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There will be two Rizla Suzuki GSV-R prototypes on track at Brno this weekend as American rider John Hopkins joins Álvaro Bautista on the MotoGP team. Hopkins, who finished tenth at Jerez for the team earlier this season when he filled in for the injured Bautista, will now ride alongside the Spaniard as a wild card at the Cardion ab Grand Prix Ceské republiky.

Bautista will be aiming to recover the form that delivered him a seventh-placed finish at Sachsenring before a crash in the previous round at Laguna Seca, whilst Hopkins returns to the site of his best-ever MotoGP result having taken second for Rizla Suzuki at Brno in 2007.

Frank wrote:So thats great for him, but you can't actually tip him in the comp. What if he wins or places in the top 5, a long shot I know but still could cost points just for not being able to tip him. Remember Troy Bayliss on the Ducati a couple of years ago. Don't these numpties that run MotoGp realise there is big dollars on tipping comps, by adding wild cards it really has the potential to stuff things up.