Three-time MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo says the chances of him making a full-time return to the series have increased since his Yamaha test debut, but remain low. Lorenzo drew a line under a 12-year premier-class career as he walked away from a two-year Honda contract midway through, announcing his retirement at the end of 2019.

The first three-day pre-season test of the 2020 MotoGP season from the Sepang International Circuit concluded last weekend, with Petronas SRT’s Fabio Quartararo topping the timesheets. For the first time, all six manufacturers – Honda, Ducati, Yamaha, Suzuki, KTM and Aprilia – ran their 2020 prototype bikes on track together, with 2019’s rookie sensation Quartararo

Reigning MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez admits he is “more worried about the bike” than his physical condition ahead of the season following the first test in Malaysia. Marquez suffered a partial shoulder dislocation in a crash at last year’s Malaysian Grand Prix – which he aggravated further in a fall during the Jerez test

Fabio Quartararo says he can still get better on Yamaha’s 2020 MotoGP bike as he is not yet “100% comfortable” with it, despite ending all three Sepang test days fastest. Quartararo was fastest on the opening day of the first pre-season tes on a 2019-specificaion M1, then used the 2020 version to go fastest on

Ducati has “struggled” to maintain the same pace as its main MotoGP rivals during the Sepang test, says works rider Danilo Petrucci. Petrucci led a Ducati top-four lockout in this same test last year, but was only sixth-fastest over the three days of 2020 Sepang running – with the lead Desmosedici of Pramac rider Francesco

Honda boss Alberto Puig says rookie signing Alex Marquez went “better than expected” during the three-day Sepang MotoGP pre-season test. Reigning Moto2 world champion Marquez has joined his elder brother Marc at the factory Honda team in 2020, forming the first all-brother premier class line-up in history. The younger Marquez made his debut on the

Fabio Quartararo completed a clean sweep of the Sepang MotoGP pre-season test after topping the third day, while Marc Marquez crashed again. Quartararo took delivery of Yamaha’s 2020-spec YZR-M1 on Saturday, setting the pace immediately, and used the bike to once more end up fastest on Sunday. The Petronas SRT rider guided the bike to

Marc Marquez says his late crash during Saturday’s second MotoGP test day in Malaysia came after he had strayed off line on his way back to his garage. The reigning world champion is riding below peak physical fitness due to a recent operation on a shoulder injury he picked up at last year’s Malaysian Grand

LCR’s Cal Crutchlow says Honda’s 2020-specification MotoGP bike is “maybe even a little worse than last year” at turning after the second day of testing in Malaysia. Crutchlow, who was the only Honda rider other than world champion Marc Marquez to achieve a podium on the 2019 bike, was one of the most vocal critics

Johann Zarco says the “great things” he could do on the LCR Honda late last season led him to believe he would be quicker on Avintia’s Ducati in MotoGP testing. Zarco contested the final three races of the 2018 season on Takaaki Nakagami’s 2018-spec LRC Honda after losing his ride with KTM following the Misano

Fabio Quartararo led the second day of pre-season MotoGP testing in Malaysia, while reigning world champion Marc Marquez crashed late in the session. Petronas SRT rider Quartararo was fastest on Friday aboard the 2019-spec Yamaha, but finally took delivery of the new 2020 M1 and spent most of the day on that. He was once

Aleix Espargaro says his 2020 Aprilia RS-GP MotoGP bike reminds him of the Open class Forward Yamaha he rode to a podium in 2014 owing to its “unbelievable” smoothness. Aprilia enters 2020 with a completely overhauled machine, which Espargaro has spent the past week testing for the first time at Sepang at the shakedown and

Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez says he felt “worse than expected” returning to his Honda bike after surgery. Marquez, who romped to the 2019 title despite having his preparations for the season compromised by recovery from surgery on his left shoulder, has had his right shoulder operated on in November. Though he is in less

Petronas SRT rider Fabio Quartararo topped the first day of 2020 MotoGP pre-season testing in Malaysia, while his factory Yamaha counterpart Maverick Vinales crashed. Last season’s top rookie Quartararo was the first out on track at Sepang on Friday morning, though it was Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro who set the initial pace in the opening hour.

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi says he “pushed a lot” for Yamaha to sign his former arch rival Jorge Lorenzo, who he thinks is “perfect” for the team as test rider. Lorenzo, who won three titles during his nine-year stint as a Yamaha MotoGP rider, retired from full-time competition last year after a troubled stint with

The factory Yamaha team has become the latest MotoGP squad to reveal the colours it will race in the 2020 season at its official launch event in Malaysia. Yamaha stole the headlines last week when it firmed up its line up for the two years beyond 2020, with Maverick Vinales staying put, and Fabio Quartararo

The Suzuki MotoGP team has unveiled a new livery for its 2020 campaign ahead of the first pre-season test of the year at the Sepang International Circuit. The 2020 MotoGP season will be Suzuki’s sixth since it returned to grand prix racing in 2015, and enters the campaign with an unchanged line-up of double race