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"I'm lost for words. We've had such a tough season with an unbelievable amount of bad luck" - Ben Spies.

"It'll be awesome to be back on top of a bike with such horsepower" - Roberto Rolfo.

"It's disappointing that in Indy we had a good chance to get some points back, but now it's finished our championship" - Casey Stoner.

"Bridgestone has decided to supply riders with special construction rear tyres at Mugello as a safeguard against excessively high tyre temperatures" - Hiroshi Yamada.

Will the CRTs challenge the manufacturer MotoGP prototypes at the slow and twisty Sachsenring?

"When I was at Ducati there were a few incidents where we would have a bunch of Ducatis down at the exact same point" - Casey Stoner.

"I'm feeling very good and very happy with the bike as well" - Jorge Lorenzo.

"The doctor told me that the bone was fully healed and everything was OK and I could start riding again" - John Hopkins.

"I admit I was a little wary of changing to the 1199, which seems to be a very different bike" - Carlos Checa.

Max Biaggi takes victory in the opening race of the season, but it is his comeback from 24th to second place in race two that earns him plaudits at Phillip Island.

Full race results for the opening round of the 2012 World Supersport Championship at Phillip Island, Australia.

Full race results (1) for the opening round of the 2012 World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island, Australia.

Full qualifying times and grid positions for the opening round of the 2012 World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island, Australia.

'The bike has the potential to win the race and I have the potential to win the race and I am very hungry to win again' - Kenan Sofuoglu

'We were able to complete our work programme with some very satisfying results and this is what counts, more than the times' - Carlos Checa

Leon Haslam joins the list of walking wounded as a fracture to his tibia threatens to rule him out of the opening World Superbike round at Phillip Island.

Leon Haslam wants podiums in the opening round of the 2012 World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island.

Estoril confirmed - final 2012 MotoGP World Championship as follows...

'I won the final race but would have liked another, but like last year I've shown that consistency is the key to the overall victory here' - Jeremy McWilliams

Crash.net takes a look back at what riders had to say on some of the main moments of the 2011 MotoGP World Championship...

Reigning British Superbike champion Tommy Hill among special guests at gala evening in Belfast

Stats for the 2011 MotoGP, Moto2 and 125cc seasons...

Official Kawasaki rider Tomy Sykes is putting in the hard miles ahead of the World Superbike opener at Phillip Island next month

The tragic death of Marco Simoncelli dominates the headlines from the 2011 MotoGP season