Jorge Lorenzo might only be one month into his MotoGP retirement but focus on his future is already dominating the next pivotal move within the paddock.
While late rider switches dominated the MotoGP headlines towards the end of 2019, it means focus on the 2021 silly season has sharpened and could erupt earlier than ever.
Karel Abraham has posted an emotional tribute after losing his place at the Reale Avintia Ducati team for 2020, which opens up a place set to be filled by Johann Zarco.
Johann Zarco's 2020 destination looks to have been decided following the news that Karel Abraham has announced an end to his MotoGP career, freeing up a place for the Frenchman at the Reale Avintia team.
There are those who believe Johann Zarco should have been given the vacant Repsol Honda MotoGP seat for 2020, rather than Alex Marquez. But Aleix Espargaro certainly isn’t one of them.
Johann Zarco's three-race partnership with LCR Honda came to a scary conclusion when the Frenchman was hit by Iker Lecuona's bike while walking away from his own accident at the Valencia MotoGP season finale.
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 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.
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.
Valentino Rossi has described Yamaha’s decision to drop Jonas Folger as its MotoGP test rider from next year as “a shame” and warns it needs riders capable of matching race lap times to be effective.
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.
Johann Zarco strengthened his case for a future MotoGP return with an impressive second weekend at LCR Honda. 14th on the grid and 13th at the flag on his debut for the team in place of the injured Takaaki Nakagami at Phillip Island, the Frenchman took further strides forward at Sepang.
Joan Mir felt his Long Lap penalty, imposed by the FIM Stewards for a clash with Johann Zarco during Sunday's Malaysian MotoGP, was 'not correct', 'unfair' and 'because I'm a rookie'.
After progressing straight into Q2 and qualifying on the third row of the grid for the Malaysian MotoGP, Johann Zarco has confirmed he’s quickly learning to improve for LCR Honda.
Marc Marquez expects Johann Zarco to use his three-race LCR Honda outing to demonstrate his ability to the MotoGP paddock after his nightmare split at Red Bull KTM but fears it will be difficult for the French rider.
When KTM announced its departure from Moto2 at the end of this season, Iker Lecuona's hopes of riding a factory Austrian machine in 2020 looked to be over.