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With Lewis Hamilton's F1 car looking on during the Petronas Yamaha Sepang team launch, and given the Englishman's long-held desire to try a MotoGP bike , it was an obvious question to ask:

This is the livery with which the new Petronas Yamaha Sepang team will make its MotoGP race debut during the 2019 season. Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo helped unveil the colours of Malaysia's first MotoGP team during a special ceremony at the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

Sepang CEO Razlan Razali describes the new Petronas Yamaha MotoGP team as an ‘ambitious underdog’ at its 2019 launch to mark a new era for the Malaysian squad.

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:

Dani Pedrosa kept his cards close to his chest, but it was well known that the 31-time MotoGP winner was in discussions with the new Petronas-backed Sepang Yamaha team after losing his Honda seat to Jorge Lorenzo.

With Hafizh Syahrin preparing for the second year of what is hoped will be a long relationship with Tech3, the new Petronas Yamaha team has its sights set on another young Malaysian to become its first home MotoGP rider.

The new Petronas Yamaha MotoGP team means the Sepang team will be competing in all three grand prix classes in 2019. But it is another new project that, on paper, has the best chance of resulting in the team's first FIM world (cup) title.

The opening MotoGP test at Sepang in January took place without a Malaysian rider and certainly no sign of a Malaysian team.

Fabio Quartararo was the most surprising of the four 2019 MotoGP rookie signings. The young Frenchman had gone almost two and a half years without a podium when he snatched a shock debut victory, for Speed Up in the Moto2 class, at Catalunya in June.

The new Petronas Yamaha Sepang Racing Team will make its debut during this week's Valencia test, on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Jorge Martin was set to lose the lead of the Moto3 World Championship with just six laps to go of Sunday's penultimate round at Sepang. The Spaniard had been shuffled down to fifth place as title rival Marco Bezzecchi surged to the head of the field.

'I’m really sad to be ending my Moto3 career this way'- Adam Norrodin.

A dream day at Sepang for Valentino Rossi's VR46 squad saw Francesco Bagnaia crowned as the team's first ever world champion and team-mate Luca Marini claim his debut grand prix win.

Upon returning to Europe from the flyaway MotoGP rounds, where he wrapped up his fifth premier-class crown, Marc Marquez headed for HRC’s 2019 official presentation at the EICMA show in Milan.

Avintia replacement rider Jordi Torres underwent surgery in Barcelona on Tuesday, following a hand injury sustained during practice for the Malaysian MotoGP.

Hafizh Syahrin has produced an eye-catching performance to secure a top 10 result to put away his nightmare in qualifying on an emotionally-charged home debut MotoGP race at Sepang.

Dani Pedrosa feels setting changes with his Repsol Honda provided key performance gains on his way to fifth place at the Malaysian MotoGP as attention turns to his final race at the Valencia finale.

Having spent much of the season battling the Ducatis of Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez found himself fighting the Yamahas of Valentino Rossi and Johann Zarco during Sunday's Malaysian MotoGP.

Johann Zarco broke his MotoGP podium drought and moved to the head of the Independent standings with third place in Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix. Zarco celebrated two podiums during the opening four rounds of the season, but had been absent from the rostrum ever since.

Marks out of ten at the Malaysian MotoGP…

Alex Rins cited an engine upgrade at Assen as the biggest step made by the Suzuki this season, as the team celebrated its eighth podium of the year in the Malaysian MotoGP.

Marc Marquez said he didn't have anything else left during his pursuit of race leader Valentino Rossi in Sunday's Malaysian MotoGP. With both riders 'on the limit', Marquez's only plan was to try and stay in contact with the Italian and then improvise a late attack.