Valentino Rossi said riding his Yamaha MotoGP bike in a wet Malaysian Grand Prix was “very dangerous” and he could have easily crashed. Rossi and team-mate Maverick Vinales have struggled with the 2017-spec Yamaha bike in the rain all season. They qualified fourth and fifth in the dry at Sepang, but fell back into the

An “angry” Andrea Dovizioso says his Malaysian Grand Prix victory is not as satisfying as it should be because last week’s poor Australian GP has left him a title outsider. Dovizioso claimed his sixth win of the season at Sepang, with points leader Marc Marquez only fourth, to take the championship fight to the final

Jorge Lorenzo claims he did not see a dashboard instruction to let Ducati MotoGP team-mate Andrea Dovizioso by to win the Malaysian Grand Prix. Dovizioso led home a Ducati one-two at Sepang, keeping his faint title hopes alive heading into the Valencia finale as points leader Marc Marquez could manage no better than fourth. Lorenzo

Andrea Dovizioso beat Ducati team-mate Jorge Lorenzo in a wet Malaysian Grand Prix to keep his slim MotoGP title hopes alive, as Marc Marquez could only manage fourth place. In wet conditions, the two factory Ducatis of Dovizioso and Lorenzo had the clear measure of the opposition, although it was the Tech3 Yamaha of Johann

Franco Morbidelli has been crowned 2017 Moto2 champion after chief rival Thomas Luthi was declared unfit to take part in today’s race in Malaysia. Luthi suffered a crash during qualifying for the penultimate round of the season, losing control of his Kalex bike at turn 2 with three minutes left in the session. A medical

Marc Marquez says “everything was wrong” in qualifying for MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix, and fears a repeat on Sunday will stop him from fighting for the win. Marquez leads the championship by 33 points from Andrea Dovizioso with two rounds remaining but will only start seventh, the second-worst grid slot of his MotoGP career, at

The British Talent Team will not take part in the 2018 Moto3 season, with John McPhee set to switch to the CIP KTM squad. McPhee, 23, joined the newly-formed, Dorna-supported British Talent Team squad this year, and began the season strongly with a pair of second places in the first two rounds at Qatar and

Dani Pedrosa claimed a surprise pole position for MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix, edging out Johann Zarco, as points leader Marc Marquez struggled to seventh after an early crash in Q2. After topping fourth practice immediately before qualifying, Marquez – who leads Andrea Dovizioso by 33 points heading into this weekend – was favourite to take

Valentino Rossi says Yamaha is still not “strong like last year” in wet conditions after a mixed opening day of MotoGP practice at Sepang. The seven-time premier class champion was sixth-fastest in the wet in Friday’s second practice, 1.431 seconds off Ducati’s pacesetter Andrea Dovizioso. Yamaha has struggled in the two most recent wet races,

MotoGP title contender Andrea Dovizioso says the speed that allowed him to top both Friday practice sessions for the Malaysian Grand Prix came “quite easy”. Dovizioso was fastest in dry and wet conditions at Sepang, the Italian going fastest by half a second in FP2 in the wet. He led a strong day for Ducati,

Ducati’s Andrea Dovizioso set the pace in a wet second practice session for MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix, half a second clear of title rival Marc Marquez. With conditions deteriorating since Friday morning’s opening practice session at Sepang, Dovizioso’s benchmark FP1 time of 2m00.671s went untouched through the afternoon, with the provisional top 10 order also

Kiefer Racing boss Stefan Kiefer has passed away in Malaysia, on the eve of the Sepang MotoGP weekend.

 Autosport understands the Moto2 team boss died in his hotel room overnight, however details of his passing are limited at this time. News of Kiefer’s passing was confirmed by MotoGP on Twitter after first practice in Malaysia

Valentino Rossi is uncertain whether Yamaha’s 2018 MotoGP bike will be ready in time for next month’s post-season Valencia test. After Maverick Vinales was finally eliminated from title contention last weekend at Phillip Island, Yamaha’s full focus is likely to have shifted to its 2018 bike. It debuted a prototype 2018 frame at Silverstone, but

Michael van der Mark says Valentino Rossi’s late decision to ride injured at Aragon last month has taken the pressure off for his MotoGP debut in Sepang this weekend. Yamaha World Superbike regular van der Mark will make his MotoGP bow this weekend standing in for the unwell Jonas Folger at the satellite Tech 3

Valentino Rossi believes he will have to adapt his “vintage” approach to MotoGP pack racing in future after a bruising encounter in last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. The Phillip Island race was characterised by aggressive fighting throughout, with several instances of contact between riders in what was mostly an eight-strong lead group. Rossi ended up

Aprilia MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaro will not be able to take part in this weekend’s Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang due to injury. Espargaro fractured the fourth metacarpus in his left hand after crashing out in last weekend’s Phillip Island race at Turn 1. The Spaniard opted against having surgery on the injury, as this

Maverick Vinales has turned his focus to beating Andrea Dovizioso to the runner-up spot in this year’s MotoGP standings after his title hopes were dashed at Phillip Island. Having dropped 41 points behind championship leader Marc Marquez at Motegi, Vinales was mathematically eliminated from contention in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix as he finished third behind

Suzuki MotoGP rider Andrea Iannone says he is “surprised” if people still doubt his ability after scoring a second strong result in as many races at Phillip Island. The Italian spent much of last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix fighting in the lead group before eventually finishing sixth, and also enjoyed a strong run to fourth

World Superbike regular Michael van der Mark will replace the ill Jonas Folger and make his MotoGP debut with the Tech3 satellite Yamaha team at Sepang, it has been announced. Earlier this year, Van der Mark had looked set to race for the factory Yamaha squad at Aragon in place of Valentino Rossi. But when

Ducati MotoGP rider Andrea Dovizioso says a simple lack of speed, not his early error, was the worst thing about his potentially championship-defining run to 13th at Phillip Island. Starting from 11th, Dovizioso’s race took an early turn for the worse when he ran wide at Turn 1 at the start of the second lap,

Marc Marquez says the fact he is now 33 points clear of Andrea Dovizioso in the MotoGP title race is more important to him than his Australian Grand Prix victory. After being beaten in an epic battle at Motegi last weekend by Dovizioso, Marquez struck a decisive blow against his rival at Phillip Island, taking

Aprilia MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaro has fractured his left finger after an early crash during Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island. The Spaniard, who put Aprilia on the top of the timesheets for the first time in the premier class on Friday by topping second practice, crashed out of sixth place at the start

Valentino Rossi reckons he had the potential to stay with MotoGP Phillip Island winner Marc Marquez were it not for a “crazy” late overtake from Andrea Iannone. The majority of the Australian Grand Prix featured eight riders running in the front group, with Rossi, Maverick Vinales, Johann Zarco and Marquez all taking turns leading. After

Marc Marquez gave his MotoGP title hopes a boost with a commanding win at Phillip Island, while main rival Andrea Dovizioso struggled to 13th position. The Honda rider played a patient game across the 27 laps, pulling clear of what had been a frantic scrap for the lead with Valentino Rossi and Johann Zarco with

Joan Mir wrapped up this year’s Moto3 championship with two rounds to spare after taking his ninth victory of the season in a shortened Phillip Island race. The Spaniard arrived in Australia with a 55-point advantage over nearest rival Romano Fenati, after his lead was slashed dramatically the previous weekend at Motegi following a dismal

MotoGP’s top riders have called for the start time of the Australian Grand Prix to be moved an hour earlier from next year onwards. Riders are campaigning for the race start to be pushed forward from its traditional 4pm local time slot, with calls for it to start no later than 3pm in the future.

Cal Crutchlow is expecting a chaotic start to Sunday’s MotoGP Australian Grand Prix, and claims several “nuts” riders who lack long-run pace will try to make an early impact. LCR Honda rider Crutchlow will begin the Phillip Island event, which he won last year, from 10th on the grid after crashing at the Honda corner

MotoGP title contender Andrea Dovizioso says his crash in fourth practice at Phillip Island was behind his disappointing run to 11th in qualifying for tomorrow’s Australian Grand Prix. Dovizioso fell at the Lukey Heights corner during FP4 before going on to finish second-to-last in Q2, trailing pacesetter and championship rival Marc Marquez by 1.110-seconds. The

Valentino Rossi admits he needs to “find something” if he is to have a chance of winning MotoGP’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island after qualifying seventh. Rossi had to fight his way through Q1 on Saturday as he finished outside the top 10 across the first three practice sessions, and eventually ended up 0.817-seconds

Championship leader Marc Marquez topped MotoGP FP3 at Phillip Island by a dominant margin but also suffered a late crash. That incident meant he was unable to take advantage as a racing line started to emerge, although Marquez still ended up beating Johann Zarco. Marquez set a best time of 1min38.522s on his ninth of