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Valencia title deciders
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.
250: Aoyama heads for title showdown.
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' Yamaha YZF-M1 revealed
Ben Spies' mount for the Valencia season finale unveiled
Canepa forced to miss Valencia finale
Aleix Espargaro will ride the Pramac Ducati at the MotoGP season finale after injury forces Niccolo Canepa to withdraw
Nakano retires.
Former 250cc World Championship runner-up Shinya Nakano has announced his retirement from racing.
PICS: Sepang.
Full picture coverage of the Malaysian MotoGP is now available online at Crash.net . The pictures include Valentino Rossi's post-race celebrations, after securing his ninth world championship, plus all the 125, 250 and MotoGP race action.
Pedrosa takes first wet podium.
Dani Pedrosa claimed his 78th grand prix podium - but first ever in the wet - with a second place finish in Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix.
Lorenzo rides from last to fourth at Sepang.
Jorge Lorenzo's chances of winning the 2009 MotoGP World Championship officially came to an end in the Sepang rain on Sunday, despite mounting a daring last-to-fourth charge in the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Rossi celebrates latest world championship.
"Lorenzo has pushed me to new levels and it's been a great duel to the end" - Valentino Rossi.
MotoGP points standings.
CLICK HERE for the 2009 MotoGP World Championship standings after round 16 of 17, Sunday's Malaysia Grand Prix at Sepang.
Rossi: The records.
Valentino Rossi won his seventh MotoGP title on Sunday, marking his ninth world championship victory in all three grand prix classes.
Rossi on pole at Sepang.
Ahead of his first chance to wrap up the 2009 MotoGP title, Valentino Rossi pulverised the opposition during qualifying at Sepang - which ended with the Italian claiming a record-equalling 58th pole position in grand prix racing by 0.569sec.
125: Marquez on pole at Sepang.
Marc Marquez has put the outgoing factory KTM team on pole position for the penultimate round of the 125cc World Championship, at Sepang in Malaysia.
Friday sixth for Capirossi and Suzuki.
After a terrible weekend at Phillip Island, Rizla Suzuki got the Malaysian Grand Prix off to an encouraging start with the sixth fastest Friday practice time for Loris Capirossi at Sepang.
250: Aoyama leads practice at Sepang.
250cc World Championship leader Hiroshi Aoyama got his Malaysian Grand Prix weekend off to a perfect start by setting the fastest lap time in Friday practice at Sepang, while title rival Marco Simoncelli managed just tenth.
Preview - Malaysian Grand Prix.
Valentino Rossi looks set to claim his seventh MotoGP World Championship during this weekend Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, the penultimate round of the 2009 season.
Rossi can win the title at Sepang
"Phillip Island was like gold dust and now we go to Malaysia with our first match point" - Valentino Rossi.
PIC: First lap crash in Australia
These pictures show Jorge Lorenzo tangling with Nicky Hayden on the approach to turn one in Australia on Sunday, then suffering a high-speed accident which left his MotoGP title hopes all but over.
Toseland angry at ride through
James Toseland had to bite his tongue after being given his second jump start penalty of the 2009 MotoGP season at Phillip Island on Sunday.
Hayden suffers third take-out in 2009.
Nicky Hayden was hit by another rider on the first lap of a grand prix for the third time in 2009, at the start of Sunday's Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island.
Lorenzo down and out at turn one.
Jorge Lorenzo's 2009 MotoGP World Championship hopes look to be all but over after the Spaniard crashed out at the very first turn of the Australian Grand Prix.
Capirossi demoted by engine change
Loris Capirossi to start Australian Grand Prix from the back of the grid