Full qualifying results at the Qatar MotoGP Maverick Vinales has laid down a marker to his MotoGP rivals by taking the first pole position of the season ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Marq
Maverick Vinales begins the new MotoGP season having been the fastest rider in the recent test at the same Qatar circuit, prior to which he also set an enviable race pace at Sepang.
Maverick Vinales says after rediscovering his pace and rhythm on the Yamaha he can fight for the rostrum but feels development work is still needed at the 2019 season opener in Qatar.
Yamaha might just have finally turned a corner. After a winter of internal reorganisation and development, Maverick Viñales has been the star of the 2019 MotoGP preseason, while Valentino Rossi has never been too far away.
Maverick Vinales credited Yamaha's corner entry and mid-turn gains for helping him finish pre-season testing on top of the timesheets, in Qatar on Monday night.
Jack Miller didn’t hide his approval of Ducati’s single-lap pace advantage at the end of the Sepang MotoGP test but concedes worries still remain about its long run speed against its rivals.
Maverick Vinales is still searching for acceleration gains as he orders Yamaha to stay grounded despite lighting up the times on day two at the Sepang MotoGP test.
Yamaha boss Lin Jarvis has outlined the extensive changes both inside the MotoGP team and the management restructure alongside its new European-run test squad as it looks to turnaround its fortunes after a tough 2018.
With pre-season testing preparations being finalised and targets being drawn up for the 2019 MotoGP world championship, Crash.net looks over what key objectives each manufacturer will be desperate to get right.
The 2019 World Supersport entry list has been officially published by championship organisers with a 25-rider grid set to contest the upcoming campaign.
A new year welcomes in a brand-new season of MotoGP and naturally everything is to play for with familiar faces in new places, teams at crossroads and a couple of new eras which begin in 2019.
The final MotoGP track action of 2018 is underway with the start of a two-day official test at Jerez, Spain. Testing began at 9:30am and concludes at 5:30pm, but cool morning conditions kept riders in the pits until 11:30am.
Despite leading both days of the Valencia post-race MotoGP test, Maverick Vinales is reserving judgement on which of the two new Yamaha engines he prefers until trying them again at Jerez next week.
Maverick Vinales has blamed a faulty electronic system with his Movistar Yamaha for initially wrecking his Valencia MotoGP before falling while aiming to catch the front group in wet conditions.
Maverick Vinales has conceded a conservative target if the 2018 Valencia MotoGP is hit by the forecasted rain tomorrow despite starting from pole position for Movistar Yamaha.
Vinales takes pole position for the Valencia MotoGP season finale. The session took place on a dry track with damp patches, with world champion Marquez falling on his out-lap - the Spaniard appearing to dislocate his left shoulder once again as he rolled through the gravel.