Valentino Rossi says Yamaha is now delivering updates to improve its MotoGP bike that he has been requesting for “two and a half years”. Rossi started the year with two podiums, but has failed to return to the rostrum since then while works team-mate Maverick Vinales won at Assen and Petronas SRT’s Fabio Quartararo has

Jack Miller says he had to take the opening corners of MotoGP’s British Grand Prix as if he was on a “chopper”, after his Ducati’s holeshot device failed to disengage. Pramac rider Miller has been using the holeshot device – which lowers the bike to improve acceleration off the start – since last year’s Japanese

Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales says he was “in shock” at being able to maintain his pace late on in the British Grand Prix and close in on the leaders. Vinales secured his third podium finish in the last five races at the scene of his maiden MotoGP win in 2016, ending up just over

Suzuki rider Joan Mir will return to MotoGP action at this week’s two-day Misano test after missing the last two races through injury. Mir was forced onto the sidelines when he suffered a 300km/h (186mph) Turn 1 crash during post-race testing at Brno earlier this month, and was diagnosed with lung contusions. Having spent several

MotoGP teams will receive a draft 2020 calendar this week, which includes a change of date for the Thailand race, and the provisional slot for the returning Finnish Grand Prix. The Thai race, which made its debut on the calendar last season, was originally expected to be grouped with another of the Pacific end-of-season flyaways

Jorge Lorenzo feels he’s “out of danger” after making it through his “survival” MotoGP British Grand Prix return weekend, and is confident he can push harder in the next races. Lorenzo fractured his back in a crash during practice for the Dutch TT at the end of June, and had to miss that plus the

MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez says he followed a British Grand Prix strategy that would minimise his possible points loss, rather than one that would help him win the race. Marquez started from pole at Silverstone and led 18 of the first 20 laps, but ultimately fell prey to a final-corner move from Alex Rins

Valentino Rossi was unable to capitalise on his second-place MotoGP British Grand Prix starting spot, after an early tyre issue resigned him to a distant fourth. The Yamaha rider ran with Honda’s Marc Marquez in the opening laps, but was quickly usurped by eventual race winner Alex Rins on the Suzuki and his Yamaha team-mate

Johann Zarco has been handed a three-place grid penalty for next month’s Misano MotoGP race after wiping out fellow KTM rider Miguel Oliveira during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Zarco and Oliveira came to blows on the ninth lap of 20 during Sunday’s race while fighting over 12th position as Zarco attempted a move

British Grand Prix winner Alex Rins says he was nearly left to rue a “very big mistake” in the race, as he lost track of the number of laps during his fight with Marc Marquez. Rins bested championship leader Marquez in an exhilarating late-race duel at Silverstone that culminated in Rins’ last-gasp pass and yielded

Petronas Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo said his crash at the beginning of MotoGP’s British GP was triggered by Alex Rins’ error ahead of him. Quartararo had a highside at Copse right after the start, and his Yamaha was then hit by Andrea Dovizioso, who suffered temporary memory loss after the accident and was hospitalised for

Andrea Dovizioso has been airlifted to Coventry hospital after a huge crash during MotoGP’s British Grand Prix, with the Italian suffering temporary memory loss. Dovizioso was unable to avoid the highsiding Yamaha of Fabio Quartararo through Copse at the start of the British GP, and his Ducati ramped off the crashed M1 bike. Dovizioso’s Desmosedici

Suzuki rider Alex Rins pulled off a sensational last-corner move to beat MotoGP champion Marc Marquez to win a thrilling British Grand Prix at Silverstone. A race-long battle between Marquez and Rins was resolved by just 0.013 seconds in favour of Rins after he undercut the Honda rider coming through the fast right-hander of Woodcote

Injured Honda MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo says it was “not worth” pushing any harder in British Grand Prix qualifying to advance on a season-worst 21st position. Lorenzo is making his comeback at Silverstone this weekend following two months on the sidelines to recover from a back injury sustained in a crash during first practice at

Valentino Rossi says securing a front row starting spot for MotoGP’s British Grand Prix was made sweeter by recent calls from his detractors that he should retire. The Yamaha rider equalled his best qualifying performance of 2019 at Silverstone as he ended up behind only Marc Marquez, securing his first front row since April’s Austin

LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow says “a bit of an amateur mistake” led to his crash in MotoGP qualifying at Silverstone. Crutchlow will start his home race from ninth on the grid after sliding off the track at Stowe while on course to improve on his final flying lap in Q2. Speaking after the session,

Fabio Quartararo smashed the existing Silverstone MotoGP lap record to lead Valentino Rossi in British Grand Prix FP3 by 0.146s, while Andrea Dovizioso missed the Q2 cut. Marc Marquez set the initial pace in the third 45-minute session of the Silverstone weekend on the Honda, going top initially with a 2m00.598s, which he improved to

An “angry” Pol Espargaro wants MotoGP to address “dangerous” situations created by the presence of replacement riders, after he was balked by Sylvain Guintoli in Friday practice at Silverstone. Suzuki test rider Guintoli has made two prior appearances as a wildcard rider this year and is standing in for the injured Joan Mir in the

Jorge Lorenzo admits he has more “fear” of crashing and worsening the back injuries he suffered at Assen, which is hindering his MotoGP comeback at the British Grand Prix. The Honda rider ended up 21st-fastest during Friday practice for this weekend’s racing at Silverstone, some 3.7 seconds off the pace established by Petronas SRT’s Fabio

Valentino Rossi says he can sympathise with Johann Zarco’s decision to quit KTM after one MotoGP season, as the situation reminds him of his own struggles at Ducati. Zarco shocked the paddock when KTM announced an early end to his two-year contract in the wake of the recent Austrian Grand Prix, a move that will

Jorge Lorenzo admits the two big June crashes that had left him with an injured back created “doubts” and affected his “commitment” to his current MotoGP programme with Honda. The three-time MotoGP champion was on the sidelines for four grands prix after fracturing a vertebra in practice at Assen, in a fast crash that came

Johann Zarco felt that continuing with KTM for the 2020 MotoGP season without any improvements would have meant that he “failed” in his career, so preferred to leave. In a shock decision, Zarco decided to end his contract with the factory KTM team one year early and will depart at the end of 2019. The

Cal Crutchlow says a new MotoGP deal with Honda “has been discussed”, but still believes it is likely his current contract will be his last. The three-time premier class grand prix winner joined Honda satellite squad LCR in 2015 after a difficult year at Ducati, and became an official HRC-contracted rider in ’17. He extended

The Honda MotoGP team has confirmed Jorge Lorenzo will make his return to action at this weekend’s British Grand Prix, having been absent through injury since June. The triple MotoGP world champion suffered a fracture to his T6 and T8 vertebrae in a fast crash during first practice for the Dutch TT two months ago,

Bradley Smith labelled Finland’s KymiRing “very different to anything we’ve seen before”, as all six MotoGP manufacturers’ test riders sampled the new track for the first time on Monday. In preparation for Finland’s return to the MotoGP calendar for the first time since 1982 next season, the factory teams’ official test riders have been given

The Suzuki MotoGP team has announced Joan Mir will miss this weekend’s British Grand Prix as he continues to recover from chest and lung injuries sustain in a recent crash. The 2017 Moto3 world champion and premier class rookie suffered a high-speed tumble at the first corner at Brno during the post-race test, and had

Andrea Dovizioso believes the manner of his victory over Marc Marquez in the last MotoGP race in Austria will rejuvenate himself and Ducati in the final part of the season. Dovizioso had struggled to run with Marquez for much of the season since winning the Qatar opener, and admitted in the lead-up to the Red

Danny Kent, the 2015 Moto3 world champion, has been handed a suspended jail sentence for a knife offence, and lost his ride in the British Superbike Championship as a result. Kent became Britain’s first grand prix motorcycle racing world champion since Barry Sheene’s second 500cc title win in 1977 when he won the 2015 Moto3

Valentino Rossi feels that “something moved” within the Yamaha MotoGP team during the summer break in its bid to close the gap to its rival manufacturers. Rossi had a torrid end to the first half of the 2019 campaign, as he retired from three races in succession and then finished only eighth at the Sachsenring.

Ducati MotoGP technical director Davide Barana says improving the bike’s key weakness of turning is a “long process” that is taking a lot of “trial and error”. Though Ducati has made steps forward in recent years, emerging as a title challenger again in the last three seasons, it is still thought to trail its rivals