After a surprise podium at the Red Bull Ring, Petronas SRT MotoGP rider Fabio Quartararo says he is “impatient” to go to tracks where the Yamaha stands a better chance of winning. Quartararo led the opening laps of the Austrian Grand Prix, but was overtaken by both Andrea Dovizioso’s Ducati and Marc Marquez’s Honda on

Aprilia MotoGP test rider Bradley Smith will return to the Moto2 class in place of the injured Khairul Idham Pawi at the Petronas SRT squad for next weekend’s Silverstone round. Pawi injured his hand in a crash at the Spanish Grand Prix in May, and has been replaced by the likes of Mattia Pasini and

Johann Zarco says staying in MotoGP in 2020 following his KTM departure remains the “first target”, but admits a return to the Moto2 class is “also an option”. KTM announced on Monday following its home race at the Austrian Grand Prix that Zarco would be leaving the team at the end of this season. Zarco

The Pramac Ducati MotoGP team has announced it will retain on a works-spec Desmosedici bike Jack Miller for 2020. Miller had been at the centre of a major MotoGP transfer market saga at last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, during which it emerged that Honda’s Jorge Lorenzo was keen on taking his ride with the Ducati

The Tech 3 motorcycle racing team will follow its partner KTM in leaving the Moto2 class in 2020, and will instead set up a two-bike Moto3 operation. KTM announced its decision to withdraw from bike racing’s intermediate class on Sunday during the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, having supplied nine entries in the category during the

Ex-Honda rider Dani Pedrosa has moved to downplay the suggestion he could come out of retirement to replace Johann Zarco in KTM’s factory MotoGP line-up in 2020. The two-time 250cc champion, a winner of 31 premier-class races, put an end to his top-line career last year after 13 seasons with the factory Honda team before

Johann Zarco had “tears in his eyes” as he requested an early end to his KTM MotoGP contract, according to the Austrian marque’s motorsport boss Pit Beirer. KTM announced on Monday, August 12 that Zarco, who had initially penned a two-year deal with the Mattighofen-based squad, would leave at the end of the current season.

Moto2 championship leader Alex Marquez will not graduate to MotoGP for at least another year after agreeing to stay with Marc VDS in the intermediate class for 2020. Marquez, the brother of five-time MotoGP champion Marc, leads the Moto2 standings in his fifth season in the category, and finished second in Austria last weekend after

Cal Crutchlow says a suspected jump-start from Jack Miller prompted his poor launch in MotoGP’s Red Bull Ring race, which ultimately led to the LCR Honda rider’s early race-ending collision. Crutchlow started alongside Miller in ninth, but a poor start dropped him to the fringes of the top 15 behind Avintia’s Tito Rabat. Rabat hit

MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez believes “nobody will remember” his last-corner Austrian Grand Prix defeat to Andrea Dovizioso if he goes on to secure the 2019 riders’ title. Dovizioso’s lunge to snatch Sunday’s win at the death denied Marquez what would have been a first-ever triumph at the Red Bull Ring, where he has now

KTM has announced Johann Zarco will leave its MotoGP outfit at the end of 2019, ending his two-year contract after a single season. Double Moto2 champion Zarco was a prize signing for KTM’s ambitious MotoGP programme, having starred on Tech3’s satellite Yamahas in 2017 and ’18. But he has been unable to replicate that form

MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez says he briefly expected to crash at the Austrian Grand Prix’s final corner, after getting his right brake lever guard caught on Andrea Dovizioso’s bike. Dovizioso dived down the inside of Marquez at the final corner, and the Honda rider looked to cut across Dovizioso’s line to get a better

Andrea Dovizioso admits he “didn’t prepare” for a last-corner lunge on Marc Marquez to win the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix, as Spielberg’s final corner doesn’t suit him or the Ducati. Dovizioso engaged in a race-long battle with championship leader Marquez at the Red Bull Ring, which culminated in a repeat of the pair’s last-corner duel

Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso prevailed in the MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, winning a sensational duel against Marc Marquez in the final corner of the race. Marquez and Dovizioso were in a league of their own in the 28-lap event, and their battle featured several twists and turns before a forceful move

KTM has announced it will retain a factory MotoGP programme at least until 2026, but will pull out of the intermediate Moto2 class as early as next year. The Austrian manufacturer had joined MotoGP full-time on an initial five-year deal in 2017, and has now reaffirmed its commitment for another five years past that, after

Jorge Lorenzo has decided against a shock Ducati return for the 2020 MotoGP season and told Honda he will instead see out his existing contract, Autosport has learned. It is understood that Lorenzo, who has been on the sidelines with injury since June’s Dutch TT at Assen, informed Honda team boss Alberto Puig on Saturday

LCR Honda rider Cal Crutchlow says his factory counterpart Marc Marquez is like “Houdini” in that he has “a trick” for every part of the Red Bull Ring circuit. On one of the shortest tracks on the calendar, Marquez took Austrian Grand Prix pole position by a dominant 0.434 seconds, and broke Mick Doohan’s record

Honda rider Marc Marquez dominated the third MotoGP practice at the Red Bull Ring, beating Maverick Vinales by over three tenths of a second. Marquez, who had a carbon-reinforced chassis on both of his bikes, beat his own benchmark from Friday soon after the session began with a 1m23.788s as he and Valentino Rossi locked

Pramac Ducati rider Jack Miller says the news Jorge Lorenzo could take his MotoGP ride in 2020 “hit me like a ton of bricks”. Miller is out of contract next year but had been expecting to seal a one-year extension to his contract, having already agreed terms with Pramac. But Jorge Lorenzo’s interest in returning

MotoE suffered another fire-related incident in Austria on Friday as points leader Niki Tuuli’s bike ignited while being charged. The Ajo Motorsport bike of Tuuli, who won in Germany, caught fire while charging in the e-paddock at the Red Bull Ring. The fire was swiftly dealt with and no disruption is expected for the remainder

Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso set the pace in the opening MotoGP practice session at the Red Bull Ring, heading points leader Marc Marquez by just under two tenths. Marquez led almost the entirety of the session, but a late flyer from Dovizioso on soft tyres relegated the Honda rider to second place as Marquez had

MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez says his team-mate Jorge Lorenzo “needs to” persist with his current Honda challenge, following suggestions that Lorenzo could depart after the 2019 season. Pramac Ducati rider Jack Miller admitted in the lead-up to MotoGP’s Red Bull Ring weekend that there was “some truth” to reports linking Lorenzo to a potential

Pramac Ducati rider Jack Miller admits that recent rumours about Honda’s Jorge Lorenzo taking his MotoGP ride for 2020 might have “some truth” in them. Danilo Petrucci’s contract renewal with the factory Ducati team had suggested Miller was certain to continue with Pramac in 2020 and he was expected to continue with a current-spec bike.

Suzuki rider Joan Mir will sit out this weekend’s MotoGP Austrian Grand Prix to continue recovery from minor injuries sustained in a high-speed crash during the Brno test. The MotoGP rookie fell from his GSX-RR at the first corner late in Monday’s post-Czech Grand Prix test, and he made impact with the ‘air fence’ inflatable

Honda MotoGP test rider Stefan Bradl says Cal Crutchlow’s outspoken nature is generally ‘not productive’ for the development of the manufacturer’s bike. Bradl spent three years with the LCR Honda squad that Crutchlow now rides for, though has not raced in MotoGP full-time since losing his ride with Aprilia at the end of 2016. He

Ducati MotoGP rider Danilo Petrucci says he “can’t afford” more “negative” races like last weekend’s Czech Grand Prix, his “worst” showing this season. While fellow GP19 riders Andrea Dovizioso and Jack Miller – who rides a satellite Pramac Racing current-spec bike – finished second and third in Brno behind race winner Marc Marquez, Petrucci struggled

Suzuki rider Alex Rins says he feared his rear tyre might explode during last weekend’s Czech Grand Prix after missing out on a place on the podium to Jack Miller. Rins held third place for the majority of the Brno race, but slipped behind the Pramac Ducati of Miller on the penultimate lap and was

Andrea Dovizioso says MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez has “changed the management” of races, which has put his rivals in “crisis”. Marquez has won six of the 10 races run in 2019, which has netted him a 63-point lead over Dovizioso, and has made it into the top two for the last 19 races he

Suzuki MotoGP rider Joan Mir will remain in hospital overnight following his high-speed crash during Monday’s post-Czech Grand Prix test. Mir, who ended the Brno test seventh-fastest, fell entering Turn 1 with less than an hour to go at a speed of almost 190mph, hitting the airfence. The 2017 Moto3 champion was firstly evaluated by

Valentino Rossi admits he “expected a lot more” from the 2020 Yamaha MotoGP prototype rolled out for Monday’s post-Czech Grand Prix test, in which he was sixth fastest. For the first time in recent years, Yamaha brought the initial variant of the bike it will race the following season to the traditional summer Brno test