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A rain shower before the start of Friday afternoon MotoGP practice at the Red Bull Ring meant riders spent much of the session sat in the pits waiting for the track to dry.

Senior MotoGP figures are under no illusions about the complexity of holding world championship races in 2020, even after the worst of the coronavirus has passed.

Repsol Honda's Nicky Hayden is absent from the event after injuring his right heel on a Supermoto bike at the X Games on August 1.

Ducati officially launched its 2007 MotoGP title contender, the Desmosedici GP7, amidst the spectacular mountain scenery of Madonna di Campiglio, in Italy on Wednesday.

Current MX2 Motocross World Championship leader Christophe Pourcel and elder brother Sebastien will remain in their family run GPKR team next season, after agreeing two very different contracts with Kawasaki.

Yamaha Motor Germany completed a promising two-day test at Valencia on Thursday, the first track outing for the team's 2006 model YZF-R6.