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Casey Stoner wins the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, third decided with last lap pass.

Race results from the Australian MotoGP, round 16 of the 2010 world championship.

"Doctors said that the strain would have made it difficult for me to hang on to the bike and control it for the whole race, so they had to declare me unfit" - Loris Capirossi.

Valentino Rossi wins the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, Jorge Lorenzo is 2010 MotoGP world champion.

Full warm-up times from the Malaysian MotoGP, round 15 of the 2010 world championship.

Jorge Lorenzo takes pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang.

Casey Stoner wins the Japanese MotoGP at Motegi. Valentino Rossi wins brutal battle with team-mate Jorge Lorenzo for third.

Race results from the Japanese MotoGP, round 14 of the 2010 world championship.

A look back at the grand prix races held at Motegi

Race results from the inaugural Aragon MotoGP, round 13 of the 2010 world championship. Loris Capirossi missed the event due to finger ligament damage sustained in his clash with Nicky Hayden at Misano.

Full qualifying times from the inaugural Aragon MotoGP, round 13 of the 2010 world championship.

Loris Capirossi's 200th premier-class race ended at the first chicane in Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix at Misano, when the Rizla Suzuki rider was hit by Ducati's Nicky Hayden. Both riders fell in the incident, which occurred as they accelerated out of the second apex.

Dani Pedrosa took his fourth victory of the season, and first ever back-to-back race wins, with a lights-to-flag triumph at Misano on Sunday.

Race results from the San Marino MotoGP, round twelve of the 2010 world championship.

Loris Capirossi is set to make his 200th 500cc/MotoGP start this weekend at Misano, when he might also announce a return to Ducati for 2011.

Race results from the Indianapolis MotoGP, round eleven of the 2010 world championship. Rookie Hiroshi Aoyama returned to MotoGP this weekend...

Ben Spies took his first ever MotoGP pole position in front of his home fans at Indianapolis on Saturday, as two Americans claimed places on the front row.

Valentino Rossi's team manager Davide Brivio looks set to join the MotoGP world champion in leaving Yamaha at the end of this season.

Race results from the Czech Republic MotoGP, round ten of the 2010 world championship. Rizla Suzuki's Alvaro Bautista rode after hurting his back in Saturday morning practice.

Rizla Suzuki riders Loris Capirossi and Alvaro Bautista will get three extra engines each for the remainder of the 2010 MotoGP season, it was announced after a meeting of the Grand Prix Commission at Brno.

Monster Yamaha Tech 3 boss Herve Poncharal has revealed that Cal Crutchlow is "the favourite" to replace Ben Spies, should the Texan be moved to the factory Yamaha team in place of Valentino Rossi for 2011.

Rizla Suzuki MotoGP has invited 16-year-old AMA Supersport race winner Elena Myers to ride its GSV-R at Valencia, following the final MotoGP event of the 2010 season.

Jorge Lorenzo will head for the MotoGP summer break with a huge 72 point title lead after victory in the US Grand Prix at Laguna Seca on Sunday.

Race results from the US MotoGP, round nine of the 2010 world championship. Roger Lee Hayden was replacing Randy de Puniet at LCR Honda for this event, while Alex de Angelis replaced Hiroshi Aoyama for the second time at Interwetten Honda.