Kent Wins Moto3 in Valencia

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British rider Danny Kent won his second Moto3 race of the year in Valencia as the season came to an end.

Kent, 18, passed his world champion team-mate Sandro Cortese at the final corner to take the victory on his final appearance in the class.

The rider from Chippenham will move up to the Moto2 class next season. 

He told BBC Sport: "I was worried because we had struggled in the rain all weekend but I felt good from the start in the race."

Kent's win, coming after he also won in Japan last month, means he finishes the season fourth in the championship.

In a crash-strewn race on a damp track, Kent slowly moved up the field after starting from seventh on the grid and denied Cortese his sixth win of the season with a bold move into the final turn of the last lap.

German rider Cortese said: "To be honest I didn't know what happened. I had a one second gap going into the last lap so I don't know where he came from!

"But it has been a perfect season and congratulations to Danny, he did a great job."

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Spain Will Host One GP from 2013

Spain is likely to stage only one Grand Prix a season from 2013, with Barcelona and Valencia alternating as host.

Local authorities in the country are under pressure to save money as part of a government austerity drive.

Formula 1 chief Bernie Ecclestone told radio station Cadena Ser: "It's simply a way for us to try to help Valencia."

Valencia's local government suggested in January that it wished to renegotiate a race fee of around 25 million euros (£20.6m) a year.

The 2012 calendar contains 20 races, with the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona on 13 May and the European Grand Prix in Valencia on 24 June.

It is unclear whether another race would be introuduced to replace the one that drops off the calendar, although Ecclestone has previously said he would ideally like to extend the calendar to 25 races.

Vicente Aguilera, president of Barcelona's Montmelo circuit, said an agreement is still yet to be fully agreed.

"We are negotiating and we have a positive attitude," he told sports daily newspaper Marca.

"At this moment nothing is agreed."