Moto2

Spain's Dani Pedrosa remained the fastest rider on the final day of the first pre-season MotoGP testing at Malaysia's Sepang circuit on Thursday, but times stayed extremely close.

Spain's Marc Marquez, in sizzling form since the start of three days of pre-season testing, said Wednesday it was a "dream come true" to race nine-times world champion Valentino Rossi and other top MotoGP riders.

Dani Pedrosa won an incident-packed Valencia MotoGP here on Sunday, the closing grand prix of the season and the last race of Casey Stoner's career.

German KTM rider Sandro Cortese won the Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Sepang to be crowned the inaugural Moto3 world champion.

MotoGP riders will gather at Malaysia's Sepang circuit this week for the installation of a plaque in memory of Italian rider Marco Simoncelli, who died in a crash last October, a top official said Tuesday.

MotoGP will have three races in the United States on its 2013 calendar after championship organisers Dorna announced that the Austin circuit in Texas will host a race on April 21.

Spain's Honda rider Dani Pedrosa won the Czech MotoGP here on Sunday, beating world championship leader Jorge Lorenzo in a nerve-wracking final lap.

World championship leader Jorge Lorenzo will start on pole for Sunday's Czech Republic MotoGP after finishing fastest in qualifying on Saturday.

Pole sitter Dani Pedrosa cruised to victory in Sunday's Indianapolis MotoGP, finishing nearly 11 seconds ahead of fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo.

World champion Casey Stoner is determined to bounce straight back in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix after last weekend's crash at the Sachsenring dealt a blow to his hopes of defending his crown in his final season.

Sachsenring specialist Dani Pedrosa won his third successive German MotoGP to open his account for the year here on Sunday.

Spain's Pol Espargaro, on a Kalex, won the British Moto2 Grand Prix here on Sunday, beating home hope and teammate Scott Redding.

Australia's Casey Stoner is hoping fond memories of his maiden 250cc victory will be rekindled Sunday when he aims for his second consecutive Grand Prix victory of the season at Estoril.

Former world champion Valentino Rossi enjoyed a rare successful day on his under-performing Ducati when he clocked the third fastest time in rain-lashed practice for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.

Spain's 2010 world champion Jorge Lorenzo, riding a Yamaha, won the season-opening Qatar MotoGP under the Losail floodlights on Sunday to record his first elite class victory at the desert venue.

Spain's Jorge Lorenzo halted world champion Casey Stoner's Grand Prix of Qatar surge when he clocked the fastest time in Friday's second and final practice ahead of Sunday's floodlit season-opener.

World champion Casey Stoner threw down the gauntlet to his rivals in impressive style on Thursday when he topped the first free practice for the season-opening Grand Prix of Qatar.

The post-mortem report for Italian rider Marco Simoncelli, who died in a crash at last year's Malaysian MotoGP, has been completed and sent to his family, a race official said Wednesday.

Spanish rider Alvaro Bautista has been selected as the replacement for the late Marco Simoncelli Team Gresini announced on Wednesday.

Spain's Dani Pedrosa took a tumble but still claimed his second Moto GP pole position of the season in the gruelling heat of Malaysia as Honda dominated at the Sepang Circuit on Saturday.