MotoGP Safety Commission member Loris Capirossi reiterates that the riders will make the final decision over whether or not racing goes ahead in Qatar should the rain continue to fall at Losail.
Valentino Rossi says the 2017 MotoGP World Championship has the potential to produce another wide spread of race winners after nine different riders tasted success last season.
"It was the only thing that really hurt me because I was not competitive. It's very easy. I was not competitive so another [rider] can come. But, the way they did it..." - Aleix Espargaro
LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow capitalised after new MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez slid out to seal his second ever win in the premier class at Phillip Island from Valentino Rossi.
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.
A seething Eugene Laverty labels Andrea Iannone disrespectful after an incident in FP2; Italian claims he narrowly avoided a crash when trying to pass.
"We know we're capable of fighting for wins. We must fix this before the end of the season... We will have more opportunities and hopefully we will not make any mistakes." - Paolo Ciabatti