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Honda has confirmed that a "complete shutdown" of Daniil Kvyat's engine in his Toro Rosso car caused his crash in the closing stages of second practice for the Brazilian Grand Prix on Friday at Interlagos.

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.

Takumi Takahashi will link up with the Honda Mie Racing Team for the 2020 World Superbike championship.

UPDATE: Jorge Lorenzo's full retirement speech below.... Jorge Lorenzo has announced his retirement from MotoGP, following this weekend's Valencia season finale.

Cal Crutchlow refused to be drawn on speculation regarding the seat currently available in the Repsol Honda garage, and instead praised the talents of Jorge Lorenzo, describing his talent and concentration as “something very special.”

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.

Johann Zarco has likened the possibility of taking over Jorge Lorenzo’s seat in the Repsol Honda team to an “exceptional dream” and stated “I hope I will have the chance to be there” in the 2020 MotoGP season.

The current MotoGP season may have been a miserable one for Jorge Lorenzo, who announced his retirement at Valencia on Thursday. But with 68 grand prix victories and five world championships, his career highlights definitely outnumber the lows.

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.

There’s no dressing it up: 2019 has been the toughest in Jorge Lorenzo’s decorated 18-year career in the grand prix paddock.

Marc Marquez will seek to sign off a memorable MotoGP season with a twelfth win of the year at Valencia on Sunday.

Cal Crutchlow had a memorable time during the annual Honda Thanks Day at Motegi, this past weekend.

Jorge Lorenzo is hoping that next year's Honda can revive some of the front-end confidence he had felt during his outings on the 2018 machine.

Cal Crutchlow is reluctant to undergo a further operation on his painful right ankle, since it would mean a winter of rehab for the second year in succession. The Englishman required major surgery after shattering his ankle at Phillip Island last season.

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.

Marc Marquez is keeping an eye on Yamaha’s progress going into 2020 having seen its riders become his biggest rivals over the course of the second half of the current MotoGP campaign.

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.

Leon Haslam says getting the new Honda CBR1000RR-R up to speed in the World Superbike championship will be “a big challenge” but has faith in HRC’s resources and ambitions for 2020.

Honda boss Alberto Puig feels Marc Marquez’s shot at victory in the Malaysian MotoGP was lost when he conceded too much time stuck behind Jack Miller during the opening laps at Sepang.

UPDATE: Leon Haslam now officially confirmed alongside Alvaro Bautista at the factory Honda WorldSBK team next season.

After struggling to get his LCR Honda up to speed at the start, it would be a problem while stopping the bike that brought Cal Crutchlow's Malaysian MotoGP to an early end.

Marc Marquez felt he made the dream start to his Malaysian MotoGP but concedes Maverick Vinales had the stronger pace to charge to victory at Sepang.

Newly crowned champion Lorenzo Dalla Porta powered to the line to snatch a late win in the Moto3 Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang.

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.