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MOTOGP10: One-on-One with Valentino Rossi

2009 was the year that saw Valentino Rossi cross more milestones in an already incredibly career. Notching his ninth world championship title, his fourth with Yamaha. When asked what more can one expect from him, he responds: "Every season has its own story, it is more and more difficult and you always have to be faster. I will try again, as usual."

MOTOGP10: One-on-one with Jorge Lorenzo

Though just 23, Jorge Lorenzo came of age in 2009 with four MotoGP class race wins, pushing his illustrious teammate Valentino Rossi all the way to the end of the season. The Mallorcan, however, is no stranger to competition maintaining a level head about it. Jorge quips, "For me, it's normal; we both want to win and we are in the same team."

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MOTOGP09: 2009 FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix - Profile & Calendar

The Road-Racing World Championship was first organised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) in 1949 and has since been administrated by commercial rights owners Dorna Sports under the supervision of the FIM since 1992. It is the oldest motorsport World Championship in existence.

MOTOGP09: Fiat Yamaha Team, the machine - Yamaha YZR-M1

The Yamaha YZR-M1 is an 800 cc motorcycle developed by Yamaha Motor Company to race in the current MotoGP series. It succeeded the 500cc YZR500 by the 2002 season and was originally developed with a 990 cc engine. Since then, the YZR-M1 has been continuously developed into several iterations.

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F1: News - Silver Arrows works team to race as MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team from 2012.

The Mercedes-Benz works Silver Arrows team will compete under the name ‘MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team’ from the 2012 season. AMG is the performance brand of Mercedes-Benz, and has been synonymous with performance, sportiness, exciting driving and motorsport success for more than 40 years..

MOTOGP11: Rd 13 - Grand Prix of San Marino, Raceday: Lorenzo Claims Misano for Yamaha with Perfect Victory

The PETRONAS Syntium Team clinched their fourth consecutive Super Taikyu Endurance Series title last weekend with the team's trio of Nobuteru Taniguchi, Masataka Yanagida and Dominic Ang in the No. 1 BMW Z4M Coupe crowned as the overall series champions. Teammates Tatsuya Kataoka, Fariqe Hairuman and Ooi Fei Hoong in the #28 car rounded off the weekend's celebration taking 2nd overall, giving the team another 1-2 championship finish..

F1: Rd 19 - 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix: Raceday

Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher finished the final round of the 2011 Formula One season, the Brazilian Grand Prix, in seventh and 15th places on Sunday, at the end of the afternoon’s 71-lap race in Interlagos.

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MOTOGP10: 2010 FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix - MotoGP - Championship Standing

MOTOGP10: Rd 2, Grand Prix of Spain - Race Results

MOTOGP10: Rd 1, Grand Prix of Qatar - Race Results