Ducati

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.

Ducati Corse general manager Gigi Dall’Igna doesn't expect a lot of MotoGP riders to switch teams for the 2021 season. But he is predicting that the best will put pen-to-paper early in 2020.

If Andrea Dovizioso claims six points or more in this weekend's Valencia season finale, 2019 will have been his highest-scoring season in MotoGP (helped by a 19th race).

Chaz Davies feels with the Ducati V4 R still in its infancy development on the existing package will be key to his winter testing and preparations for the 2020 World Superbike championship.

Here’s the latest round-up of MotoGP gossip starting with early preparations for the 2021 rider market set to start at the 2019 finale in Valencia next weekend.

Andrea Dovizioso gave credit to Valentino Rossi in their battle for the final rostrum spot at the Malaysian MotoGP having felt the nine-time world champion was “aggressive but clean” at Sepang.

In the latest round-up of MotoGP Gossip, Pramac Ducati has played down a rumoured rider swap for 2020 while Giacomo Agostini feels Marc Marquez can beat his own world title record.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi has switched to the Team Go Eleven Ducati squad for the 2020 World Superbike championship after losing his ride at Barni Ducati to Leon Camier.

Christian Iddon will replace World Superbike-bound and 2019 Bennetts British Superbike champion Scott Redding alongside Josh Brookes at the Paul Bird Motorsport Ducati squad for 2020.

Jack Miller struggled to hide his disappointment on Sunday afternoon in the wake of a “strange” Malaysian Grand Prix, a race that was beset by a lack of front grip and “guys running into the side of me for no particular reason.”

Danilo Petrucci finished the Malaysian MotoGP where he had been at the end of the opening lap, in ninth, after suffering a bizarre vibration in the closing stages.

Andrea Dovizioso says he’s content with reaching the podium at Sepang but concedes his Ducati didn’t have the pace to catch the front two during the Malaysian MotoGP.

Jack Miller has labelled world champion Marc Marquez “a master tactician” but felt his qualifying strategy at Sepang “bit him on the arse” as the Spaniard’s waiting for Fabio Quartararo ultimately led to a spectacular crash.

He may not boast the pace of the fastest at Sepang, but Andrea Dovizioso was content with his Friday speed, claiming the performance of his Ducati GP19 was “better than we expected” and that he is “in the group” of challengers for Sunday.

Danilo Petrucci expects Fabio Quartararo to surpass his unofficial lap record at Sepang in tomorrow’s FP3 ahead of the Malaysia MotoGP as he voices concerns over his own pace on fresh tyres.

Shell and Ducati, partners since 1999 in World Superbike and from the factory's 2003 debut in MotoGP, have announced a further three-year agreement, until the end of the 2022 season.

Andrea Dovizioso concedes the performance gap between MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez to himself and the rest of the grid ‘is ridiculous and it is too much’ but remains faithful of closing the deficit ahead of 2020.

Four days after the eutrophic celebrations that followed Jack Miller's home podium at Phillip Island and the young Australian's voice was almost back to normal, at Sepang on Thursday.

Danilo Petrucci was worried he wouldn't be able to race in this weekend's Malaysian MotoGP, following his dramatic early-race exit at Phillip Island on Sunday.

The last leg of MotoGP’s epic triple-header takes place with the Malaysian GP in familiar surroundings at Sepang which hosts a special home debut, potential record breakers and the proper start to 2020 preparations.

With the second leg of the MotoGP triple-header complete, the latest round of rider ratings sees Marc Marquez joined by some surprise names at the top of the scores.

Fabio Quartararo admitted his mistake when braking just two turns into the Australian Grand Prix had already dashed his chances of securing a strong result before he was collected by an errant Danilo Petrucci.

While Jack Miller would never want to be gifted a maiden home round podium, on this occasion he wasn’t letting it slip to cap a stellar Australian MotoGP for the Pramac Ducati rider.

Full Race Results (2) for the final round of the 2019 World Superbike Championship at Losail, Qatar