LCR rider Cal Crutchlow says the current performance of Honda’s MotoGP bike on out-laps is “embarrassing”, and believes this played a part in Marc Marquez’s FP1 crash at Buriram. Marquez was thrown from his RC213V late on in the first practice session at the Turn 7 right-hander while off-throttle, and had to go to hospital

Valentino Rossi hopes incoming MotoGP crew chief David Munoz can make a big impact, after admitting he and current Yamaha crew chief Silvano Galbusera have been “a little bit stuck”. Rossi remains winless since the 2017 race at Assen, and has managed just two podium appearances this season – fewer than both factory team-mate Maverick

Jorge Lorenzo says he will likely have to “sacrifice” front stability with his Honda to improve tyre life for the MotoGP Thailand Grand Prix, after struggling with this at Aragon. Lorenzo was running strongly in the early stages of the race at Aragon, before tyre wear dumped him to a distant 20th – some 45

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi has admitted his arch-rival Marc Marquez has put together a season “close to perfect” in 2019, as the Spaniard nears a sixth premier-class title. Marquez only needs 27 points from the five remaining races to put the championship out of reach for his only remaining mathematical rival Andrea Dovizioso. The Honda

KTM motorsport boss Pit Beirer says he is “100% fine” with MotoGP test rider Dani Pedrosa’s decision not to come out of retirement to replace Johann Zarco for 2020. Pedrosa joined KTM in a test role at the conclusion of his 13-year MotoGP stint with Honda, and has been working on a new package for

Jorge Lorenzo is confident that Honda will still take his input into account when developing its bike for the 2020 MotoGP season, despite recent friction between team and rider. Following a disastrous start to the season, Lorenzo flew to Honda’s headquarters in Japan after Mugello in order to make a breakthrough with the bike. But

Andrea Dovizioso admits his current MotoGP championship situation would not be different had he not crashed at Silverstone and Catalunya, as Ducati hasn’t been “close” to Marc Marquez this year. Despite a strong recovery ride to second, Dovizioso could offer no challenge to a dominant Marquez in last weekend’s Aragon Grand Prix, as the Spaniard

Controversial rider Romano Fenati will join Max Biaggi’s squad for his eighth season in Moto3 and his second since his ban from competing was lifted at the end of 2018. Fenati was ousted from the world championship last year when he grabbed the brake lever of Forward Racing’s Stefano Manzi in a controversial incident during

One of the most mouth-watering prospects heading into this MotoGP season was Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo sharing the Honda garage and going head-to-head on equal machinery. But a constantly injured Lorenzo has struggled to adapt from the Ducati he took to three race wins in 2018 to the RC213V, and he is in the

KTM motorsport boss Pit Beirer says that Johann Zarco has the company’s blessing to test or race for a rival MotoGP manufacturer while he remains under contract. Following Zarco’s decision to request an exit from his two-year deal one year early, KTM decided to drop the two-time Moto2 champion with immediate effect. Zarco was then

MotoGP race winner Sete Gibernau will not remain part of the MotoE grid after the 2019 season, the rider has told Autosport. The 46-year-old came out of retirement to contest the electric series’ inaugural season with Pons, and currently sits 10th in the standings after four of six rounds. Gibernau said he has been “completely

Aleix Espargaro warns his strong MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix weekend is not the “reality” of Aprilia’s true pace and admits the manufacturer is still “suffering”. Espargaro put his RS-GP fifth on the grid having held a front-row spot briefly in qualifying and was only narrowly pipped to sixth by LCR’s Cal Crutchlow late on in

Maverick Vinales says the Yamaha’s deficit in power relative to the Ducatis meant he “had no chance” to defend a MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix podium late on. Vinales made his way up to second ahead of Pramac Ducati’s Jack Miller in the early stages of the 23-lap race, and at one stage was able to

Honda has announced Alvaro Bautista will join its factory World Superbike squad in 2020, ending speculation of a shock return to MotoGP with KTM for the current Ducati WSBK rider. Bautista, a MotoGP regular between 2010 and ’18, has so far won 15 races in his maiden WSBK campaign with Ducati and took 11 victories

Valentino Rossi does not understand his “bad” pace in MotoGP’s Aragon Grand Prix, which left him 23.6 seconds from the win in eighth place. The Yamaha rider opted for the same hard rear, medium front tyre combination as works team-mate Maverick Vinales and the Petronas SRT M1 of Fabio Quartararo. While they finished fourth and

Marc Marquez put one hand on a sixth MotoGP world championship by securing a dominant victory at the Aragon Grand Prix from pole position. The Honda rider, making his 200th grand prix start, nailed his launch off the line and was already a second clear of the field by the end of the first lap,

Jorge Lorenzo has dismissed the idea of quitting Honda’s MotoGP team a year early in the same way Johann Zarco has done with KTM, despite saying he is “not happy”. Zarco requested his two-year KTM deal be terminated early last month as he failed to find any form on the RC16, with the Austrian team

Aleix Espargaro says he “almost crashed three times” chasing Aragon Grand Prix polesitter Marc Marquez on his way to taking Aprilia’s first MotoGP qualifying top five spot in two years. Espargaro tucked in behind Marquez – who has been dominant at the Aragon round so far – for his final flying lap, and produced a

KTM MotoGP rider Pol Espargaro will not take part in this weekend’s Aragon Grand Prix after fracturing his left wrist in a practice crash. Espargaro suffered a crash at Turn 9 during Saturday afternoon’s fourth practice session, and skipped the subsequent qualifying session after being taken to the medical centre. Later it was confirmed the

Honda’s Marc Marquez took pole position for the MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix by 0.327 seconds, despite intense pressure from Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo in the closing stages. Marquez was over a second clear of the field after Friday’s practices, and duly delivered on his status as favourite for his ninth pole of the year ahead

Valentino Rossi says the Yamaha MotoGP bike’s acceleration deficit is no longer as “embarrassing” as it was during last year’s Aragon Grand Prix. In 2018, the Motorland circuit was the scene of one of Yamaha’s worst performances in recent years, as Rossi and team-mate Maverick Vinales laboured to eighth and 10th places respectively – behind

MotoGP has issued an updated set of track limits guidelines in the wake of the controversial finish to last weekend’s Moto2 race at Misano. The new regulations are designed to avoid a repeat of the situation in the intermediate class last weekend, when Augusto Fernandez passed Fabio Di Giannantonio on the last lap after running

KTM boss Pit Beirer says Johann Zarco’s negative attitude following an “outstanding” Misano weekend made the team ‘lose hope’ in his situation improving, leading to his immediate ousting. Zarco had requested to be released from his two-year contract with KTM a year early, but both he and the team intended for him to see out

Suzuki’s Alex Rins topped a damp third MotoGP practice for the Aragon Grand Prix, having been one of only three riders to use slick tyres during the session. The track was drying out slowly from morning rain at the start of the session, and wet tyres were the preference for almost the entirety of FP3.

Jack Miller says Marc Marquez’s blistering 1m46.869s in MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix FP1 ‘f***ing hurt’, and believes the Honda rider has “another one in him”. Reigning world champion Marquez has won the past three races at Aragon, and kicked off this year’s event by topping FP1 by a whopping 1.6 seconds. He was fourth in

Marc Marquez admits he knew there was a “very big chance” he’d crash in MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix free practice, as he had to discover the hard front tyre’s limits. The Honda rider dominated Friday’s running with a lap of 1m46.869s set in FP1, which put him over a second clear of the field on

Maverick Vinales led Yamaha MotoGP team-mate Valentino Rossi in Aragon Grand Prix FP2, though Marquez held onto top spot on the combined times despite a small crash. Honda Marquez was dominant in FP1, leading Vinales by 1.6s, and continued to run the soft rear tyre at the start of second session in a bid to

MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez has warned race direction about the precedent set by the decision not to penalise Misano Moto2 race winner Augusto Fernandez. Fernandez beat local hero Fabio Di Giannantonio in a breathless late-race duel and his victory meant he closed to 28 points of Marquez’s brother Alex in the Moto2 title race.

Ousted KTM MotoGP rider Johann Zarco says it felt like his “heart was ripped out” by the Austrian manufacturer’s decision to drop him with immediate effect this week. The six-time MotoGP podium finisher was already on his way out of KTM, after he requested to have his two-year deal with the team terminated last month

San Marino Grand Prix winner Marc Marquez says Fabio Quartararo proved at Misano he has the “potential” and the “talent” to fight for the MotoGP title in 2020. Quartararo came into MotoGP at the start of the year with the new Petronas SRT Yamaha team off the back of a largely difficult junior career in