Suzuki test rider and wild-card Sylvain Guintoli faces a gruelling Czech Republic MotoGP race, having discovered on Saturday that he has two broken ribs. The injury was sustained a week earlier at the Suzuka 8 Hours, but the Frenchman went on qualify 21st out of the 26 riders at Brno.
MotoGP Rookie Hafizh Syahrin enjoyed his best Friday in the premier-class as he set the Yamaha pace with fourth on the Friday practice timesheets at Brno in the Czech Republic.
Zarco goes fastest on his final lap of Free Practice 1 for the Czech Republic MotoGP at a scorching hot Brno, with the top 13 riders covered by 0.8s Morbidelli is returning from a fracture to his left hand at Assen, while Guintoli and Bradl are competing as wild-cards.
After a press conference to discuss Monster Energy's 2019 title sponsorship of the factory Yamaha MotoGP team at Brno on Thursday evening, Yamaha Racing managing director Lin Jarvis stayed to answer questions from a small group of journalists on the team's issues this season.
With the door closing on his grand prix career, some MotoGP summer-break whispers have been linking Scott Redding with a possible switch to the British Superbike Championship next season, at PBM.
Available now his MotoGP career is coming to an end, 54-time grand prix winner Dani Pedrosa would be just the kind of rider Honda needs to help break Yamaha's dominance of the Suzuka 8 Hours.
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Noriyuki Haga says he will be riding for 'as many points as possible' in the latest round of the World Superbike Championship at Brno after confirming he will participate in the event.