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It has been announced that British Eurosport will continue to broadcast MotoGP in 2009, but will not show live coverage of the MotoGP races.

Having been outpaced by Spanish Championship rider Alberto Moncayo during a soaking wet opening day of testing at Valencia, Julian Simon reasserted his total authority during a slightly dryer second and final day.

Matt Hoyle may have been listed as Maxtra's second rider in last December's provisional 2009 125cc entry list, but his signing has only now been made official.

Austrian Michael Ranseder made his Maxtra debut on his return from injury at Valencia last week (pictured).

Simone Corsi has won a fittingly frantic season-ending 125cc grand prix at Valencia, which saw the top four riders covered by just 0.776sec at the flag.

Simone Corsi has won a fittingly frantic season-ending 125cc grand prix at Valencia, which saw the top four riders covered by just 0.776sec at the flag.

Gabor Talmacsi - who will move to the 250cc class in 2009 - has taken the final 125cc pole position of the 2008 season during an exciting second qualifying session at Valencia.

Mike di Meglio secured the 2008 125cc World Championship with his fourth victory of the season at Phillip Island on Sunday.

The first ever motorcycle grand prix to be held at the Indianapolis Motor speedway has been won by Nicolas Terol, after the Jack and Jones Aprilia rider took victory in a rain-shortened 125cc event.

Hungarian Gabor Talmacsi will start on 125cc pole position for his adopted home round at Brno in the Czech Republic after Saturday's intermittent rain left the reigning world champion's provisional pole time unchallenged.

Gabor Talmacsi has won his first race as a reigning world champion with victory during a five-lap 125cc Dutch TT at Assen, after rain halted the original race and forced a restart.

By Mike Nicks Garry Taylor, manager of the sensational new Maxtra 125cc project launched at the Chinese MotoGP in May, is in the paddock here at Donington seeking potential riders for the team's entry to the grand prix scene in 2009.

Mike di Meglio has broken clear at the top of the 125cc World Championship standings after taking taken his second win of the season at Catalunya on Sunday.

The FIM has today announced the provisional entry list for the 2004 125cc world championship.

After suffering non-finishes in both the previous Oulton Park round and then in the first of the two 125 races run at Cadwell this weekend, Padgett's rider Danny Coutts finally saw his luck change as he stormed to fifth place in an incident packed second leg.