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PICTURES: Rossi's last turn pass on Lorenzo.
These pictures (see below for full sequence) show the moment when Valentino Rossi won Sunday's Grand Prix of Catalunya with a shock last-turn pass on team-mate and home hero Jorge Lorenzo.
Late 'smack' hurts Hayden progress.
A late crash in Saturday's qualifying session for the Grand Prix of Catalunya contributed to Nicky Hayden being left 13th on the grid, albeit just 0.275sec from fifth position.
Marco Simoncelli weighing up MotoGP options.
Reigning 250cc world champion Marco Simoncelli is weighing up his options for a move to the MotoGP class next season.
PICTURES: Lorenzo unveils FC Barcelona livery.
Jorge Lorenzo unveiled a special one-off livery for his Fiat Yamaha at the Montmel? circuit in Catalunya today (Thursday) in honour of the Barcelona football club, which won the Champions League two weeks ago.
Jorge Lorenzo threatened by former manager?
The Spanish press is reporting that Dani Amatriain, former manager of MotoGP star Jorge Lorenzo - as well as 125/250GP riders Pol and Alex Espargaro - has been arrested.
Elias seeking first Catalunya finish.
Following Gresini Honda's 'rock bottom' weekend at Mugello, Toni Elias will be aiming to kick-start the team's recovery by at least recording his first ever MotoGP finish in his home Grand Prix of Catalunya on Sunday.
Valentino Rossi enjoys Isle of Man TT visit.
Reigning six time MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi enjoyed his weather-delayed visit to the Isle of Man TT on Monday.
Crafar seriously hurt in Enduro accident
Former grand prix race winner Simon Crafar has been seriously injured in an accident whilst riding an Enduro bike in Romania.
Preziosi: Stoner's Mugello victory with us forever.
Ducati Corse general manager Filippo Preziosi, architect of the factory's Desmosedici MotoGP machine, has hailed Casey Stoner's Italian Grand Prix triumph as one of his top three moments.
Pedrosa's 217mph top speed record confirmed.
Dani Pedrosa's astonishing 349.3km/h (217.1mph) top speed during the Italian Grand Prix weekend has now been officially confirmed, making it a new MotoGP record.
Hayden '09 mirrors Melandri '08.
Nicky Hayden's troubled first five races for the Ducati Marlboro Team have yielded just 13 points, compared with 24 for his predecessor Marco Melandri and 38 for Casey Stoner's 2007 team-mate Loris Capirossi at the same point in the season.
Scans confirm Pedrosa hip injury.
Dani Pedrosa returned home to Barcelona on Monday where Doctor Xavier Mir, at the USP Institut Universitari Dexeus, confirmed that the Repsol Honda rider had not suffered any further injuries when he crashed out of Sunday's Italian Grand Prix (pictured).
125: Haojue split with engine designer Jan Witteveen.
After a disastrous start to its debut 125cc grand prix season, Team Haojue has split from esteemed engine designer Jan Witteveen.
Lorenzo: Like a movie!
Jorge Lorenzo was amazed to finish the Italian Grand Prix in second position, just one second from victory and ahead of team-mate and home hero Valentino Rossi, at the end of a race that was 'like a movie'.
250: Simoncelli 'warned' over Bautista clash.
Whilst deciding that reigning 250cc world champion Marco Simoncelli 'rode in an irresponsible manner, causing danger to Alvaro Bautista' in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, the Gilera rider has been allowed to keep his second place finish.
Dani Pedrosa confirms hip injury.
Dani Pedrosa has confirmed that he picked up a hip injury during day two of the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello, despite not falling from his Repsol Honda.
'08 base helps puts de Angelis back in contention.
Alex de Angelis called up his successful 2008 Mugello base setting to make a flying start to the 2009 Italian Grand Prix weekend.
Pedrosa exceeds 217mph, sets top speed record?
Dani Pedrosa looks to have shattered the official MotoGP top speed record by reaching a claimed 349.3km/h (217.1mph) on his Repsol Honda during Friday free practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello.
125: Simon takes early Mugello advantage.
Julian Simon has set the fastest lap time during Friday's 125cc free practice session for the Italian Grand Prix at a sunny Mugello.
Valentino Rossi at Mugello: 1996-2008.
Last year at Mugello, Valentino Rossi became the first rider in motorcycle grand prix history to win his home event for seven years in a row; can he make it eight in 2009? Below is a brief summary of Rossi's 13 grand prix appearances, in all three classes, at Mugello:
Ducati: Mugello three-two-one?
Despite winning 25 MotoGP races since its 2003 debut, Ducati has never won its home Italian Grand Prix at Mugello. Instead, the home factory has had to settle for three second places and one third, out of six visits to a race won by Valentino Rossi ever since 2002.
125: Haojue to miss Mugello.
125GP's newest manufacturer, Haojue, has withdrawn from this weekend's Italian Grand Prix at Mugello 'in order to concentrate on addressing the problems affecting the engine performance' of its machine.
MotoGP tyre rules tweaked.
The MotoGP tyre rules are to be tweaked, following an announcement from the Grand Prix Commission that the number of hard and soft front tyres will no longer need to be the same from June 24 onwards.
'Foreign object' in Pedrosa's Motegi tyre.
The results of Bridgestone's investigation into the cause of Dani Pedrosa's damaged front tyre at the Japanese Grand Prix, round two of the 2009 MotoGP World Championship, have been announced.