Marc Marquez says his massive crash in Malaysian Grand Prix MotoGP qualifying was the result of him trying to “copy” eventual poleman Fabio Quartararo’s Turn 2 approach. Quartararo set new lap records in both of Friday’s practice sessions and was already targeted by Marquez in the early stages of Q2 to be used as a

Fabio Quartararo will start MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix from pole position for Petronas SRT Yamaha, while Marc Marquez crashed heavily. Rookie Quartararo put in a blinding 1m58.303s right at the flag to grab pole from fellow Yamaha rider Maverick Vinales. The lap is the fastest ever set on a MotoGP race weekend at the Sepang

Franco Morbidelli edged Petronas SRT Yamaha team-mate Fabio Quartararo by two-tenths in the third practice session for MotoGP’s Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang. Morbidelli jumped into the top spot with nine of the 45 minutes to go, his initial benchmark a 1m59.074s. He then improved to a 1m58.761s during a frantic final run, enough to

Fabio Quartararo believes he and his Petronas SRT MotoGP team “deserve” the factory-spec Yamaha he will ride in the 2020 season. Earlier on Friday at the Malaysian Grand Prix, it was confirmed that Quartararo would join team-mate Franco Morbidelli in having machine parity with works Yamaha riders Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales next season. In

Tech3 MotoGP rider Miguel Oliveira faces a dilemma over whether to have surgery on his shoulder or not, after it forced him to pull out of the Malaysian Grand Prix. Oliveira suffered some tendon damage in his shoulder when he was wiped out by Johann Zarco during the British Grand Prix at Silverstone in August

Fabio Quartararo set the fastest-ever MotoGP lap of the Sepang circuit with a 1m59.027s in FP1 for the Malaysian Grand Prix to lead a Petronas SRT 1-2. The Frenchman won out of an SRT Yamaha shootout in the closing stages of the 45-minute session, pipping team-mate Franco Morbidelli by 0.083s to head a 1-2 to

Three-time MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo admits his form has been “unrecognisable” for most of the period since he joined Honda from Ducati. Lorenzo has endured a nightmare first season aboard the Honda RC213V in 2019, struggling with injuries and a general lack of confidence with the bike, and has finished no higher than 11th so

Valentino Rossi says his current worst season as a Yamaha MotoGP rider is still “a little bit better” than his two difficult seasons with Ducati. With two races still to run in 2019, Rossi is seventh in the standings with 153 points having scored just two podiums so far, putting him on course for his

Johann Zarco made his return to MotoGP action in Australia with LCR Honda following his dismissal from KTM following September’s Misano race. Encountering tricky conditions throughout the weekend as he tried to learn the 2018-spec RC213V, Zarco showed flashes of speed and ended up just 26 seconds from the victory in 13th spot. His debut

Honda MotoGP team boss Alberto Puig admits that securing a triple success of riders’, manufacturers’ and teams’ titles in 2019 would be “incredible” given Jorge Lorenzo’s current performances. Marc Marquez already sealed his sixth riders’ title earlier this month at Buriram, and two weeks later he put the manufacturers’ prize beyond reach of Honda’s rivals

Andrea Dovizioso admits he is “not that happy” to have cemented the runner-up spot in this year’s MotoGP standings because Ducati is still incapable of challenging Marc Marquez. By finishing seventh in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, Dovizioso moved 57 points clear of Suzuki rider Alex Rins and therefore assured himself of second in this year’s

MotoGP Australian Grand Prix winner Marc Marquez admits he had to pass Cal Crutchlow aggressively or else leader Maverick Vinales would have broken away and ‘finished the race’. Yamaha rider Vinales moved ahead of early leader Crutchlow at the Honda hairpin on lap 10, and had displayed pace throughout practice which suggested he had the