A change is as good as a rest, but might a rest turn out to be as good as a change for MotoGP stars Valentino Rossi and Cal Crutchlow? Both are considering whether to start a new chapter in their lives by retiring at the end of this season.
The Indonesian MotoGP comeback has been a long-held ambition for organisers and stakeholders in the sport, but the reality of putting on a race in one of the most bike-mad countries in the world has proven to be an almost impossible challenge.
Valentino Rossi will only need two or three races to understand his level of competitiveness, according to Monster Yamaha team director Massimo Meregalli.
As a new MotoGP decade begins, albeit with a slight delay to the start of the 2020 world championship season, it is an ideal moment to reveal who is the greatest of all time across each decade.
Valentino Rossi has had plenty of rivals during his 24-year grand prix career, sparring with the likes of Noby Ueda, Jorge Martinez, Tomomi Manako, Tetsuya Harada, Tohru Ukawa and Loris Capirossi even before reaching the premier-class in 2000.
Three weeks is a long time for a lot to happen in any sport but in this unprecedented period amid the coronavirus pandemic MotoGP’s picture changes even quicker.
Fabio Quartararo may already have a 2021 Factory Yamaha contract in his pocket, but the young Frenchman is pledging to 'give everything' during his final season at the Petronas team.
The start of the 2020 MotoGP season was set to decide Valentino Rossi’s next steps in his illustrious career but with the coronavirus pandemic overtaking all matters the Doctor’s decision must remain on hold.
Valentino Rossi says he is “cheering for the people” in regions hit by the coronavirus including his hometown Tavullia and says he will not make a decision on his MotoGP future until the season can start.
As the coronavirus pandemic strips back the worldwide motorsport calendar, one left-field solution offered has been to run events without spectators and while any racing is better than no racing even that idea remains out of reach.
Having started his career with leather race suits and motocross-style boots, Valentino Rossi has seen more than most in the development of racing technology and one feature that’s impressed him has been the ‘RoboCop’ airbag safety device.
Following the 2020 opening round for Moto2 and Moto3 in Qatar, all attention is back on the remainder of the MotoGP race calendar and what changes could be made to react to the coronavirus crisis.
Italy’s government is set to pass a law to ban entry and exit from Lombardy and 11 provinces in the north of the country as it ramps up efforts to fight the coronavirus.
Valentino Rossi and team-mate Maverick Vinales have given their reaction to the news that the opening rounds of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship will not take place as planned, due to the coronavirus outbreak.
In the latest MotoGP gossip round-up, Andrea Dovizioso has his say on the influence Jorge Lorenzo had at Ducati during his two-stint at the team, a decision on Andrea Iannone’s anti-doping case is expected and Valentino Rossi on his tyre life worries.
Tyre degradation returned to haunt Valentino Rossi on the final day of MotoGP pre-season testing. The Italian, 41, spent much of last year troubled by premature tyre wear during races and was absent from the podium from round four onwards.
In the latest round-up of MotoGP gossip, Andrea Dovizioso expects Marc Marquez to be in the world title tussle whatever shape his Honda is in, Romano Fenati becomes a crime-stopper and Aleix Espargaro hits out at Aprilia team-mate Andrea Iannone.
Petronas Yamaha may have already lost star rider Fabio Quartararo to the factory Yamaha team from 2021, but the satellite squad has quickly been linked to high profile options Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo which team principal Razlan Razali sees as “tricky but interesting at the same time”.
The latest MotoGP gossip following on from the conclusion of the Sepang pre-season test, starting with an update from Ducati on its future rider line-up.
If Valentino Rossi, who set the fifth fastest lap time at the Sepang MotoGP Test, is considering retirement, then surely the 20 riders behind him should be as well?
Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo have been both team-mates and bitter rivals in the past, but the Spaniard's return to Yamaha as a test rider means the pair of multiple MotoGP champions are now very much 'on the same side'.