Everyone likes seeing racing motorcycles get s🌟ide🐈ways and, although sophisticated electronics and strict fuel limits do their best to stop such behaviour in MotoGP, it can still happen.

See below for a selection of the best powerslides of 2012 caught by trackside photographers - our personal favourite, of Casey Stoner sliding his Repsol Honda across the kerb during October's Malaysian Grand Prix weekend a🐻t Sepang, is shown on the left.

Overall, newly retired ꦅStoner provided thꦓe most sideways action this year, which was the first of the new 1000cc era.