2009

Arriving at the Valencia MotoGP season finale with a ninth world title already in his pocket, Valentino Rossi already has one eye on the post-race test. The outing, on Tuesday and Wednesday, will be the first chance for Rossi to try an early version of next year's Yamaha.

Livio Suppo, head of the factory Ducati team since its 2003 MotoGP debut, will leave after this weekend's Valencia finale.

Although the 2009 MotoGP and 125GP titles have already been decided, this weekend's Valencia season finale will still feature one championship showdown - between Hiroshi Aoyama and Marco Simoncelli in the 250cc class.

Fittingly, the last ever 250cc World Championship will be decided in the last ever race by the two-stroke class, at Valencia this weekend.

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Ben Spies' mount for the Valencia season finale unveiled

BMW becomes the latest manufacturer to pledge an entry to the FIM Superstock series in 2010

Aleix Espargaro will ride the Pramac Ducati at the MotoGP season finale after injury forces Niccolo Canepa to withdraw

Giancarlo Fisichella's brief Ferrari career ended with a whimper rather than a bang in the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as the Italian finished well outside the points again around the Yas Marina Circuit

NASCAR's new Nationwide Series race-cars run at Talladega Superspeedway.

'Undeserved victim of bad luck' Heikki Kovalainen fights back to finish final F1 race of season in eleventh.

Former F1 team owner and British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) vice-president Tim Parnell suggests Donington Park's British Grand Prix failure is 'a tragedy' - and hopes Silverstone can yet save the race...

Ryan Newman was evaluated and released from the infield medical centre following a spectacular crash in the late stages of Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Talladega Superspeedway.

Ex-Citroen and Ford WRC star Francois Duval will drive a MML Sports Lancer WRC car on the Condroz Rally next weekend.

If the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a job interview for Kamui Kobayashi at Toyota F1 for next year, then the reigning GP2 Series Champion looks to have passed with flying colours...

Donington Park owner Tom Wheatcroft loses his long battle with illness aged 87

Sebastian Vettel takes third race win of 2009, as Red Bull ends season with victory hat-trick and 1-2 in Abu Dhabi.

Marcos Ambrose to run from the Michael Waltrip Racing stable for the next two NASCAR Sprint Cup seasons

Late lap gives Lewis Hamilton deserved pole position for inaugural F1 race at Yas Marina in Abu Dhabi

Sora Racing secures victory in the opening race of the new Asian Le Mans Series at Okayama

Eponymous F1 team owner Ross Brawn is confident that his squad can continue to be successful in its second season.

Claiming not to be in pain ahead of this weekend's Abu Dhabi GP, Timo Glock expects Kamui Kobayashi's continued occupation of 'his' seat to signal the end of his Toyota career.

Williams to run with Cosworth power for the 2010 F1 season with driver line-up to be revealed next week

Jonny Adam swaps his Airwaves BMW for a Formula Ford single-seater with an entry into the Walter Hayes Trophy