Marco Simoncelli of Italy holds aloft his trophy on the podium after winning the 250cc class of the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix on his Gilera at Phillip Island, some 100kms south-east of Melbourne on October 18, 2009. Simoncelli won the race ahead of Spain’s Hector Barbera on Aprilia with Raffaele de Rosa of Spain in third on a Honda at the Phillip Island circuit. AFP PHOTO/William WEST (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images)
