Yamaha enjoyed an eye-catching opening day of track action for round six of the World Superbike Championship at Jerez as four of its five riders packed into the top seven positions by the end of FP2.
Jerez WorldSBK - Free Practice Results (2) Alvaro Bautista surged to the top of the World Superbike Championship timesheets to secure Friday honours in Jerez, as Loris Baz esca
Jonas Folger to make his racing comeback at the Catalan Moto2 race at Petronas Sprinta Racing after initial replacement rider Mattia Pasini suffered a broken collarbone.
Four-time WorldSBK Champion Jonathan Rea says he is ‘so happy’ to see his former Ten Kate Racing team rise from the ashes of bankruptcy with a racing return in Jerez this weekend following its revival as a Yamaha partner.
Marco Melandri is hoping solutions trialled during last week’s Misano test will put him in a stronger position for this weekend’s World Superbike Championship at Jerez.
Alex Lowes is confident his PATA Yamaha R1 will be more favourably suited to the Jerez circuit as he looks to get back to the WorldSBK podium this weekend.
Loris Baz is eyeing World Superbike Championship podiums this season as he prepares for his return to the series with Ten Kate Racing, the Frenchman’s appetite for success having been whetted by his first test on the new Yamaha.
Lee Johnston has claimed his first victory at the Isle of Man TT in the opening Monster Energy Supersport event in a rain-interrupted race which was called to finish at the end of Lap 2.
Valentino Rossi has described his Mugello ordeal as one of his “worst” race weekends “for a long, long time” as the ‘19 Yamaha M1’s failings were brutally exposed under the searing Italian sun.
Fabio Quartararo endured a sobering Italian MotoGP as he fell well short of an anticipated podium challenge after struggling for the pace that qualified him on the front row at Mugello.
Italian MotoGP Results - Mugello Danilo Petrucci produced a peerless performance to claim an emotional maiden MotoGP victory in front of his home fans after prevailing in a spectacular
Valentino Rossi was left to play down his failed strategy in Saturday afternoon’s Q1 session, instead focussing on an FP3 mistake that “destroyed the day” and forced him to start the Italian Grand Prix from a disastrous 18 th place.
Quartararo quickest on a medium rear tyre during final practice for the Italian MotoGP at Mugello. Vinales (soft rear) makes it a Yamaha one-two, ahead of long-time session leader Marquez.
Valentino Rossi unveiled this special one-off helmet livery on Saturday morning at his home Mugello MotoGP. For their latest creation, AGV state that Rossi and designer Aldo Drudi chose 'a new and bright livery that interprets the Italian flag motif like never before'.
Valentino Rossi suffered his worst start to a MotoGP weekend this season with 18th place, and slowest Yamaha, after Friday practice for his home Italian round.
Italian MotoGP, Mugello - Free Practice (2) Results Francesco Bagnaia emerged as the surprise pace setter in second free practice for the Italian MotoGP at Mugello, with
MotoGP doesn't do street circuits and therefore has no obvious equivalent of the legendary Monaco F1 Grand Prix. Assen is undoubtedly the most historic venue on the motorcycle GP calendar, being the only surviving venue from the inaugural 1949 season.
Though it is the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano that is often regarded as the ‘home’ venue for Valentino Rossi, the man himself admits competing at Mugello for the Italian MotoGP is just that bit ‘more special’ to him.