Without double-digit points since Jerez in May, Johann Zarco used the brief MotoGP summer break to 'analyse everything' as he seeks to break back into the top five at Brno this weekend.
Honda looks set to have only four machines on the MotoGP grid next season. After an internal dispute, Marc VDS is expected to cut back to just a Moto2 team in 2019, leaving Honda with only its official Repsol team and one satellite squad (LCR).
Safer run-off areas on the edges of race tracks has created the problem of how to punish riders that gain an advantage by riding outside of the circuit limits. This infringement is broken down into two separate areas.
Alberto Puig played a major role in starting Dani Pedrosa's racing career, when he selected the youngster from hundreds of hopefuls in a Movistar talent search.
MotoGP racing is closer than ever, with half-a-second covering the top eleven riders in qualifying at Assen and then the top nine last time at Sachsenring.
Repsol Honda pulled off one of the biggest surprises in recent MotoGP history by signing Jorge Lorenzo to partner Marc Marquez next season. The Spanish stars have won seven premier-class titles, three for Lorenzo and four for Marquez, including every MotoGP championship since 2011.
As reported , the Suzuki MotoGP team is just one podium away from losing technical concessions and re-joining Honda, Ducati and Yamaha in competing under the 'full' regulations.
Bradley Smith matched KTM's best result of the season, and his best result of last year on the RC16, with tenth place in Sunday's German MotoGP. The Englishman almost doubled his season points as he finished a safe distance between Tech3 Yamaha riders Johann Zarco and Hafizh Syahrin.
The fastest Honda rider by the end of free practice at the German MotoGP, Cal Crutchlow again fell victim to tyre overheating problems when racing in a group. Without clear air, the front tyre on his RCV starts to overheat, which raises the pressure and reduces the grip.
Fresh from a record-breaking Assen race, MotoGP could be set for another big battle at the Sachsenring. Just over half-a-second covered the top twelve riders in qualifying and Cal Crutchlow believes at least ten of them will be fighting at the front on Sunday.
Red Bull KTM test rider Mika Kallio has been ruled out of the remainder of the German MotoGP weekend after damaging ligaments in his right knee during a scary accident in Friday afternoon practice.
Updated with quotes from Dani Pedrosa. Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig is open to Dani Pedrosa staying on as a factory MotoGP test rider in 2019. But it will depend entirely on what Pedrosa wishes to do.
Stefan Bradl will make his first MotoGP start since 2016 after being called up to replace in the injured Franco Morbidelli for the remainder of his home German Grand Prix.
UPDATE: Franco Morbidelli withdraws from the remainder of the weekend and will be replaced by local star Stefan Bradl. Andrea Iannone put Suzuki at the top of the timesheets during opening practice for the German MotoGP.
Jorge Lorenzo has underlined the 'huge' significance of the revised fuel tank shape in his mid-season MotoGP revival, despite fading from the lead to seventh place last time at Assen.