Valencia's MotoGP circuit will either be re-designed or re-surfaced following complaints by riders at the final race of 2011 but the former option may see the loss of the spectacular turn 13 - scene of sideways action on even the laptop-steered 800s.

According to our friends at motomatters.com, the track's management team are seeking permission to change the circuit (see below) from turn four right to the end of the lap which gets rid of the penultimate corner - a turn that sees riders crest a hill with some oppo applied, rear spinning before getting on the brakes for the final hairpin. Or in a big heap if you're called Leon Camier aboard a World Superbike.

The plans are thought to cost around €5m and will include some alerations to pitlane which is a thinly-veiled attempt to lure F1 away from their current location of racing around fish packing crates in the town's docks. The other option is to spend around €1m having the circuit re-surfaced, which is what the riders wanted after they found the ageing asphalt fairly slippery when some rain is applied. The latter will also include some improvements to run-off in three areas.