2009

Following Sunday's 2009 MotoGP season finale, preparations for the 2010 season continued on Tuesday with the second day of testing at Valencia.

Valentino Rossi has sought to play down comments in a BBC TV interview, broadcast just before Sunday's MotoGP season finale, in which he appeared to state that Yamaha must decide between keeping him or team-mate Jorge Lorenzo for 2011 - and spoke of a 'great option' to join Ducati.

Francois Duval crashes out of the lead of the Condroz Rally on his outing in the MML Sports Mitsubishi Lancer WRC05

Centurion Racing will auction two Arai helmets, precision-painted with the 'Help for Heroes' Medal logo and signed by some of the world's top motorcycle racers.

Bruno Senna - nephew of the late, great three-time F1 World Champion Ayrton Senna - has dismissed suggestions that he is paying his way onto the grand prix grid with Campos Meta in 2010

Marco Simoncelli was fastest of the four 250cc stars making their MotoGP debuts during Monday's Valencia post-race test.

Sunday's Valencian Grand Prix winner Dani Pedrosa and Repsol Honda team-mate Andrea Dovizioso got their first taste of the 2010 version of the RC212V, as post-season testing began at the Spanish circuit on Monday.

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, first and second in the 2009 MotoGP World Championship, were impressed by the latest prototype version of the 2010 YZR-M1 during testing at Valencia on Monday.

Sam Michael looks back on the 2009 F1 season for Williams and also reflects on the future prospects for the team

Macau legend Michael Rutter and BSB star Simon Andrews pair up to lead MSS Colchester Kawasaki's Macau Grand Prix effort.

Ducati officially confirms the exit of Davide Tardozzi from the team, revealing Ernesto Marinelli as his replacement

Tamara Ecclestone daughter of F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone, launches a scathing attack on Brawn GP's newly-crowned 2009 F1 World Champion Jenson Button

Ducati's "grid strategy" has been blamed for Casey Stoner's embarrassing exit just before the start of Sunday's MotoGP season finale.

CLICK HERE for the 2009 MotoGP World Championship standings after the 17th and final round, Sunday's Valencian Grand Prix...

Race results from the Valencia MotoGP, the 17th and final round of the 2009 world championship. Casey Stoner, winner of the last two races and fastest in all track sessions at Valencia, crashed out on the warm-up lap and did not take the race start.

Dani Pedrosa won the last race of the 2009 MotoGP season, at Valencia on Sunday.

During an interview with the BBC , Valentino Rossi warned that Yamaha must choose between keeping him or team-mate Jorge Lorenzo for the 2011 MotoGP season. "Yamaha have to decide between me and Jorge for 2011," he said. "I have a great option to join Ducati."

Hiroshi Aoyama wins the 2009 250cc World Championship despite major scare.

2009 125cc world champion Julian Simon has won the final race of the season, after exchanging the lead with team-mate Bradley Smith three times on the last lap at Valencia.

Yamaha, which has completed a clean sweep of Riders', Constructors' and Teams' MotoGP World Championships in 2009, gave its annual YZR-M1 technical presentation on Friday night at Valencia (see below for more pictures).

Among the new Moto2 motorcycles unveiled at Valencia this weekend is this joint venture by Pons Racing, headed by former world champion Sito Pons, and the German Kalex Engineering company.

Full qualifying times from the Valencia MotoGP, the 17th and final round of the 2009 world championship.

2009 125cc world champion Julian Simon took his seventh pole position of the season during qualifying for the Valencia season finale on Saturday.

Factory Ducati World Superbike team boss Davide Tardozzi has confirmed that he is leaving the company. The news comes hot on the heels of a similar shock departure by Ducati's MotoGP team boss Livio Suppo.