Well folks, as we prepare for the final round of the season it'll also be the last ever (for now) 250cc Grand Prix. Kind of sad but we also have a lot to look forward too, with Moto2 set to launch for 2010.

We also have the official announcement of the teams list here:

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/moto2+announcement

and things are set to start being confirmed over the coming weekend in fact.

In the time-honoured style, how about a few rumours? At present we know exceedingly little about which teams are using which chassis (indeed, which chassis are available!) and which riders might be aboard. But here's the list with some mostly-speculation-and-a-couple-of-rumours-or-informed-guessing-by-me included. At times like this we could do with Matt showing up again, he might know something!

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(text from MotoGP site)

The Selection Committee comprising delegates of the FIM, Dorna and IRTA met on the 2nd October in Estoril to select the teams which will be invited to participate in 2010.

"Teams comprising a total of 39 riders were accepted. Teams comprising a total of 10 riders were placed on a reserve list. A detailed list is reproduced below.

Accepted teams now have until the 2nd of November to finally confirm the names of their riders and to lodge a security deposit with IRTA. Should any of the accepted teams propose riders not acceptable to the Committee, or if the security deposit is not paid, then consideration will be given to the teams on the reserve list.

It should be noted that no team applied to participate with 250cc class machines meaning that the entire 2010 grid will be comprised of Moto2 class machines."

Accepted Teams and number of entries accepted (reserve entries in brackets):

AJO MOTORSPORT (FTR chassis?): 1 (1) - Cortese?
BALATON RACING TEAM 250: 1 - Nemeth/Talmasci/Angel Rodriguez?
CAMPETELLA RACING: 1
CARDION AB MOTORACING: 1 - Abraham
CIP MOTO - GP250: 1 (1) - Tomizawa/Debise
EMMI - CAFFE LATTE: 1 - Luthi/Pasini/Pesek
G22 RACING TEAM (FTR): 2
HAYATE RACING TEAM: 2
HONDA GRESINI (MORIWAKI?): 2 - Elias?/de Angelis?
JIR: 2 - Ayrton Badovini?
KINO RACING: 1 (1)
MAPFRE ASPAR TEAM: 2 - Julian Simon & di Meglio
MATTEONI RACING: 1 (1) - Cluzel?
PONS RACING PEPE WORLD (KALEX): 2
PRAMAC RACING: 2 - Canepa?
RACING TEAM BY QUERESENO: 2 - Debon & Daniel Rivas (current Blusens-sponsored team)
RACING TEAM GERMANY (FTR?): 1 (1) - S. Aoyama
SCOT RACING TEAM 250 (MORIWAKI?): 2 - Talmacsi & de Rosa
SPEEDUP APRILIA: 2 - Talmacsi & Locatelli (ex-Gilera team run by Luca Boscoscuro, I think it's this one?)
SPRINT TECNOLOGY RACING: 2
STOP AND GO RACING TEAM S.L.(FTR?): 2 - Wilairot & Faubel
TEAM ROBERTS: 2
TECH 3 (TECH3?): 2 - de Angelis/Canepa/Takahashi/de Rosa/Cluzel (interview with Herve linked at motomatters.com)
VIESSMANN KIEFER RACING: 1 (1) - Stefan Bradl
WTR SAN MARINO TEAM: 1 - Alex Baldolini

SUB TOTAL: 39 (6)

Reserve Teams:
MZ: 2
PROMORACING: 2 - Olive (team backed by Antonio Banderas!)
SUB TOTAL: 4

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As you can see, we're still very much in the dark!