The 2019 MotoGP season was a classic case of glass half-empty or half-full for Andrea Dovizioso and Ducati. Or, in the words of the Italian, it was a 'strange' championship.
While late rider switches dominated the MotoGP headlines towards the end of 2019, it means focus on the 2021 silly season has sharpened and could erupt earlier than ever.
With Danilo Petrucci ending his post-Valencia Grand Prix test after just 10 laps on Tuesday, Jack Miller has been given the bulk of his testing programme for Ducati as he got to grips with the Italian manufacturer’s prototype GP20.
Jack Miller says he has not held talks with the Ducati management about a rumoured promotion to the factory team for 2020 at the expense of Danilo Petrucci.
With a front-row grid slot to utilise his fast-starting Pramac Ducati, Jack Miller has joked he’ll be leading by the first corner but will let his rivals repass him as part of his Valencia Grand Prix strategy.
While a sixth pole position of his rookie MotoGP campaign comes as a welcomed bonus, Fabio Quartararo’s main focus remains finding stronger race pace having felt unable to catch up with Marc Marquez and Maverick Vinales ahead of the Valencia Grand Prix.
Full Valencia MotoGP qualifying results Fabio Quartararo has claimed his sixth and the last pole position of the 2019 MotoGP season edging Marc Marquez and Jack Miller.
Jack Miller has reflected on a positive Friday ahead of the Valencia MotoGP stalled by a fall midway through FP2 which he joked “proved I am not Marc Marquez”.
On the receiving end of contact from Alex Rins at the Malaysian MotoGP, Jack Miller believes MotoGP has become more aggressive in recent seasons, partly due to the contrasting character of the bikes.
Here’s the latest round-up of MotoGP gossip starting with early preparations for the 2021 rider market set to start at the 2019 finale in Valencia next weekend.
In the latest round-up of MotoGP Gossip, Pramac Ducati has played down a rumoured rider swap for 2020 while Giacomo Agostini feels Marc Marquez can beat his own world title record.
Honda boss Alberto Puig feels Marc Marquez’s shot at victory in the Malaysian MotoGP was lost when he conceded too much time stuck behind Jack Miller during the opening laps at Sepang.
Four days after the eutrophic celebrations that followed Jack Miller's home podium at Phillip Island and the young Australian's voice was almost back to normal, at Sepang on Thursday.
With the second leg of the MotoGP triple-header complete, the latest round of rider ratings sees Marc Marquez joined by some surprise names at the top of the scores.
While Jack Miller would never want to be gifted a maiden home round podium, on this occasion he wasn’t letting it slip to cap a stellar Australian MotoGP for the Pramac Ducati rider.
Always one of the first to risk slick tyres on a drying track, and one of the few that wanted to race at Silverstone in 2018, Jack Miller was again in the minority when it came to a riders' vote on cancelling Saturday qualifying at the Australian MotoGP.
Jack Miller has hailed a productive Friday practice ahead of his home round at Phillip Island and feels optimistic he’ll have the pace across the full race distance to challenge for the podium for Pramac Ducati.
Jack Miller is adamant that local knowledge can trump machinery when it comes to success in this weekend's Australian MotoGP at Phillip Island. The unique challenge of the fast and flowing seaside circuit means that, according to Miller, the bike matters less than at other circuits.
Jack Miller lived up to his prediction of a Motegi podium challenge, at least during the early stages of the Japanese MotoGP. The Pramac Ducati rider rocketed from the outside of the second row and climbed to third place, behind Marc Marquez and Fabio Quartararo, within a few laps.