Nicky Hayden became the first team-mate to defeat Casey Stoner fair and square - when both riders have finished and without any serious technical problems - since 2007, at Jerez on Sunday.
Casey Stoner's hopes of a fourth consecutive Qatar Grand Prix victory came to an abrupt end when the Australian crashed out of the lead early in Sunday's 2010 season-opener.
Reigning seven time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi has been denied a perfect sweep of 2010 pre-season testing after losing out to Casey Stoner on the very final night of the Qatar test.
The FIM has just released the latest full time MotoGP entry list for the 2010 season. The only changes since the previous list, released in late January, are that Marco Melandri has been restored to his rightful #33 while the Aspar team has secured a title sponsor.
San Carlo Honda Gresini has officially kick-started its 2010 challenge for glory in MotoGP, by unveiling its all-Italian 'dream' team of Marco Melandri and Marco Simoncelli alongside the Honda RC212V
Gresini Honda MotoGP refugee Alex de Angelis finds a 'home from home' as he agrees a deal to compete for San Marino-based outfit Scot Racing alongside Niccol? Canepa in the all-new Moto2 Championship in 2010
Race results from the Valencia MotoGP, the 17th and final round of the 2009 world championship. Casey Stoner, winner of the last two races and fastest in all track sessions at Valencia, crashed out on the warm-up lap and did not take the race start.
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.
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.
Full qualifying times from the Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island, round 15 of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship. Dani Pedrosa suffered a fast fall at turn two halfway through the session, but returned to take the final place on the front row from Jorge Lorenzo.
Marco Melandri's four points for finishing twelfth in Sunday's Portuguese Grand Prix were enough to exceed the Constructors' points total scored by the factory Kawasaki team during the whole of the 2008 season.
Race results from the Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril, round 14 of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship. Casey Stoner returned to action this weekend after a three-round hiatus to try and cure fatigue problems. Do not copy-and-paste onto other websites
Brembo, which provides braking systems for all MotoGP teams except Honda Gresini, has provided a top ten 'late brakers' list complied from data gathered during qualifying for last weekend's San Marino Grand Prix.
Valentino Rossi will start the four-week 'autumn break' before the final four rounds of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship with an enlarged 30 point lead after victory in the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano.