A second MotoGP round is being slated to take place in Malaysia in the near future and run at a second track which is currently going through the design process.

McLaren shareholder Peter Lim is apparently behind the project, in the south of the country near Singapore, and it is destined to host F1 as well as MotoGP, which will please everyone in the business of selling motorbikes. Around 80,000 Malaysians rocked up on raceday at Sepang. A lot more than went to, say, Jerez…

British Supersport front-runner Christian Iddon, a multiple Supermoto Champion in his own right, came second to Andrea Dovizioso at the inaugural Simoncelli Supermoto day. Iddon has been linked with a step up to British Superbikes next season.

Investindustrial, which used to own Ducati, has bought a 37.5 per cent a share of Aston Martin. That is all.

F1 poison dwarf Bernie Ecclestone may force MotoGP to move its German round for a second time after shifting its own date to July 7, which now clashes with the Sachsenring GP. The two series have an unwritten agreement to not race on the same weekends, but F1 always wins when it comes to moving dates.

Big Jack Valentine, ex of Fixi Suzuki fame, is apparently bolting together a new, two-man British Superbike team for next season. Whether it is to do with the mooted MV Agusta operation making its debut next year is still to be found out.

Stefan Bradl has had an operation to cure the arm-pump which made his life difficult for most of 2012. The German went under the knife in Barcelona on his 23rd birthday.

Gino Rea looks set to return to Moto2 in 2013 after being dropped by the Gresini squad and failing to appear on the provisional entry list. He has tested for the ESGP team at Almeria, riding a Bimota. His race number has already been half-inched by fellow Brit Kyle Smith on the Blusens bike.

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