John McPhee had made no secret of his desire to move to Moto2 in 2020, but ultimately 'couldn't turn down' a concrete offer to stay with Petronas for one more season of Moto3.
By the time the MotoGP World Championship returns to Silverstone in 2020, Petronas team principal Razlan Razali hopes they will have made history by claiming the first race victory for a satellite Yamaha.
Tony Arbolino mastered the wet and won a session long battle with John McPhee to take pole position ahead of the Moto3 Czech Republic Grand Prix at Brno.
John McPhee took his second grand prix victory, and first ever for the Sepang team, with a tense 0.1s victory over Lorenzo Dalla Porta in Sunday's French Moto3 race.
Race winner John McPhee headlines a revised Sepang Moto3 line-up in 2019, the Scotsman replacing home rider Adam Norrodin on the Petronas-backed Hondas alongside Ayumu Sasaki.
The full exclusive interview with Sepang CEO Razlan Razali discussing the 2019 debut of the new Petronas Yamaha MotoGP team, plus the revised Moto2 and Moto3 line-up and MotoE entry with Bradley Smith… Crash.net:
"There isn't a pathway at the moment for riders to come through from Moto3, Moto2 and onto MotoGP. I guess this is the perfect opportunity for that" - Jeremy McWilliams