Yamaha

Valentino Rossi felt he had little to show for his 65 laps of the Chang International Circuit, on Saturday at the Thailand test.

Hafizh Syahrin cut 1.167s from this lap time during day two on the Monster Yamaha Tech3 MotoGP bike, hauling the Malaysian off the bottom of the timesheets and within 2.1s of fastest man Marc Marquez.

Confident that Yamaha is back on track with its MotoGP chassis, Valentino Rossi feels acceleration is where the factory is now losing ground - especially to Ducati.

MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi celebrates his 39th birthday during day one of testing in Thailand today (Friday). The referenced media source is missing and needs to be re-embedded.

Maverick Vinales says he cherishes being welcomed as part of the ‘Yamaha family’ having signed a new two-year deal to keep him at the Movistar Yamaha MotoGP squad until the end of 2020, as he hunts consistency with his YZR-M1 at the Thailand test.

Valentino Rossi is aiming to use the second official MotoGP pre-season test to find a lead for his Movistar Yamaha’s development ahead of the 2018 season.

While finalising his preparations for the second MotoGP test of 2018, Johann Zarco confirmed he would forge ahead with the chassis direction he chose at Sepang, and re-stated that mechanical and inter-team changes do not warrant distraction.

- Marc Marquez says it's “truly impressive” to see Valentino Rossi competing at the highest level in MotoGP as he turns 39 years old at the Thailand test but hopes he doesn't improve any further as "he is already very fast".

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP riders Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales have been warming up for the second official pre-season test in the Philippines on duty with Yamaha engagements.

The 2018 Bennetts British Superbike championship rider line-up so far after the latest announcements…   Be Wiser Ducati: Shane Byrne Glenn Irwin JG Speedfit Kawasaki: Leon Haslam Luke Mossey

- Marc Marquez says re-signing for Honda is his priority but he’s in no rush to sign and happy to listen to all offers ( GPone.com )

2018 marks the fifth season for Valentino Rossi's Sky Racing VR46 team in grand prix racing. Initially debuting in the Moto3 category, where the team has now won seven races, VR46 expanded to include the Moto2 class last season.

Pata Yamaha has officially unveiled its 2018 World Superbike championship squad with the unaltered line-up of Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark, with the factory Yamaha World Supersport, World Supersport 300 and Endurance World Championship teams also presented at an event at Portimao.

- Marc Marquez puts the factory Honda, Yamaha and Ducati riders as title contenders as well as a satellite Tech 3 Yamaha rider Johann Zarco ( Marca )

Malaysia is on the verge of its first ever MotoGP rider after confirmation that Hafizh Syahrin will test for the Monster Yamaha Tech3 team.

Monster Yamaha Tech 3's Herve Poncharal has been a MotoGP team manager for a long time, but he's never faced this situation before.

-Danilo Petrucci says Jorge Lorenzo is able to ride the new Ducati GP18 bike like he did with the Yamaha ( GPone.com )

How soon it can change. Fastest on Monday yet baffled by Tuesday, Yamaha may not be out of the woods after all, as Maverick Viñales struggled to the 18 th fastest time on the final day of MotoGP testing at Sepang.

Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales were the only riders in the top 13 not to lap faster on the final day at the Sepang MotoGP test.

Johann Zarco has confirmed that he will switch back to the Yamaha chassis he used last year for the remainder of preseason after ending the final day of MotoGP testing at Sepang with the ninth fastest time.

"If the race started tomorrow maybe you can see a Moto3 race!" - Valentino Rossi.

Jonathan Rea has topped the timesheet on both days of the Portimao test for Kawasaki but saw Red Bull Honda’s Leon Camier and Pata Yamaha’s Alex Lowes close the deficit.

Full testing results from the second day of pre-season testing at Portimao ahead of the 2018 World Superbike Championship.   1. Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing ZX-10RR 1m 41.485s

As if eradicating a number of last year’s weak points wasn’t enough cause for celebration, Maverick Viñales was intent on proving his speed has not diminished over the winter months, as he topped the second day of MotoGP testing at Sepang.