Here is the provisional entry list for the 2006 MotoGP series, released by the F.I.M. yesterday. Americans may want to pick their jaw off the floor--there's another Yank in the series, seemingly.

The WCM/Bimota team have included young American Jason Perez as their second rider, teaming up with veteran Brit, Jeremy McWilliams. Bimotas. Hmmm. Do Bimota have a MotoGP spec engine built and tested? If so, when did this project see it's genesis?

A second entry for the Tech 3 team is also listed, provisionally, and the rider is thought to be Carlos Checa, as reported here earlier this week.

5 COLIN EDWARDS USA CAMEL YAMAHA TEAM YAMAHA
6 MAKOTO TAMADA JPN JIR KONICA MINOLTA HONDA HONDA
10 KENNY ROBERTS USA TEAM ROBERTS KR211V
15 SETE GIBERNAU SPA DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM DUCATI
17 RANDY DEPUNIET FRA KAWASAKI RACING TEAM KAWASAKI
21 JOHN HOPKINS USA TEAM SUZUKI MOTOGP SUZUKI
24 TONI ELIAS SPA FORTUNA HONDA HONDA
25 JASON PEREZ USA WCM BIMOTA
26 DANI PEDROSA SPA REPSOL HONDA TEAM HONDA
27 CASEY STONER AUS HONDA LCR HONDA
30 JOSE LUIS CARDOSO SPA D'ANTIN PRAMAC DUCATI
33 MARCO MELANDRI ITA FORTUNA HONDA HONDA
46 VALENTINO ROSSI ITA CAMEL YAMAHA TEAM YAMAHA
56 SHINYA NAKANO JPN KAWASAKI RACING TEAM KAWASAKI
65 LORIS CAPIROSSI ITA DUCATI MARLBORO TEAM DUCATI
66 ALEX HOFMANN GER D'ANTIN PRAMAC DUCATI
69 NICKY HAYDEN USA REPSOL HONDA TEAM HONDA
71 CHRIS VERMEULEN AUS TEAM SUZUKI MOTOGP SUZUKI
77 JAMES ELLISON GBR TECH 3 YAMAHA YAMAHA
99 JEREMY McWILLIAMS GBR WCM BIMOTA
TBA TECH 3 YAMAHA

If Perez does sign, the United States would be represented by five riders, Perez joining Colin Edwards II, Kenny Roberts Jnr, John Hopkins and Nick Hayden.