Jack Miller says he has not held talks with the Ducati management about a rumoured promotion to the factory team for 2020 at the expense of Danilo Petrucci.
Marc Marquez has described his dominant 2019 MotoGP world championship as the best season of his career having produced stunning records along with capturing the final part of the Triple Crown by wrapping up the teams’ world title with victory at the Valencia Grand Prix finale.
With a front-row grid slot to utilise his fast-starting Pramac Ducati, Jack Miller has joked he’ll be leading by the first corner but will let his rivals repass him as part of his Valencia Grand Prix strategy.
While a sixth pole position of his rookie MotoGP campaign comes as a welcomed bonus, Fabio Quartararo’s main focus remains finding stronger race pace having felt unable to catch up with Marc Marquez and Maverick Vinales ahead of the Valencia Grand Prix.
The final day schedule of the 2019 MotoGP world championship has been altered due to weather conditions forecast for the Circuit Ricardo Tormo on of the main race day of the Valencia Grand Prix.
Marc Marquez has reaffirmed his stance that his future team-mate is solely the decision of Repsol Honda as he assesses what the chosen candidate will face both over the winter and in 2020.
Full Valencia MotoGP qualifying results Fabio Quartararo has claimed his sixth and the last pole position of the 2019 MotoGP season edging Marc Marquez and Jack Miller.
Francesco Bagnaia has been declared unfit by the MotoGP medical team after suffering a left wrist fracture and has gone to hospital for further examinations following his strange crash at the exit of the pit lane during FP3 at the Valencia Grand Prix.
Cal Crutchlow has lamented the cold temperatures at the 2019 MotoGP finale impacting performance in Valencia but accepts it is an equal challenge for all riders, while his own running programme has already been altered by Jorge Lorenzo’s decision to retire.
Jack Miller has reflected on a positive Friday ahead of the Valencia MotoGP stalled by a fall midway through FP2 which he joked “proved I am not Marc Marquez”.
Despite topping both practice sessions on Friday at the Valencia MotoGP, Fabio Quartararo fears his race pace is weaker than his rivals and will rely on Maverick Vinales’s data to find improvements.
Marc Marquez says it isn’t his call who his new team-mate will be at Repsol Honda after Jorge Lorenzo’s shock retirement but believes his team must decide whether to opt for youth or experience when drawing up a shortlist of options.
Marc Marquez has the opportunity to close out a perfect MotoGP campaign in 2019 if he can help Repsol Honda seal the world teams’ title and duly complete its Triple Crown.
Operators of the Algarve International Circuit in Portugal have registered an interest in bringing a MotoGP event from 2019 onwards as a replacement for the Finland’s Kimi-Ring.
After discussing fundamental factors in his title triumph earlier this week, Marc Marquez has claimed that his “elbow is worth a World Cup” as it was key to his incredible save in the Valencia GP.