Julian Ryder on Superbike planet.com - http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2006/Sep/060916b.htm "One rumour is firming up into fact: the Ilmor X3 will have a wild card entry at both Portugal and Valencia once they've got a tyre deal sorted out." http://www.crashforum.net/Topic46293-95-1.aspx http://www.crash.net/news_View~t~EXCLUSIVE--Ilmor-explain-MotoGP-plans-~cid~6~id~136092.htm I must have missed any mention of this before, sounds interesting anyway. Neil