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Jæja þá er MotoGp vertíðinni lokið þar sem síðasta keppnin var í dag á Valencia brautinni á Spáni.

Keppnin byrjaði með drama þar sem Casey Stoner (Ducati) krassaði í upphitunarhringnum en hann var á ráspól fyrir keppnina en tók ekki þátt í keppnini eftir fallið.

Þar með færði hann þriðja sætið í mótaröðinni á bronsfati til Dani Pedrosa (Honda) en hann sigraði keppnina með yfirburðum en á eftir honum komu Yamahatvíeykið Valentíno Rossi og Jorge Lorenso.

Lokastaðan og öll úrslit.

Hector Barbera sigraði 250cc í dag.

í 250 flokknum var spennan mest því þar var enn titill í boði en þar átti Marco Simoncelli (Gilera) Smá möguleika á að stela titlinum af Hiroshi Aoyama (Honda) en þá þurfti Hiroshi að detta úr leik.

Það reyndar gerðist næstum því er Hiroshi keyrði útaf brautinni en hann datt ekki og hélt áfram. Simoncelli fann pressuna og gerði að lokum aksturmistök og datt og var úr keppni.
Verðskuldaður titill hjá Hirosi Aoyama sem endaði í 7 sæti.

Í 125 flokknum var spennan minnst en þar sigraði Julian Simon (aprilia) en hann var búinn að tryggja sér titilinn og sannaði bara að hann var langbestur í 125cc. 

Nú er komið að lokakeppni ársins í MotoGP á Valencia á Spáni.

Það er reyndar ekki mikil barátta um titla þar, þar sem Valentino Rossi er búinn að tryggja sér titilinn.

en smá möguleiki er fyrir Dani Pedrosa að komast upp í þriðja sætið ef Stoner gengur ílla.

Aðeins meiri spenna er í 250cc flokknum en þar á Marco Simoncelli smá möguleika á titlinum en hann er 21 stigi á eftir Hirosi Aoyama. Möguleiki Simoncelli felst í því að Hirosi falli úr keppni eða fá i færri en 4.stig.

í 125 flokknum er engin spenna en þar er Julan Simon orðinn heimsmeistari og enginn ógnar honum né öðru sætinu.

Staðan.

Það má með sanni segja að Ben Spies sé nafn sem þið ættuð að leggja á minnið. 

Því að þessi 25 ára gamli bandaríkjamaður kom sá og sigraði á sínu fyrsta tímabili í World Superbike á Yamaha.

Titillinn var samt ekkert öruggur því fyrir keppnir dagsins sem eru tvær í superbike þá var Spies í öðru sæti á eftir reynsluboltanum Noriyuki Haga( Ducati) sem hafði 15 stiga forskot á hann. En Haga var óheppinn í Race 1 og datt og það færði Spies sér í nyt og hann vann þá keppni.

Í Race 2 þurfti hann á vera í topp 6 til að tryggja sér titilinn þ.e. ef Haga myndi vinna.
Haga varð annar og Spies fimmti og úrslitin voru ráðin!!!!!,  Frábær titill hjá Ben Spies.  

Nánar um keppnina sem var í Portugal  og lokastaðan í nánar.

Ben Spies (Yamaha World Superbike) won the first race and then controlled the situation in race 2 to take his and Yamaha's first ever World Superbike Championship title in front of an 86,000 crowd in the final round of the series at Portimao. Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox), points leader going into the decider, crashed out in race 1, making things easier for the Texan, who was fifth in the second race. Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) took the win in race 2, while Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) and Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) were the other podium finishers.

Race 1

Race 1 was dominated from start to finish by Spies, who took his fourteenth win of the season and overhauled Haga in the title chase. The Texan, who rocketed away from the line, comfortably held off any attempts at an attack from Biaggi, then upped his pace to go on to take a solitary chequered flag. With this result Spies now has a 15-point advantage over Haga, who lost the front and crashed on lap 7 while making up time in fifth place. The runner-up slot went to Rea, who got the better of Biaggi after a terrific duel. The best Ducati rider to the line in fourth place was Shane Byrne, in one of his best races of the year, while fifth went to Michel Fabrizio (Ducati), who compromised his race with a bad start. Leon Camier had a good run to sixth for Aprilia, while Ruben Xaus finished eighth on the first BMW. Both Suzukis failed to finish, Yukio Kagayama crashing out and Sylvain Guintoli was forced to retire.

Ben Spies: "It was actually a really tough race, at first I was just going for the win, getting to the front and not worrying about anything. Then when Haga was out I had to win to get as many points as possible for race 2. Once you have a gap, you don't want to be stupid and throw it all away."

Jonathan Rea: "It took a little bit of time for my tyres to get right in but when they did they were good until the end. The team and the bike have been working really good and I can't thank them enough. It's the first time I've ever had such a result in race 1 and I'm sure in race 2 I'll be strong again."

Max Biaggi: "I didn't maybe have the chance to set up the bike the way I want and I had a few small problems, and then sometimes I made a few mistakes and this lost me some tenths. But I'm pleased with the result, even though I'm so sore from the accident yesterday and I didn't think I could do the whole distance."

Results: 1. Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 38'15.390 (158,442 kph); 2. Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1.697; 3. Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 2.113; 4. Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 2.757; 5. Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 14.753; 6. Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 20.044; 7. Checa C. (ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 25.634; 8. Xaus R. (ESP) BMW S1000 RR 31.104

Race 2

Spies monitored Haga all the way in race 2 to take the fifth place that was enough to give him the 2009 title. The American only had to finish sixth, but he preferred to shy away from any direct confrontation and together with Haga's second place, the result gave him the title by six points. Fabrizio scored his third win of the season after a terrific scrap with Rea, who took the final podium slot, while Shane Byrne was again a protagonist of the race and finished fourth. Biaggi looked spectacular on the track, but the Italian made several errors and could only finish in sixth, while team-mate Leon Camier ran another convincing race in seventh, ahead of Smrz (Guandalini Ducati) and Corser (BMW), while this time both Suzuki riders Guintoli and Kagayama finished in the points.

Ben Spies: "First I've got to thank Yamaha for giving me everything I needed to win. It was really good, we did what we had to do and it was difficult to do that because the pace was quite fast and I saw that there were a couple of people behind me. I knew that if Nori won I had to be sixth, so I tried to stay out of trouble. It was spectacular, I can't thank Yamaha enough and everyone who's been behind me for my first year here. It'll sink in in the next couple of days!".

Michel Fabrizio: "Both Jonathan and I showed that we're going to be up at the front next year and we're going to do a lot of these battles. I really wanted that win, Johnny made a mistake here at the last curve, maybe a gear slipped or something, and for me it was all OK. Just as well because otherwise it would have been difficult to overtake him."

Noriyuki Haga: "This weekend we had a problem with the rear tyre and in the first race we made a mistake with the tyre choice and I crashed. Second race was quite good, I was worried for the tyre life, but I started to push and I am happy for second position. Unlucky for today for the title but I try to do my best for next year and congratulations to Ben for the world title."

Jonathan Rea: "With Michel I was racing for my own championship position and it seemed to be a little bit of a fight and I had to do something on the last lap to win the race and get fourth in the championship. I tried everything but made a mistake which allowed Michel to get past. But this is my best weekend of the season with a double podium."

Results: 1. Fabrizio M. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 38'19.654 (158,148 kph); 2. Haga N. (JPN) Ducati 1098R 1.195; 3. Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1.494; 4. Byrne S. (GBR) Ducati 1098R 5.553; 5. Spies B. (USA) Yamaha YZF R1 5.842; 6. Biaggi M. (ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 7.374; 7. Camier L. (GBR) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 9.658; 8. Smrz J. (CZE) Ducati 1098R 10.434; 9. Corser T. (AUS) BMW S1000 RR 17.010; 10. Guintoli S. (FRA) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 24.509; 11. Kagayama Y. (JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 27.195; 12. Parkes B. (AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 34.825; 13. Lagrive M. (FRA) Honda CBR1000RR 35.135; 14. Scassa L. (ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'01.842; 15. Checa D. (ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 1'09.782; 16. Tamada M. (JPN) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1'30.818

Final Points: 1. Spies 462; 2. Haga 456; 3. Fabrizio 382; 4.Biaggi 319; 5.Rea 315; 6. Haslam 241; 7.Checa 209; 8. Byrne 192; 9. Sykes 176; 10. Smrz 169. Manufacturers: 1. Ducati 572; 2. Yamaha 505; 3. Honda 431; 4. Aprilia 329; 5. Suzuki 173; 6. Bmw 141; 7. Kawasaki 76