MotoGP manufacturer Yamaha will reduce the target mileage on the component that failed on Fabio Quartararo’s Yamaha M1 bike in the Spanish Grand Prix. Rookie Quartararo, who became MotoGP’s youngest-ever pole-sitter the day prior to the race, was running a comfortable second with what he described as “incredible pace” and looked on course for a

Honda rider Jorge Lorenzo says the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez left him “sad, disappointed and worried” about his current MotoGP form. After a difficult start to life at Honda, Lorenzo had high hopes for the first race of the European leg but his second place in Friday morning practice proved a false dawn. The

Alex Rins says he was amused by the footage of a marshal at Jerez taking a minor component from his Suzuki MotoGP bike at the end of the Spanish Grand Prix. Rins finished second in the race and stopped on track to celebrate, which is when the onboard camera on his GSX-RR captured a track

Petronas Yamaha rider Fabio Quartararo says his “incredible” race pace was in part due to learning from his front-running rivals in the Spanish Grand Prix. Quartararo, 20, qualified on pole position for the Jerez race – becoming the youngest rider to do so, beating the previous record held by Marc Marquez – but fell back

Honda rider Marc Marquez says the dominant manner of his victory at Jerez was a way of proving to his rivals that his confidence hadn’t been knocked by his Austin crash. Marquez fell from a comfortable lead at the Circuit of the Americas, marking the first time he had been defeated at the venue. But

Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez dominated the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez, becoming the first repeat winner of the 2019 campaign. Marquez grabbed the lead off the line and swiftly escaped from the chasing pack, his job made easier when rookie Fabio Quartararo – who had succeeded him as MotoGP’s youngest-ever poleman on Sunday –

Aprilia rider Andrea Iannone has been declared unfit to participate in MotoGP’s Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez following a crash on Saturday. Iannone hurt his left ankle in a heavy tumble at Turn 11 in FP4, which took place right before qualifying. He was taken away on a stretcher and was later seen to be

Valentino Rossi says the factory MotoGP Yamaha he could only qualify 13th at Jerez and the Petronas versions Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli put on row one are “very similar”. Both the works M1s had to go through Q1 in Spanish Grand Prix qualifying after struggling in practice, and only Maverick Vinales made it into

Jorge Lorenzo insists he is “closer than ever” to making a breakthrough with his Honda MotoGP bike, despite being “frustrated and disappointed” at qualifying 11th at Jerez. The three-time MotoGP champion, who counts Jerez among his stronger tracks on the calendar, narrowly advanced to Q2 directly from practice but crashed on his decisive qualifying run.

Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci set the pace in a frantic third MotoGP practice of the Spanish Grand Prix weekend at Jerez, as the works Yamaha bikes were consigned to Q1. Sixteen riders were quicker than Petrucci’s own benchmark from Friday, meaning that automatic Q2 spots were decided on practice three alone – and both factory

Valentino Rossi said the Yamaha MotoGP team is “in trouble” at the Spanish Grand Prix after ending Jerez Friday practice only 16th fastest overall. Rossi was 18th and 14th in the two Friday practices and was nearly eight tenths of a second slower than pacesetter Danilo Petrucci’s Ducati. Jerez has been a difficult circuit for

Danilo Petrucci led his factory Ducati team-mate Andrea Dovizioso in a second MotoGP practice session at Jerez that was red-flagged shortly before the end. As he had done in FP1, Honda rider Marc Marquez controlled the majority of the session, with a 1m38.154s keeping him on top for most of the 45-minute running. Marquez was

Honda rider Marc Marquez beat his team-mate Jorge Lorenzo to top the opening MotoGP practice session at Jerez, while Valentino Rossi was only 18th. Marquez led nearly the entire 45-minute session after taking the session lead with his second flying lap, and stayed in front until just two minutes remained on the clock. Lorenzo was

Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez says his Honda team has resolved an issue that contributed to his costly crash from the lead in the Austin race. Marquez was en route to a dominant victory at the American venue, but his perfect record of consecutive wins at the track was tarnished when he fell at the

KTM rider Johann Zarco says an in-season test at Le Mans was a boost to his confidence because it allowed him to work away from the “stress” of a MotoGP race weekend. The Frenchman has had a challenging start to life as a KTM works rider, scoring just five points in his first three races

KTM test rider Dani Pedrosa’s return aboard the RC16 MotoGP bike has been postponed further, as he will skip the post-Spanish Grand Prix test at Jerez. Pedrosa, who joined the Austrian manufacturer in a testing role after concluding his full-time premier-class career at the end of last year, rode the KTM for the first time

KTM has exercised an option to retain Tech 3 rider Miguel Oliveira for the 2020 MotoGP season. Last year’s Moto2 runner-up Oliveira has scored points twice in the opening three races of his premier class career, scoring 11th place at Termas de Rio Hondo in Argentina before finishing 14th last time out at the Circuit

The Honda MotoGP team is confident that the chain issues that have affected Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo in the last two rounds have now been resolved. Marquez was first to suffer as his chain came loose in fourth practice at Termas de Rio Hondo immediately before qualifying, although this did not stop the reigning

Aleix Espargaro believes he is “riding better than ever in my life”, but that Aprilia must conquer its tyre wear issues to give him any chance of MotoGP podiums. Espargaro, who made his MotoGP debut in 2009, is set to start his 150th premier class race at Jerez next weekend. His sole top-three finish came

Jorge Lorenzo says he can sympathise with Maverick Vinales’ recent difficulties with MotoGP race starts and battling in the pack. Yamaha rider Vinales made sluggish getaways in both of the first two grands prix of the year in Qatar and Argentina, and then was handed a ride-through penalty for jumping the start last time out

Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso says MotoGP rival Valentino Rossi has “changed his mentality” during his time in the premier class, and believes the Yamaha rider would’ve “destroyed himself” otherwise. A dominant presence in MotoGP at the start of the century, Rossi has seven premier-class championships to his name. While championship challenges and individual race wins have

Pol Espargaro says he is “super-excited” by KTM’s potential in MotoGP this year, after claiming the Austrian marque’s best dry-weather result to date. Espargaro recorded KTM’s best qualifying result, fifth, at the Circuit of the Americas which he then converted into an eighth-place finish in the race – his highest since joining the team, excluding

Yamaha’s Valentino Rossi believes MotoGP’s newest race winner Alex Rins is a threat for the title this year after the Suzuki rider’s breakthrough success at Austin. Rins overtook Rossi in the closing stages of Sunday’s Austin race to secure his first premier class win, and Suzuki’s first triumph since the 2016 British Grand Prix. After

Jorge Lorenzo says he was making “strange mistakes” in the opening stages of MotoGP’s Grand Prix of the Americas before his Honda bike failed. Lorenzo qualified 11th for his third MotoGP race as a factory Honda rider at Austin, but he slumped to 15th in the opening laps. He recovered to 10th when his RC213V

Suzuki MotoGP rookie Joan Mir says the speed he showed after a jump-start penalty at Austin left him feeling angry that he missed out on a strong finish. Moto2 graduate Mir was one of two riders who received a ride-through penalty for jumping the start at Austin, alongside Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales. But while Vinales was

Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso says his rival Marc Marquez’s crash at Austin shows the Spaniard “doesn’t have everything under control”. Marquez made a near-perfect start to the 2019 season by taking second in Qatar and dominating in Argentina, and was leading at Austin, where had never previously been beaten. But Marquez crashed out of

Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales has explained why he initially served the wrong penalty for a jump start during the Austin MotoGP race. Vinales was given a ridethrough penalty for jumping the start at the Circuit of the Americas, but he first took the new Long Lap Penalty – where a rider goes through a marked

Cal Crutchlow says his crash while fighting Valentino Rossi for a podium in MotoGP’s Americas Grand Prix was a “big missed opportunity, and we need to limit them”. Crutchlow qualified third for Sunday’s race at the Circuit of the Americas, and held that position in the early laps behind Marc Marquez and Rossi, shadowing the

Marc Marquez says the crash that brought his MotoGP win streak at Austin to an abrupt end was “hard to understand” because he was not pushing to the limit. The Honda rider, unbeaten in his previous six premier class appearances at the Circuit of the Americas, appeared well positioned to make it seven wins there

Valentino Rossi admitted Alex Rins was simply better than him in their battle for victory in MotoGP’s Grand Prix of the Americas at Austin. Rossi inherited the lead when Marc Marquez crashed out while holding a comfortable advantage just before half-distance. Seven-time MotoGP champion Rossi then seemed well-placed for a first race win since Assen