Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Scott Redding says he found out he would not be retained by the Aprilia MotoGP team for 2019 on social media. Redding joined Aprilia on a one-year deal for 2018 and will not continue with the outfit past the end of his

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jack Miller says he will continue with Pramac Ducati in the 2019 MotoGP season, replacing Danilo Petrucci as the “number one” rider for the team. With Jorge Lorenzo departing Ducati, Pramac duo Petrucci and Miller were in line to replace the Spaniard,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Marc Marquez believes his 2019 MotoGP team-mate Jorge Lorenzo will find it easier to adapt to the Honda bike from current team Ducati than his previous employer Yamaha. Lorenzo, who has a famously smooth riding style, struggled to get up to speed

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Suzuki MotoGP team has confirmed it will promote Moto2 ace Joan Mir to the premier class next year. Mir, 20, will replace Aprilia-bound Andrea Iannone aboard a works Suzuki GSX-RR for the next two years, partnering Alex Rins, who had been

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former MotoGP rider Hector Barbera has parted ways with his Moto2 team after he was charged with driving under the influence. Barbera was stopped by Valencia police earlier this week and tested for alcohol consumption. He was found to have 0.67 milligrams

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Aprilia has officially announced that Andrea Iannone will replace Scott Redding in its MotoGP factory team next year. Iannone, whose departure from Suzuki was formally confirmed earlier on Friday, has signed a two-year deal with Aprilia to partner incumbent rider Aleix Espargaro

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Andrea Iannone is set to join the Aprilia MotoGP team in 2019, following official confirmation from Suzuki that it is parting ways with the Italian rider. Iannone chose to pre-empt a Suzuki statement ahead of last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix at Mugello,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi believes it is “wrong” that MotoGP contracts are being determined so early in the 2018 season. Just six rounds into the current season, the make-up of the grid for the 2019 campaign is almost set after one of the most

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Recently axed Marc VDS MotoGP team boss Michael Bartholemy has been “entirely vindicated” of any wrongdoing by the Belgian squad’s owner Marc van der Straten. A statement issued by Marc VDS drew a line under the feud that had developed between Bartholemy

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The race weekend schedule and first official test venue for the inaugural MotoE World Cup that will support MotoGP next season have been confirmed. In a meeting held by MotoE teams at Mugello, it was agreed that races will take place on

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso has described MotoGP points leader Marc Marquez’s crash in the Italian Grand Prix as being “like gold” for his own title ambitions. Successive non-finishes at Jerez and Le Mans had left Ducati rider Dovizioso trailing Marquez by 49 points

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati has announced that Danilo Petrucci will step up to its factory MotoGP team in 2019 as the replacement for Honda-bound Jorge Lorenzo. Petrucci has raced for the satellite Pramac team since the 2015 season and he has campaigned a works-spec Ducati

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tech3 has completed its line-up for its first MotoGP season with KTM bikes in 2019 by re-signing Malaysian rookie Hafizh Syahrin. The French outfit will end a long-standing partnership with Yamaha in favour of a deal to run factory-specification KTM RC16 bikes

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda has announced Jorge Lorenzo will join Marc Marquez on a two-year deal in its factory MotoGP line-up. As previously reported by Autosport, Honda has settled on three-time champion Lorenzo as its replacement for Dani Pedrosa, who will leave the team after

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati has picked Danilo Petrucci as Honda-bound Jorge Lorenzo’s replacement at its factory MotoGP squad for the 2019 season, Autosport has learned. It emerged earlier on Tuesday that Honda will drop Dani Pedrosa at the end of 2018 after 13 seasons, with

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati rider Jorge Lorenzo has reached an agreement to join fellow MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez at Honda next year, Autosport can reveal. The Japanese manufacturer is poised to announce a two-year-deal with Lorenzo shortly, having confirmed earlier on Tuesday that it

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda has begun talks with three-time MotoGP world champion Jorge Lorenzo as a potential replacement for the outgoing Dani Pedrosa for 2019, Autosport has learned. The team announced on Tuesday that it would part ways with Pedrosa, who has raced for the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Honda MotoGP team has confirmed it will part ways with Dani Pedrosa at the end of the 2018 season. The news, which was reported by Autosport earlier on Tuesday, has now officially been communicated and means Honda will now focus on

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Tech3 Yamaha rider Johann Zarco has put his struggles in MotoGP’s Italian Grand Prix down to a lack of rear grip and the resulting poor feeling this gave. Despite crashing out of his home race at Le Mans last month, Zarco came

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maverick Vinales has urged Yamaha to live up to its promise of providing him a winning MotoGP bike after his low-key run to eighth in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix. Vinales, who has now gone more than a year since his last victory,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pramac Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci believes Honda rival Marc Marquez should have been penalised for their run-in on the opening lap of the Mugello MotoGP race. After making a lightning start but running wide at the first corner, Marquez lunged aggressively down

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo says he had to “completely change” his riding style throughout the Mugello MotoGP weekend to secure his first victory with Ducati. Lorenzo took until his 24th start with Ducati to score his first win with the Desmosedici bike, dominating the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Reigning MotoGP champion Marc Marquez believes he wouldn’t have challenged Jorge Lorenzo for victory at Mugello, even if he had avoided crashing early in the race. Marquez had moved up from sixth on the grid to second by lap five, and was

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi believes he is still “not fast enough” to fight for the MotoGP title despite registering his third 2018 podium at Mugello and moving to second in the standings. From pole position, Rossi finished third behind factory Ducati pair Jorge Lorenzo

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jorge Lorenzo has admitted that taking his first MotoGP win for Ducati at Mugello will do “nothing” to change his contractual situation with the Italian manufacturer. The three-time premier class champion ended a losing streak dating back to Valencia 2016, his final

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Pramac Ducati MotoGP outfit has unveiled a special Lamborghini livery that it will race in Sunday’s Italian Grand Prix. Luxury sportscar brand Lamborghini is connected to Ducati through Audi Group ownership, and Ducati’s satellite team Pramac held its 2018 bike launch

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ducati MotoGP rider Jorge Lorenzo says he has overcome the problems that resulted in tumbling down the order in the previous round at Le Mans. Lorenzo led the opening laps at the French Grand Prix, but couldn’t maintain his pace over the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valentino Rossi scored his first MotoGP pole position since 2016 at the end of a scintillating qualifying session at Mugello, beating Jorge Lorenzo by less than half a tenth. Marc Marquez’s record lap of 1m46.439s, established earlier in the day during third

Ducati has revealed Michele Pirro suffered concussion and a dislocated shoulder in his huge Mugello MotoGP practice crash. Pirro was knocked unconscious in the impact as his front wheel locked and launched him into the air at over 165mph approaching San Donato during Friday’s second practice session. He was however alert by the time he

Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso was left “angry” after a blown engine and a defective tyre compromised his efforts on the opening day of practice for MotoGP’s Italian Grand Prix. Dovizioso was 12th fastest in second practice at Mugello after his GP18’s engine blew in spectacular fashion approaching San Donato, causing the second red flag of the