Shell Advance is title sponsor for Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix

Leading motorcycle lubricant brand and Ducati MotoGP team technical partner Shell Advance has reached an agreement with MotoGP rights holders Dorna Sports SL to become title sponsor of the 2009 Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix.

The 2009 Shell Advance Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix will take place at the Sepang circuit, close to Kuala Lumpur, from 23-25 October, 2009.

The agreement has resulted from an ongoing partnership with Dorna which has already seen a Shell Advance track-side advertising presence at 2009 MotoGP events in Qatar, Italy, Germany and the United States.

Tanmay Jaswal, global marketing manager for Shell Advance commented, "We are extremely pleased to announce our title sponsorship of the penultimate round of the 2009 FIM MotoGP World Championship. Shell already enjoys a successful technical partnership with Ducati Corse in MotoGP."

Shell has been involved in MotoGP competition for six seasons, through its technical partnership with Ducati Corse. Shell provides Ducati with cutting edge lubricants and fuels, and continuously transfers learnings from the racetrack to the road-going version of Shell Advance.

The racing version of Shell Advance helped Ducati Corse to win its first ever triple World Championship crown in 2007, and is now vital in protecting the Ducati GP9 machines through MotoGP regulations allowing each rider to use only five engines for the final seven races of the 2009 season.