© Ducati Corse. Series leader Casey Stoner won his third Grand Prix victory of the year at Shanghai today, extending his World Championship lead to 15 points after four of 18 races.

© Honda Pro Images. The Spanish Gran Prix will see the return of an historical team to the starting grid of the 250cc class.

© Repsol Media Service. Huge crowds are expected at the Spanish circuit for the first European race of the season and the factory Honda riders will arrive with confidence following last month's successful test at the Andalusian track.

© Repsol Media Service. The new era of MotoGP start this weekend as the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar opens the 2007 championship.

© Jose Verdu. "As most of you already know or guess, Im retiring.

© Ducati Corse. Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi finished MotoGPs 990cc era in awesome style at Valencia today, storming to a dominant one-two finish in front of a capacity crowd of 129,000 noisy fans.

© Ducati Corse. Loris Capirossi has made a perfect start to the final Grand Prix of MotoGPs 990cc era at Valencia this afternoon, setting the fastest lap of the day in warm, cloudy conditions.

© Ducati Corse. Bridgestone’s most successful season at the pinnacle of motorcycle racing comes to a conclusion this weekend at the Valencia Grand Prix in Spain, the final event of this year’s highly competitive 17-race MotoGP championship.

© Camel Yamaha Team. Valencia is one of five anti-clockwise MotoGP circuits and the second-slowest GP circuit with a lap record of just 154.

© Ducati Corse. The Ducati Marlboro Team goes into the 2006 season finale aiming to end MotoGPs 990cc era on a high by adding to its haul of race wins and podium finishes.

© Rizla Suzuki. After a tough weekend for Bridgestone at the Portuguese Gran Prix, Suzuki riders John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen scored creditable sixth and ninth positions respectively, a race in which Bridgestone riders struggled to near the pace of the frontrunners.

© Ducati Corse. Sete Gibernau underwent an operation on his collarbone and right hand at the San Jose Hospital in Madrid yesterday evening.

© Ducati Corse. Ducati rider Sete Gibernau undergoes further special medical treatment in Spain in an attempt to recover from his injuries as soon as possible after yesterdays crash at Estoril.

© Ducati Corse. The Ducati Marlboro Team was very much out of luck at Estoril today, Loris Capirossi struggling home in 12th position, Sete Gibernau knocked down by Casey Stoner.

© Camel Yamaha Team. The Stage is set for a head to head confrontation to decide the outcome of the 2006 MotoGP World Championship and the one hour qualifying session for the bwin.

© Ducati Corse. The 2006 MotoGP World Championship is not yet out of Capirossis reach.

© Ducati Corse. Following Sundays extraordinary victory and with no time for rest, Ducati riders Loris Capirossi and Sete Gibernau stayed at Motegi to continue development work on the new 800cc GP7 Desmosedici.

© Camel Media Service. Valentino Rossi trails MotoGP World Championship series leader Nicky Hayden by just twelve points with two rounds remaining thanks to his fourth consecutive podium, his eighth from the last ten races, in Japan today.