Suzuki rider Alex Rins beat Valentino Rossi to score his first MotoGP win, after Marc Marquez’s unbeaten Austin run ended with a crash while holding a healthy lead. Honda rider Marquez converted pole into an early lead, and looked well on course for a seventh consecutive win at the Circuit of the Americas as he

Johann Zarco says he faces a wait for KTM to be able to help him out of his current slump after qualifying 19th for Sunday’s Austin MotoGP race. Zarco and KTM team-mate Pol Espargaro had contrasting days at Austin on Saturday, as Espargaro secured the manufacturer’s best-ever qualifying grid slot in fifth, a full 14

MotoGP champion Marc Marquez admitted that his wild high-speed moments over the Austin circuit’s bumps on Saturday put pressure on his long-standing shoulder injury. Marquez had surgery on the problem in December and was adamant it would compromise his fitness in the early part of this season – although that has not stopped him finishing

Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso fears his lowly grid position will be extremely hard to recover from in the Grand Prix of the Americas at Austin. Dovizioso was forced to take part in the first part of qualifying due to missing the top 10 cut on Friday, and then rain forcing the cancellation of practice

Jorge Lorenzo says the chain issues that compromised his qualifying at Austin are “clearly a problem” for the Honda MotoGP squad. After a tough Friday practice at the Circuit of the Americas, Lorenzo was forced to go through the first segment of qualifying – which he topped. Shortly setting his first flying lap in Q2,

Marc Marquez took his seventh consecutive pole position at Austin in qualifying for MotoGP’s Grand Prix of the Americas, while Andrea Dovizioso ended up down in 13th. On a practically dry circuit following the thunderstorms that curtailed third practice earlier in the day, Honda man Marquez logged a 2m03.787s at the start of the 15-minute

MotoGP has been forced to cancel all of Saturday’s remaining practice sessions at Austin due to the threat of lightning in the area. Promoter Dorna announced earlier on Saturday that all free practice sessions would be reduced to a 20-minute duration, starting with third Moto3 practice that was due to start at 5pm UK time

Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso says a wrong tyre choice caused his poor Friday at Austin, which has left him facing Q1 at MotoGP’s Grand Prix of the Americas. Dovizioso was edged out of the overall top 10 by 0.084 seconds in practice two and as practice three is widely expected to be wet, the Italian

Marc Marquez says he could feel a difference with Honda’s new Ducati-style winglet in MotoGP practice at Austin, but stressed the new device has negatives as well as positives. Following the controversy surrounding the Ducati appendage that was protested in Qatar but finally declared legal, Honda introduced its own version of the piece during Friday’s

Aprilia MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaro described the Austin circuit as “super-dangerous” following Friday’s two practice sessions, as the track’s bumps caused more controversy. The degrading asphalt at the Texan track has been a discussion point during MotoGP’s previous visits, with attempts to smooth the notoriously bumpy surface with diamond-grinder trucks ahead of last year’s Grand

Marc Marquez unsurprisingly set the pace in opening MotoGP practice at Austin – a track where he is unbeaten – but he was pushed hard by Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales. Honda rider Marquez was consistently the fastest rider as the track rubbered-in. He worked down to 2m06.252s four laps into his first run. Vinales suffered a

Pol Espargaro says the criticism levelled at him and most recently his new KTM MotoGP team-mate Johann Zarco by team boss Pit Beirer is done to “make us better”. Zarco, who made the move to KTM from Tech3 Yamaha, has endured a tough first two races aboard the RC16 bike, finishing 15th in Qatar and

Ducati MotoGP satellite team Pramac will have Automobili Lamborghini as its title sponsor in the upcoming Grand Prix of the Americas amid uncertainty over its regular sponsor Alma. Alma is in an ongoing legal case involving its owner Luigi Scavone, who was arrested in March in connection with an investigation into large-scale tax evasion. Pramac

Ducati MotoGP satellite team Pramac will have Automobili Lamborghini as its title sponsor in the upcoming Grand Prix of the Americas amid uncertainty over its regular sponsor Alma. Alma is in an ongoing legal case involving its owner Luigi Scavone, who was arrested in March in connection with an investigation into large-scale tax evasion. Pramac

Honda rider Marc Marquez says MotoGP rival Andrea Dovizioso can suffer less in the title fight in 2019, because Ducati’s Dovizioso is getting better results at his bogey tracks. Dovizioso opened his 2019 campaign with a narrow win over Marquez in Qatar, and followed that up with third place last time out in Argentina after

Factory Ducati MotoGP rider Danilo Petrucci says he must learn to manage races better if he is to establish himself as a regular podium threat. Petrucci had an up-and-down weekend at Termas de Rio Hondo, starting off with the “worst day” of his brief tenure as a works Ducati rider on Friday, before finishing sixth

Honda ‘expects’ new MotoGP signing Jorge Lorenzo to be fighting for ‘top positions’, and Marc Marquez says Lorenzo’s start with the team has been more difficult than Honda anticipated. Lorenzo finished in 13th on his first outing as a Honda rider in Qatar last month, and followed that up with 12th place in last weekend’s

Valentino Rossi says he was disappointed with the size of his deficit to Argentina race-winner Marc Marquez, despite the Yamaha rider scoring his best MotoGP finish since last July. Rossi came out on top in a last-lap duel against Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso at the Termas de Rio Hondo to finish second, just under 10 seconds

Pramac’s Jack Miller says he no longer feels like he is riding on the “ragged edge” now that he is riding a current-spec Ducati MotoGP bike for the first time during 2019. Miller has jumped from the GP17 to the GP19 in his second season as a Ducati rider, and initially struggled in Qatar after

MotoGP’s Argentina race-winner Marc Marquez has revealed that he was rooting for Valentino Rossi over Andrea Dovizioso in their battle for second place. While Marquez was in a class of his own and won by 9.8 seconds at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit, Rossi and Dovizioso had a race-long duel for second. Yahama’s Rossi

Honda rider Jorge Lorenzo says he dropped to the back of the field at the start of MotoGP’s Argentina race because he accidentally engaged the pit limiter. Lorenzo started his second race for Honda from 12th, but plummeted to 21st on the opening lap at Termas de Rio Hondo. He eventually fought back to finish

Cal Crutchlow believes the likes of Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi would not have been given the ride-through penalty he received in MotoGP’s Argentina Grand Prix. Crutchlow was penalised for jumping the start and could only recover to 12th place after falling to last. After the race, the LCR Honda rider went straight to race

Valentino Rossi said he was riding “like when I was young” in MotoGP’s Argentina race, in which he stole second place from Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso on the last lap. With Marc Marquez rapidly pulling away to take a dominant win, Dovizioso and Rossi were left fighting for second at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit.

Marc Marquez scorched to his first MotoGP win of 2019 in Argentina, beating runner-up Valentino Rossi by a commanding margin of almost 10 seconds. Honda rider Marquez made the perfect launch from pole position to make a break at the start, opening up a one-second lead over a similarly fast-starting Valentino Rossi on the opening

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Marc Marquez does not have the pace to “run away” from the rest of the field during MotoGP’s Argentina race, believes Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso. Marquez scored his fifth pole in six years at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit on Saturday, beating Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales by 0.154 seconds in qualifying. It followed the Honda rider

Reigning champion Marc Marquez took pole position for MotoGP’s Argentina race with Honda after beating Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales and Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso in a frenetic qualifying battle. After topping the pre-qualifying FP4 session despite suffering a rare mechanical failure, Marquez seized the initiative early on in Q2 at Termas de Rio Hondo with an early

Marc Marquez ended third practice for the MotoGP Argentina Grand Prix fastest, as Friday pacesetter Andrea Dovizioso suffered a crash towards the end of the session. Honda rider Marquez, fastest in FP1 on Friday but only eighth in FP2, was first to beat Dovizioso’s benchmark at Termas de Rio Hondo with an early lap of

MotoGP riders have complained about track conditions at Termas de Rio Hondo, saying they are having difficulty passing on parts of the Argentina circuit that are “like ice”. The Termas circuit is notorious for having low grip as it is used infrequently throughout the year, which requires riders to clean the track up throughout the

Jorge Lorenzo says his woes on the opening day of MotoGP’s Argentinian Grand Prix were more a result of his inexperience on Honda’s bike than his injuries. Lorenzo, who fractured his wrist while training in January then cracked a rib at the Qatar season opener, said he would be extra careful at this weekend’s Argentina