Marco Simoncelli of Italy sprays champagne on the poduim 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)