SUNDAY'S VALENCIA GP race winner Jorge Lorenzo celebrated the final event of the 2010 season with a special one-off helmet hand-painted in gold, and studded with almost 2,000 Swarovski crystals spelling out his logo. The X-Lite helmet, valued at 12

THIS weekend's inaugural Indian Grand Prix sees several tributes to Marco Simoncelli from the teams and drivers in F1.Most notable is Italian Team Lotus driver Jarno Trulli, who has been wearing a Simoncelli-replica helmet throughout the event so

VALENTINO ROSSI has paid tribute to the late Shoya Tomizawa by wearing an image of the former Moto2 star on the side of his AGV helmet at this weekend's round of the 2010 MotoGP championship.Tomizawa died from serious head and chest injuries

.CEO for the circuit, Paolo Poli said: ”Mugello Circuit wants to remember a champion who deeply loved this track and on which corners he wrote unforgettable pages in the history of motorcycling.“The Italian GP takes place in two weeks time on July 15th.

Marco Simoncelli has died after injuries sustained in a crash on lap two of the Malaysian MotoGP at Sepang.The race was immediately red flagged when Honda rider Simoncelli fell at turn 11 and was hit by Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi as he slid

VETERAN GRAND PRIX racer Loris Capirossi has said he would be 'the happiest rider on Earth' if MotoGP's return to 1000cc engines was brought forward a year to 2011, instead of 2012, as planned.Speaking to Motosprint magazine, the seasoned Italian

ADDING his respects James Toseland believes that the MotoGP championship must go on in a 'massive tribute' to the life of Marco Simoncelli."It was a freak accident," Toseland told BBC Sport. "There's nothing much more we can do to make the sport

accident, crashing on the second lap of the MotoGP race at the Sepang International Circuit.Despite immediate medical attention and the best efforts of the entire medical team at the circuit, Marco tragically succumbed to his injuries shortly after

TROUBLE appears to be following Marco Simoncelli as he found himself at the heart of another controversial MotoGP crash, this time involving championship contender and vocal critic Jorge Lorenzo.Arguably cold tyres are a joint culprit

-the-scene tales is an interesting anecdote that highlights the greatness of Rossi's mind: "During the 2006 Sachsenring race, it was Rossi, Melandri, Edwards, Hayden and Pedrosa fighting for the win. By the end Valentino managed to open a small gap and take