Joan Mir wrapped up this year’s Moto3 championship with two rounds to spare after taking his ninth victory of the season in a shortened Phillip Island race. The Spaniard arrived in Australia with a 55-point advantage over nearest rival Romano Fenati, after his lead was slashed dramatically the previous weekend at Motegi following a dismal

MotoGP’s top riders have called for the start time of the Australian Grand Prix to be moved an hour earlier from next year onwards. Riders are campaigning for the race start to be pushed forward from its traditional 4pm local time slot, with calls for it to start no later than 3pm in the future.

Cal Crutchlow is expecting a chaotic start to Sunday’s MotoGP Australian Grand Prix, and claims several “nuts” riders who lack long-run pace will try to make an early impact. LCR Honda rider Crutchlow will begin the Phillip Island event, which he won last year, from 10th on the grid after crashing at the Honda corner

MotoGP title contender Andrea Dovizioso says his crash in fourth practice at Phillip Island was behind his disappointing run to 11th in qualifying for tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix. Dovizioso fell at the Lukey Heights corner during FP4 before going on to finish second-to-last in Q2, trailing pacesetter and championship rival Marc Marquez by 1.110-seconds. The

Valentino Rossi admits he needs to “find something” if he is to have a chance of winning MotoGP’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island after qualifying seventh. Rossi had to fight his way through Q1 on Saturday as he finished outside the top 10 across the first three practice sessions, and eventually ended up 0.817-seconds

Championship leader Marc Marquez topped MotoGP FP3 at Phillip Island by a dominant margin but also suffered a late crash. That incident meant he was unable to take advantage as a racing line started to emerge, although Marquez still ended up beating Johann Zarco. Marquez set a best time of 1min38.522s on his ninth of

Valentino Rossi says his failure to finish in the top 10 in Friday MotoGP practice at Phillip Island was down to not focusing on using the soft option rear tyre. The Yamaha rider ended up 12th-fastest after the opening two sessions, 0.752 seconds slower than surprise pacesetter Aleix Espargaro in second practice and half a

Jorge Lorenzo is considering reverting to the old Ducati fairing after struggling during Friday MotoGP practice at Phillip Island. While Lorenzo was eighth and 11th in the two sessions, his title-contending team-mate Andrea Dovizioso finished in the top four in both. Lorenzo has been using Ducati’s new aero fairing since the championship’s return from summer

An early Marc Marquez lap was good enough to top the opening 45-minute practice session for MotoGP’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island. Marquez wasted little time getting down to business when the session kicked off, the points leader consistently the first to dip into the 1m31s, the 1m30s, and then the 1m29s bracket. By

Andrea Dovizioso’s current MotoGP title challenge is reminiscent of the late Nicky Hayden’s championship-winning 2006 campaign, reckons Marc Marquez. Hayden, who was killed earlier this year in a cycling accident, claimed an against-the-odds premier class crown 11 years ago, coming out on top against Valentino Rossi in the final race of the year at Valencia.

Johann Zarco has brushed off criticism from Jorge Lorenzo about what the Ducati rider described as ‘PlayStation’-style riding during last weekend’s Motegi MotoGP round. Lorenzo and Zarco came to blows on the fourth lap of the Japanese Grand Prix, as Lorenzo found himself eased wide by the Tech 3 Yamaha rookie at Turn 9. It

Cal Crutchlow believes Marc Marquez still holds the edge in the MotoGP title fight with Andrea Dovizioso despite the Ducati rider’s victory at Motegi. Dovizioso cut the gap to Marquez in the standings to 11 points after securing a fifth victory of the season in a thrilling battle against the reigning champion in tricky conditions