Marc Marquez and Honda may have made a last-minute breakthrough at the end of MotoGP pre-season testing in Qatar, but they still need to do 'a bit of a reset and come up with a new plan' for the delayed season-opener at Jerez.
Yonny Hernandez says he’s determined to “do a great job” on his rookie World Superbike campaign having signed for Pedercini Kawasaki, amid rumours linking him to the MotoGP Tech 3 Yamaha ride to replace Jonas Folger.
Valentino Rossi pulls a blistering lap out of the bag to secure a surprise pole position for the Japanese MotoGP from title leader Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo.
"I was racing with guys that have been riding these bikes on these tyres all year, that aren't bad riders. I can't be too disappointed I guess." - Nicky Hayden
'If we maintain the positive thinking from Austria and put the last 200m of the Spielberg weekend behind us we can be competitive again at Brno' - Eugene Laverty.
Valentino Rossi was a commanding winner of the Jerez MotoGP, leading from start to finish to claim his maiden premier class victory of 2016 from team-mate Jorge Lorenzo.
"In Sepang we were confused. We couldn't understand well what was happening. Here today we did some learning and understand things a bit more clearly now" - Dani Pedrosa.
Francesco Guidotti, team manager of Pramac Ducati, confirms to Crash.net that Pramac have offered Danny Kent a three year MotoGP deal with machinery 'very close to Factory spec'
Ducati's Andrea Iannone claims maiden premier class pole with record lap at Mugello in front his home fans ahead of the Italian MotoGP, Marc Marquez on row five after knock-out blow in Q1.