In the latest round-up of MotoGP gossip, Valentino Rossi gives a hint towards his future, Jorge Lorenzo also reveals the next steps of his own career and Wayne Rainey predicts Alex Marquez will hinder and not help Marc Marquez at Repsol Honda.
With a list so subjective to opinion it is fair to state this isn’t a definitive record of the decade but a snapshot of the times which shaped the sport and its stars going into the next decade and beyond. These moments act as the essential chapters in the history of MotoGP in the 2010s.
In one of the all-time greatest decades of motorcycle grand prix world championship racing, the face of the sport has changed remarkably from the move to 1000cc four-strokes in MotoGP in 2012, to the introduction of the single-specification Magneti Marelli electronics package and switch to Michel
While late rider switches dominated the MotoGP headlines towards the end of 2019, it means focus on the 2021 silly season has sharpened and could erupt earlier than ever.
Marc Marquez has reaffirmed his stance that his future team-mate is solely the decision of Repsol Honda as he assesses what the chosen candidate will face both over the winter and in 2020.
Cal Crutchlow has lamented the cold temperatures at the 2019 MotoGP finale impacting performance in Valencia but accepts it is an equal challenge for all riders, while his own running programme has already been altered by Jorge Lorenzo’s decision to retire.
Marc Marquez says it isn’t his call who his new team-mate will be at Repsol Honda after Jorge Lorenzo’s shock retirement but believes his team must decide whether to opt for youth or experience when drawing up a shortlist of options.
Cal Crutchlow is reluctant to undergo a further operation on his painful right ankle, since it would mean a winter of rehab for the second year in succession. The Englishman required major surgery after shattering his ankle at Phillip Island last season.
Here’s the latest round-up of MotoGP gossip starting with early preparations for the 2021 rider market set to start at the 2019 finale in Valencia next weekend.
After struggling to get his LCR Honda up to speed at the start, it would be a problem while stopping the bike that brought Cal Crutchlow's Malaysian MotoGP to an early end.
Cal Crutchlow is searching for solutions to his ongoing turning troubles with his LCR Honda having felt he is able to be consistent but off the pace of the front-runners at Sepang.
Marc Marquez is adamant Maverick Vinales had the stronger race pace at the Australian MotoGP and had to use his strategy to get the better of the Monster Yamaha rider to clinch victory at Phillip Island.
Cal Crutchlow feels fifth place at the Japanese MotoGP acted as his maximum for LCR Honda given his current battles with his 2019-specification RC213V. The British rider recorded his best result since Brno at Honda’s home event after having to manage his pace in the opening stages.
A wild braking moment at the end Qualifying 1 at Buriram ended Cal Crutchlow's chances of progressing to Q2, leaving the Englishman with a 13th place start for Sunday's Thailand MotoGP.
After a nightmare weekend at Misano, Cal Crutchlow returned to the MotoGP top-six at Aragon on Sunday. The LCR Honda rider worked his way gradually forwards from eighth to finish in sixth place, five-seconds from the podium.
If Johann Zarco had stayed on a Yamaha he would be showing the same speed as rookie MotoGP star Fabio Quartararo this season. That's the opinion of Cal Crutchlow, whose 0.251s victory over Zarco in Argentina last year remains the closest a satellite M1 rider has got to a MotoGP victory.
Cal Crutchlow felt that Marc Marquez performed a miracle by winning Sunday's Misano MotoGP, whilst describing his own fall from a lowly twelfth as 'a joke'.