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2013 MotoGP Star of the Year vote: Full Results
Your average mark out of ten for each 2013 MotoGP rider revealed
MotoGP Star of the Year vote - 1st: Marc Marquez
You vote Marc Marquez 1st in Crash.net's MotoGP Star of the Year poll!
MotoGP Star of the Year vote - 10th: Nicky Hayden
You vote Nicky Hayden 10th in Crash.net's MotoGP Star of the Year poll
Honda vows MotoGP withdrawal over ECU plans
'Should MotoGP go for a control ECU, it's 99 per cent sure Honda will leave' - Shuhei Nakamoto
PIC FROM PAST: Nicky Hayden makes 'stars and stripes' Ducati MotoGP debut
Nicky Hayden made his Ducati MotoGP debut in this special stars and stripes livery during testing at Valencia in November of 2008.
MotoGP star Jorge Lorenzo has collarbone plate removed
Factory Yamaha MotoGP star Jorge Lorenzo has undergone surgery to remove a metal plate and eleven screws inserted to hold his fractured collarbone in place earlier this year.
Michael Laverty explains PBM's Aprilia MotoGP options
"Personally I see it that Ioda will run the ARTs with Camier and Petrucci and we'll run the PBMs with Aprilia engines" - Michael Laverty.
Lorenzo edges Marquez for MotoGP 'Rider of the Day'
Jorge Lorenzo voted Rider of the Day at six MotoGPs this year.
Assen voted your most entertaining 2013 MotoGP race
Crash.net viewers put Assen top for entertainment, Catalunya bottom and award an average of 6.6 out of 10 during the 2013 MotoGP season...
Valentino Rossi says team-mate Jorge Lorenzo is MotoGP's 'best' rider
'He [Lorenzo] is one of the best... for me, now, he is the best' - Valentino Rossi
2014 MotoGP rider Scott Redding backs young British talent
"I'm happy to be able to give Charlie this opportunity, and to put something back into the sport that has been so good to me in recent years" - Scott Redding.
'New role' for Pedrosa's MotoGP manager Alberto Puig
"I feel that he has already given me so much that now it is time to change our relationship slightly" - Dani Pedrosa.
Tragedy strikes Simoncelli Supermoto event
Former grand prix rider Doriano Romboni has tragically lost his life after a practice incident for a charity Supermoto event in memory of MotoGP rider Marco Simoncelli.
Espargaro: Open Yamaha more potential than Honda
"Our bike still went quicker than the Honda despite having done less laps" - Aleix Espargaro.
Canepa denies MotoGP move
Niccolo Canepa has denied that he will be in MotoGP next year. The Italian, who spent a season in the premier-class with Pramac Ducati in 2009, was surprisingly named at Iodaracing on the provisional 2014 MotoGP entry list earlier this week.
Di Meglio edging closer to Avintia Blusens deal
'We are looking into the details and something could be signed next week' - Mike di Meglio
Provisional 2014 MotoGP entry list revealed
Niccolo Canepa and Mike di Meglio join 2014 MotoGP entry list
Mick Doohan returns to ROC
"Of course it's tough for a bike racer to come up against so many great drivers but I'll be determined not to let the side down" - Mick Doohan.
Pedrosa has plate and screws removed
Immediately after the conclusion of MotoGP testing at Valencia, Dani Pedrosa underwent surgery on his right collarbone. This time it was to have metalwork removed - a plate and 13 screws inserted after his accident with Marco Simoncelli at the 2011 French Grand Prix.
Valencia MotoGP Test: Dovizioso 'more confident' for 2014
'The conditions today were really, really good, so we were able to make a good lap time... For sure, I'm more confident for next year' - Andrea Dovizioso
Valencia MotoGP Test: Suppo 'Pedrosa unlucky not to be a contender'
"It's easy to see that at the end of the season he would have been fighting for the championship in Valencia" - Livio Suppo.
Valencia MotoGP Test: PICS: 2014 Forward Yamaha FTR-M1
UPDATE: Aleix Espargaro and Colin Edwards finished the day 15th and 16th fastest, 2.3 and 2.6s respectively from the top but a few tenths from the fastest Open class rider, Nicky Hayden on the new Honda Production Racer.
Valencia MotoGP: Pedrosa 'Lorenzo should have used tactics at Motegi'
"This strategy from [Lorenzo] was good, but he should have already been thinking like this in Motegi" - Dani Pedrosa.
Valencia MotoGP: Lorenzo: Gloves come off in 'special occasion'
"In normal circumstances I try to be clean and not touch any riders. But in this special occasion I had to slow down the race in every corner" - Jorge Lorenzo.