Joan Mir sat in a patient, secure second but took advantage of a small error from Alex Rins to take his first ever MotoGP win in the European MotoGP, round twelve of the 2020 championship.
Raul Fernandez claimed his first win in style in a frantic Moto3 European Grand Prix, with championship leader Albert Arenas shown the black flag for his post-crash actions.
Joan Mir left it to the final seconds of the warm-up session to head into the race with the best time of the weekend as the class enjoyed their first taste of dry track time ahead of the European MotoGP at Valencia.
Pol Esaprgaro hit the top of the timesheets at just the right moment as he took advantage of a drying track, gaining speed and grip to lead off the MotoGP European Grand Prix from pole position.
John McPhee looked at ease in the tricky wet conditions as he claimed his first pole of the season in qualifying for the European Moto3 round at Valencia.
Johann Zarco gave a standout performance at a wet Ricardo Tormo after more rain fell overnight to finish the session top, but Jack Miller’s Friday best remained unbeaten after FP3 for the European MotoGP round at Valencia.
Jack Miller lead the way as the track formed a dry line to top the European MotoGP FP2 session at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit in Valencia. The Pramac Racing rider looked race ready, an early highlight of his session a supremely tight pass inside Maverick Vinales to move into first.
Jack Miller impressed in the wet as he confidently rode his Ducati around Valencia in the first of two races at the Ricardo Tormo circuit to top FP1 ahead of the European MotoGP round.
Ferrari has finally bowed to mounting pressure to ditch its controversial 'traffic lights' pit-stop system, in revealing that it is to re-instate the traditional manual 'lollipop' for the final three races of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship campaign.
Bernie Ecclestone has hit back at Luca di Montezemolo for describing the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix as a 'circus', by describing Ferrari as the 'clowns' - and claiming that if Felipe Massa fails to win the Formula 1 World Championship this year, he will have his team to blame.
Spa-Francorchamps - one of the few remaining classic circuits left on the Formula 1 calendar - may have to be shortened for future editions of the Belgian Grand Prix.
Ferrari-Bridgestone's Michael Schumacher blitzed the field for the sixth time this season after taking a stunning lights-to-flag victory in front of his home crowd at the European Grand Prix yesterday.