New Aprilia MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales confident he'll be 'much closer' at Misano this weekend; 'In Aragon we lost everything on braking... We need laps'
If the opportunity arises, Jack Miller will help team-mate Bagnaia in his quest to catch MotoGP title leader Fabio Quartararo. Not concerned by Morbidelli's switch in terms of teams' and constructors' battle.
Maverick Vinales heads for his second event as an Aprilia MotoGP rider, team-mate Aleix Espargaro 'competitive in any conditions', Lorenzo Savadori's wild-card cancelled.
One week after his first MotoGP podium, Francesco Bagnaia was just seven laps away from a debut premier-class victory at the same Misano circuit when disaster struck on Sunday.
After spending almost the entire race behind Pol Espargaro, MotoGP title contender Fabio Quartararo finally overtook the KTM rider for what had become third place, on the penultimate lap.
Valentino Rossi hopes of going one place better than last weekend and finishing on his home Misano MotoGP podium came to an end on only the second lap of Sunday's Emilia Romagna round.
Andrea Dovizioso's usual 'Undaunted' logo on the seat of his leathers was replaced by the word 'Unemployed' for this weekend's second Misano MotoGP round.
Aleix Espargaro remains convinced the 2020 Aprilia RS-GP is a 'very good' bike, comparable with the Suzuki and KTM at Misano this weekend, but with one big exception; the acceleration of the engine.
Valentino Rossi isn’t ruling out a MotoGP move for his VR46 team but said it won't happen for 2021, when the focus is on trying to secure the Avintia Ducati place for his brother Luca Marini.