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.
Next weekend's season-opening Qatar MotoGP will 'proceed as normal' despite growing restrictions on international travel and visa requirements in the face of the coronavirus outbreak.
MotoGP has confirmed that the 2020 Thai Grand Prix will go ahead as planned, having been assured by the Thai government that there is 'no major risk' from the outbreak of coronavirus.
The 2020 World Superbike championship calendar has been officially confirmed with the United States round at Laguna Seca and the Thailand round at the Chang International Circuit omitted from the schedule.
During the recent scorching hot Thai MotoGP, the reaction of many locals to the news that the Buriram round was moving from October to March next season was the warning, 'it's even hotter here in March!' Some then asked, 'will it be a night race?'
After a fall in qualifying, Valentino Rossi climbed from ninth to sixth early in Sunday's Thai MotoGP. But the Italian's progress then suddenly plateaued, followed by a decline to eighth - after being overtaken by the Suzukis of Alex Rins and Joan Mir - where he would ultimately finish.
Marc Marquez's hopes of wrapping up the 2019 MotoGP title at his first attempt in Thailand looked in serious doubt when the Spaniard was thrown into a nasty highside in opening practice.
Danilo Petrucci was among the many riders to offer his congratulations to Marc Marquez on clinching the 2019 MotoGP title in Thailand on Sunday. Marquez has dominated the season with nine wins from 15 races to seal his eighth world championship with four rounds still to go.
Jack Miller's hopes of being top-Ducati in the Thailand MotoGP ended before the red lights even went out. The Pramac Ducati rider accidentally pressed the kill switch as he tried to activate launch control while rolling up to his sixth-place grid slot.
Marquez leads a sunny morning warm-up session for the Thai MotoGP at Buriram. The Repsol Honda star will be crowned the 2019 MotoGP champion today if he scores at least two points more than Dovizioso, who suffered a technical issue during warm-up.
Marc Marquez has his first chance to win the 2019 MotoGP title, today in Thailand. Follow live updates from Sunday's warm-up sessions then the Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP races at Buriram!
Quartararo claims pole position for the Thai MotoGP at Buriram despite falling in the final minute of qualifying. Pole rival Marquez also slid off moments earlier, with Rossi tumbling at the start of the session - all three of them at Turn 5.