Fabio Quartararo has made waves in his rookie premier class season with the Petronas SRT Yamaha team, scoring three pole positions and four podiums in his first 13 races in MotoGP. At Misano, he led for most of the 27-lap contest, resisting immense pressure from reigning world champion Marc Marquez up until the last tour.

Fabio Quartararo has made waves in his rookie premier class season with the Petronas SRT Yamaha team, scoring three pole positions and four podiums in his first 13 races in MotoGP. At Misano, he led for most of the 27-lap contest, resisting immense pressure from reigning world champion Marc Marquez up until the last tour.

Johann Zarco’s KTM deal was supposed to be a dream marriage of MotoGP’s rising star rider and team, but it has abruptly ended after 13 grands prix. He had come into MotoGP in 2017 as reigning double Moto2 world champion, and set tongues wagging on his debut on the Tech3 Yamaha in Qatar when he

KTM has dropped Johann Zarco from its MotoGP line-up effective immediately, replacing the Frenchman with test rider Mika Kallio for the rest of the 2019 season. Zarco, who joined the Austrian manufacturer on an initial two-year deal ahead of the current campaign, has struggled to adapt to its RC16 bike and was granted the request

Cal Crutchlow has dubbed fellow Honda MotoGP rider Marc Marquez’s victory in the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano a “miracle”, given their bike’s shortcomings. While Marquez saw off the challenge from the ascendant Yamahas to bag his seventh win of the season, Crutchlow scarcely troubled the top 10 through the weekend before crashing out

Andrea Dovizioso says there is no point in being “p***** off” about the failings of his Ducati after a disappointing run to sixth at the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix. Having recovered from his violent first-corner crash last time out at Silverstone, Dovizioso qualified sixth and finished in the same position at Misano, a little

Cal Crutchlow was among a number of MotoGP riders left baffled by the cause of their crashes during the San Marino Grand Prix. LCR rider Crutchlow, as well as his team-mate Takaaki Nakagami, Pramac’s Francesco Bagnaia, Suzuki rider Alex Rins and Ducati wildcard Michele Pirro all crashed out of the 27-lap Misano race. The low-grip

Maverick Vinales says he pace drop-off early in the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix was a result of getting “disturbed a lot” by several front-end moments on his Yamaha. Vinales eased to pole position and looked the strongest on race pace, but dropped to over 2.5 seconds adrift of Petronas SRT’s Fabio Quartararo and eventual

Honda MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo admits his pace in the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano, his second race back from injury, was “worse than I expected”. Lorenzo finished 14th, 47 seconds behind race-winning team-mate Marc Marquez, as he continues to recover from the back injury he sustained in a practice crash at Assen in

Valentino Rossi says he is seeking a “solution” to his current acceleration deficit to fellow Yamaha MotoGP riders Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo. Yamaha put four bikes in the top five in the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano, but while Quartararo fought Marc Marquez for victory and Vinales was a close third behind the

Fabio Quartararo has hailed his battle with Marc Marquez at the MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix as the “best moment of my life”, despite it denying him a maiden victory. The Petronas SRT Yamaha rider grabbed the lead from works Yamaha counterpart Maverick Vinales on the run to the fast Curvone right kink on lap

Marc Marquez says the spat between himself and Valentino Rossi in MotoGP qualifying gave him “extra motivation” to win MotoGP’s Misano race, even though their altercation was not “necessary”. The Honda rider and Rossi tripped each other up in a controversial moment at the end of Q2 on Saturday when both were pushing for a

Pol Espargaro has credited KTM’s “new ideas” following the Misano test for helping him to an “unbelievable” second place in MotoGP San Marino Grand Prix qualifying. Aided by a tow from Fabio Quartararo in the first half of the lap, Espargaro bagged KTM’s first-ever front row MotoGP start in the dry, lapping three tenths slower

Valentino Rossi accused MotoGP rival Marc Marquez of overtaking him at the end of San Marino Grand Prix Q2 knowing that the Italian’s lap would be ruined in the process. Rossi was running ahead of Marquez as the duo were on their last laps in qualifying, and the Honda rider pulled off a tight move

MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez says he is puzzled by rival Valentino Rossi’s “intention” in their run-in during Misano qualifying. Marquez was tucked in behind Rossi on his final lap in qualifying, and was on course for a front row spot when he overtook the Italian down the inside of the high-speed Curvone right-hander. But

Valentino Rossi says he was “surprised” that all four Yamaha MotoGP riders ended Friday practice at Misano strongly, despite them using several different configurations. Rossi rode with a new carbon swingarm, brake cover and exhaust in practice for the San Marino Grand Prix, while his team-mate Maverick Vinales stuck with the old parts. Vinales ended

Honda MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo expects his physical condition to worsen over the San Marino Grand Prix weekend as he continues to recover from a back injury. Lorenzo fractured his back in a crash at the Assen round, and missed four races as a result before returning to action last time out at Silverstone –

Maverick Vinales narrowly led fellow Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo in the second MotoGP free practice session for the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano. Vinales and Quartararo ended up over three tenths clear of Honda’s Marc Marquez, who had led most of the session before being surpassed by the Yamahas late on. Marquez ran in

Jorge Lorenzo responded to the recent criticism of Honda MotoGP team boss Alberto Puig by stating no one can say that “I didn’t try and didn’t risk with this bike”. Puig told the official MotoGP podcast in the lead-up to the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano that Lorenzo’s Honda woes were down to a

Aprilia MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone and his brother Angelo will manage the career of controversial Moto3 rider Romano Fenati from the San Marino Grand Prix. Fenati was banned from racing until the end of last year after controversially grabbing the brake lever of Forward Racing’s Stefan Manzi during the 2019 edition of the San Marino

Honda MotoGP team boss Alberto Puig believes Jorge Lorenzo’s struggles with the Japanese marque are not down to technique, but a lack of “courage and willingness”. Lorenzo has endured a nightmare first campaign on the RC213V after two seasons as a works Ducati rider, having not scored a top 10 finish this year. He has

As the search for Johann Zarco’s KTM replacement for the 2020 MotoGP season continues, the Tank Slappers podcast digs into the rumour that Alvaro Bautista could fill the KTM void. Bautista moved to World Superbikes for this year after losing his place in MotoGP at the end of last season, and dominated the opening rounds

MotoGP’s Aragon Grand Prix will start one hour earlier than usual next weekend to avoid a direct clash with Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix. The final round of the European leg of the 2019 campaign at the Motorland circuit in Spain will take place at 13.00 local time, instead of 14.00. It ensures no overlap

Petronas Yamaha MotoGP rider Franco Morbidelli will contest the inaugural running of the Sepang 8 Hours in December this year. Morbidelli will ride a Yamaha YZF-R1 entered by the Sepang Racing team, which has received backing from full-season Endurance World Championship squad YART for its home event. He will race alongside Yamaha World Superbike rider

Johann Zarco says he has no fears he could get stuck in a MotoGP test role for multiple seasons, after hinting he is leaning towards that over a Moto2 return. Last month, KTM rider Zarco opted to terminate his two-year deal with the Austrian manufacturer one season early, leaving him without a place on the

After clinching victory in a stunning British Grand Prix by just 0.013s, the Tank Slapper’s podcast discusses if Suzuki and Alex Rins are now genuine title contenders in MotoGP again. Global MotoGP Editor for Motorsport.com Oriol Puigdemont shares his insight from key figures from Suzuki’s past and present to explain how the relatively small manufacturer

Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci says the recent two-day Misano MotoGP test “removed many doubts” over his performance, having suffered a difficult run of races since the summer break. Petrucci secured his maiden win at Mugello in June, and scored a brace of third-place finishes either side of that race to put himself within range of Ducati

Fabio Quartararo was once again fastest at the Misano MotoGP test, after topping Friday’s running by 0.476s over Ducati’s Danilo Petrucci. The rookie edged out Petronas SRT team-mate Franco Morbidelli in Thursday’s afternoon session at the San Marino Grand Prix venue by just 0.023s. Quartararo was passed fit to ride just days after his heavy

Fresh from suffering a mild concussion in a crash at the British Grand Prix, Fabio Quartararo topped the first day of MotoGP testing at Misano by 0.023 seconds. Quartararo highsided exiting the first corner at the start of last Sunday’s Silverstone race, with Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso launching over the top of the rookie’s stricken Petronas

MotoGP has officially announced its 2020 calendar, including the return of the Finnish Grand Prix. As Autosport revealed last weekend, the planned schedule also includes the Thai round moving from late in the season to near the start. The draft calendar released on Wednesday notes that the Finland round is “subject to FIM homologation” of