Yamaha

There was little improvement in Maverick Viñales’ mood on Monday evening as Yamaha was unable to find a suitable cure for his rear grip woes, leading the 23-year old to comment, “We didn’t solve anything.”

Valentino Rossi may have been relieved to score a fifth place finish in a dramatic MotoGP outing at Jerez, but the Italian issued a sobering assessment of Yamaha’s current level and questioned the factory’s testing plans in the coming days.

Johann Zarco says he’s happy to keep “dreaming” in the MotoGP world championship title fight after jumping up to second place with his podium at Jerez.

Valentino Rossi was forced into an admission that Sunday’s MotoGP race at Jerez could result in a “fight” for “not a great position” after his search for grip in high temperatures came up short in qualifying.

Johann Zarco concedes reaching the podium this weekend will be his primary focus for the Jerez MotoGP race as he sees big threats in the Honda riders.

Just as it appeared Movistar Yamaha was navigating a path out of a storm, riders Valentino Rossi and Maverick Viñales endured a a trying first day of free practice at Jerez, with the Italian unable to find a way around excessive spinning on his Yamaha M1.

Johann Zarco picked up where he left off in last year's Spanish MotoGP race, by again being the top Yamaha rider in Friday practice for the 2018 event.

Valentino Rossi starts the European stage of the MotoGP World Championship 29 points behind title leader Andrea Dovizioso after the costly non-score in Argentina was followed by a subdued fourth place in Austin.

Last year's Spanish MotoGP at Jerez was a memorable event for then rookie Johann Zarco, who finished as the top Yamaha rider for the first time in his young premier-class career.

Hafizh Syahrin's third race day as a MotoGP rider got off to a scary start when he was thrown from his Monster Yamaha Tech3 bike on the out-lap of morning warm-up.

It's been rumoured since last November, but now it sounds like Johann Zarco has finally put pen to paper on a Red Bull KTM MotoGP deal.

After points in his first two MotoGP races, Franco Morbidelli was left pondering a change of approach after sinking to 21st and last during a tough Austin Grand Prix.

Johann Zarco's stunning run of leading every MotoGP race since last year's Australian Grand Prix finally came to an end in Austin.

Valentino Rossi was helpless to prevent Andrea Iannone and a place on the Austin MotoGP podium inch away from him during Sunday's race at COTA.

Maverick Viñales was delighted to return to the MotoGP podium at the Circuit of the Americas after an absence of four races, and believes he and his Movistar Yamaha squad have finally understood what is needed to get the most from the 2018 M1.

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Valentino Rossi wasn’t overly perturbed to qualify off the front row at the Circuit of the Americas on Saturday, and believes his feeling with his Yamaha M1 should be enough to challenge for a podium place in tomorrow’s MotoGP race.

Johann Zarco’s good mood returned on Saturday as the Frenchman put his early set-up concerns to one side at the Circuit of the Americas and threw his name into podium contention for Sunday’s race.

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Full Superpole qualifying results for the fourth round of the 2018 World Supersport championship at Assen, the Netherlands.   1. Sandro Cortese ESP Kallio Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 1m 37.799s

Full race one results for the fourth round of the 2018 World Superbike Championship at Assen, the Netherlands.   1. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR 21 laps 2. Michael van der Mark NED PATA Yamaha YZF-R1 +0.981s

Valentino Rossi has described the condition of the Circuit of the Americas track as ‘critical’ after completing the first day of MotoGP free practice in Austin, Texas.

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