Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Indonesia is set to join the MotoGP calendar in 2021 with a new street circuit in Lombok, Autosport can exclusively reveal. A delegation by MotoGP promoter Dorna, including series chief Carmelo Ezpeleta, visited the island three weeks ago and a formal announcement

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marc Marquez believes Suzuki is now ready to mount a MotoGP title challenge, as Alex Rins continued the manufacturer’s impressive form with the fastest time in Friday practice in Malaysia. Suzuki has improved considerably this season after a difficult 2017 campaign, and

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The MV Agusta Forward Racing team is considering bringing back Romano Fenati after it terminated the disgraced Italian racer’s 2019 Moto2 contract. Fenati was effectively banned from racing in the grand prix paddock for the rest of 2018 after he grabbed the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati rider Andrea Dovizioso topped first practice for MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix by less than a tenth of a second from Valentino Rossi. Dovizioso grabbed the advantage with just two minutes to go in the 45-minute session amid a late flurry of

Get unlimited access You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. One of Alex Rins’ Suzuki MotoGP bikes has been repaired ready for use in Malaysian Grand Prix Friday practice after sustaining damage in a small pitlane fire at Sepang. The fire was understood to have been caused by a fuel leak, but was

Jorge Lorenzo has explained the logic of his attempt to return to MotoGP action this weekend in Malaysia instead of waiting until the 2018 season finale at Valencia. Ducati rider Lorenzo will try to take part in the Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, two weeks on from having to withdraw from the Japanese GP with

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Australian Grand Prix proves Yamaha’s MotoGP chassis still has “scary” potential, says Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso. Yamaha was on a record 25-race winless streak in MotoGP before Maverick Vinales’s triumph at Phillip Island last weekend. Dovizioso finished third behind the Suzuki of

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Andrea Iannone says he will “never understand” why Suzuki has decided to let him go at the end of the 2018 MotoGP season. Former Ducati rider Iannone suffered a torrid first campaign with Suzuki last year, mainly due to a wrong engine

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Suzuki’s Alex Rins says he was “angry” during MotoGP’s Phillip Island race at eventual winner Maverick Vinales, and believes his chances were “over” after a hit from the Yamaha rider. Rins was part of the leading pack in the early stages of

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales’ MotoGP triumph at Phillip Island ended a long winless run for Yamaha, but also highlighted the crucial decisions the manufacturer faces that could define its short-term future. In the Motegi race a little more than a week ago, Vinales crossed

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi says his MotoGP team-mate Maverick Vinales’ victory in Sunday’s Phillip Island race “doesn’t change much” for Yamaha. Vinales ended Yamaha’s 25-race wait for a win on Sunday with a commanding performance at Phillip Island on a track that was expected

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aleix Espargaro says debris from Johann Zarco’s crash in last weekend’s Phillip Island MotoGP race struck his left hand, moving the titanium plate he had fitted after his 2017 accident. Zarco suffered a heavy crash at Turn 1 on the fifth lap

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tech3 rider Johann Zarco says the scariest part of his horror high-speed MotoGP shunt at Phillip Island was a sense that he’d never stop sliding once coming off his bike. The Frenchman clashed with Marc Marquez at full speed at the end

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales and his Yamaha team “needed” the “unbelievable” MotoGP victory he scored at Phillip Island to give them a boost into 2019, according to the rider. The Australian Grand Prix win was Vinales’ fifth in the series and put an end

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jack Miller says he had agreed to be Jorge Lorenzo’s replacement in the factory Ducati MotoGP team for Phillip Island, but lost the chance after Motegi crashes. Lorenzo has been sidelined from a string of MotoGP races by injuries sustained at Buriram

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales broke Yamaha’s 25-race MotoGP winless streak with a dominant performance at Phillip Island, as Johann Zarco was lucky to escape a nasty crash with Marc Marquez. The Yamaha rider broke away the pack quickly after taking the lead on lap

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stefan Bradl will step in to replace the injured Cal Crutchlow at the Malaysian Grand Prix for the LCR Honda MotoGP team. Bradl quickly emerged as the likely replacement for Crutchlow after it became clear his Phillip Island shunt is set to

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Rain throughout MotoGP qualifying at Phillip Island meant a fast lap was dependent on “big balls”, according to Valentino Rossi. A downpour threatened as the Q2 session went green. It came after a short burst of rain put doubt in riders’ minds

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Newly-crowned five-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has played down his chances of winning at Phillip Island despite qualifying on pole, instead naming Andrea Iannone as favourite. Honda rider Marc Marquez dominated qualifying to secure his fifth Australian Grand Prix pole in a

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The newly-crowned 2018 MotoGP champion Marc Marquez dominated a tricky qualifying session on his Honda to take his fifth consecutive pole position at Phillip Island. Honda’s rider made the best of changing conditions to set a stunning 1min29.199s laptime, leaving him more

Marc Marquez edged Maverick Vinales to top the third free practice session for MotoGP’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island. The newly-crowned 2018 world champion’s 1m30.581s was the initial benchmark on Saturday morning, with Marquez then improving to a 1m30.110s several minutes later. At that same point Turn 1 claimed its second victim of the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi and Andrea Dovizioso arrive in Australia for this weekend’s MotoGP round aiming for the runner-up spot in the standings, but having experienced contrasting fortunes so far in 2018. Listening to both Italian riders, one must check the standings several times

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati has finalised an agreement with Honda to allow Jorge Lorenzo to make his debut with his 2019 MotoGP team at this year’s post-season Valencia test, Autosport has learned. Lorenzo’s contract with Ducati runs until the end of 2018, but his current

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Andrea Iannone beat Danilo Petrucci to top spot in second practice ahead of MotoGP’s Phillip Island race, while Cal Crutchlow’s day ended with a nasty shunt at Turn 1. Iannone won out in his late scrap with Petrucci for Friday bragging rights,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marc Marquez says it is inevitable that his incredible form in MotoGP will come to an end, citing his tough 2015 season as reason not to get complacent. The Honda rider secured his fifth MotoGP title with three races to spare in

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales says he keeps wondering what he could do on a Honda or a Ducati amid Yamaha’s ongoing troublesome MotoGP run. An upturn in form in Thailand, where Vinales scored his first podium since July, turned out to be a one-off

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo has been discharged from hospital after undergoing surgery on his left wrist on Tuesday. The triple MotoGP world champion targets a comeback in next weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix. Lorenzo has skipped the past two MotoGP races in

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales says he feels communication was clearer at the Suzuki MotoGP squad he previously raced for than it is at Yamaha currently. Yamaha’s record premier class run without a win is now up to 25 races following last Sunday’s Motegi race,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aprilia MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaro will try a “lab bike” in this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix as part of the development work for the 2019 version of the RS-GP. Espargaro is 18th in the points with three races of his second season

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tech3 Yamaha MotoGP rider Johann Zarco feels he has reached the “limit” of what is possible to achieve using his two-year-old bike. After qualifying second for the Japanese Grand Prix last weekend, Zarco ended up slumping to sixth place during the race