De Puniet LCR Honda Honda15 Alex De Angelis San Carlo Gresini Honda21 John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Kawasaki24 Toni Elias San Carlo Gresini Honda27 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Ducati33 Marco Melandri Kawasaki Racing Kawasaki36 Mika Kallio Pramac Racing Ducati46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Yamaha52 James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha59 Sete Gibernau Grupo Francisco Hernando Ducati65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki Suzuki69 Nicky Hayden Ducati Marlboro Ducati72 Yuki Takahashi Scot Racing Honda88 Niccolo Canepa Pramac Racing Ducati99 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Yamaha photo: Bridgestone
MotoGP: 19-rider field confirm for 2009