While the 2020 MotoGP rider market had been set to dominate the headlines this year, the unexpected coronavirus shutdown could see older riders delay retirement plans to stay in the sport.
- Valentino Rossi doubts if he is the greatest ever rider in MotoGP but accepts the tag of being “one of the best” riders in the sport’s long history when speaking to former footballer Christian Vieri on an Instagram live video.
Maverick Vinales has admitted he faced a 'difficult' choice between staying at Yamaha or switching to Ducati for the 2021 MotoGP season. The Spaniard eventually opted to remain on an M1, believing that doing so gives him the best chance of finally clinching the world championship.
- Following the MotoGP technical rule revisions to freeze engine and aerodynamic development for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, Ducati chief Gigi Dall’Igna’s suggestion to cut back to a one bike per rider system has been rejected by the rest of the MotoGP teams.
Jorge Lorenzo may have fallen short of his target to win MotoGP races on three different types of machine, but the Spaniard is proud to have been the only rider to win world championships against Dani Pedrosa, Casey Stoner, Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez.
Valentino Rossi has picked out his own top three wins from across his career and believes having a strong rivalry helped him raise his own performance level to greater heights.
Reflecting on one of his greatest races, Valentino Rossi says beating Casey Stoner at the 2008 United States MotoGP at Laguna Seca was crucial for his title charge that season.
MotoGP’s Virtual Race series returns for a second event over the Easter weekend with lights out at 14:00 BST on Sunday April 12 th as 10 riders including defending ‘champion’ Alex Marquez battle for victory.
In a race which defined a rivalry, Jorge Lorenzo concedes he was too arrogant to try to block Valentino Rossi from his stunning last corner overtake to win the 2009 Catalunya MotoGP.
MotoGP’s silly season had been set to erupt and rumble on throughout 2020 but with the campaign postponed amid the coronavirus pandemic all plans have been put on hold.
- Max Biaggi says he misses his rivalry with Valentino Rossi from their racing days, both the good and the bad days, and feels the pair clashed because “we were different people”.
The unprecedented delay to the MotoGP World Championship also means the sport's biggest ever star, Valentino Rossi, faces a more complicated decision on his racing future.
After the official postponement of this year’s Italian MotoGP, Mugello chief Paolo Poli has sent out a message of support to fans and has promised when it can reschedule Grand Prix racing it will host an “extraordinary” celebration.
In MotoGP’s ever-expanding race calendar, a return to Brazil has always been pinpointed as a key event to give the sport opportunity to flourish and relay roots in South America.
Petronas Yamaha is targeting a MotoGP title fight with Fabio Quartararo this season, during what should be the Frenchman's final year before stepping up to the official Yamaha team in 2021.
From the 2000 British Grand Prix to the 2017 Dutch TT (and counting), Valentino Rossi tops the all-time list for most world championship race wins in MotoGP’s premier class to give him a multitude of options for which could be his best.
- Former Honda team manager Livio Suppo says he suggested both Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa should retire after one lap of the infamous 2015 Valencia MotoGP finale to avoid being part of the controversial conclusion of the world title fight between Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, but the idea