Yamaha

How has each MotoGP manufacturer - Yamaha, Ducati, Suzuki, KTM, Honda and Aprilia - fared compared to the same time last season?

Jason O’Halloran heads into round two of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship with a 100% winning streak following Oulton Park.

Yamaha team director Massimo Meregalli says MotoGP title leade rFabio Quartararo 'very determined but what impressed me the most is he's having fun'.

Josh Brookes believes round two of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Knockhill is one with ‘lots of potential’, after a difficult start at Oulton Park.

Scott Redding says ‘I’m there to pick up the pieces’, with regards to the title fight between Jonathan Rea and new WorldSBK championship leader Toprak Razgatlioglu. 

Reigning MotoGP champion Joan Mir believes Suzuki GSX-RR is 'more aggressive' than the Yamaha M1: 'They both have the Inline-4 engine, but the character is quite different.'

Johann Zarco, whose MotoGP career was in serious doubt when he left KTM midway through 2019, is Fabio Quartararo's nearest title rival at the midway stage of the 2021 season.

Garrett Gerloff secures maiden WorldSBK Donington podium - his first of 2021 with second place in race two.

Michael Rinaldi’ difficulties at Donington continue ‘because of two strange races’. Double WorldSBK race winner at Misano ‘not happy about’ best finish of P8 in race two.

Jonathan Rea endures a ‘mixed bag’ at WorldSBK Donington, as victory in the Superpole race was followed up with a race two fall while leading.

Toprak Razgatlioglu takes his second Donington WorldSBK win of the weekend - one that sees him take the world championship lead for the first time in his career.

Jonathan Rea overcomes a raft of scary moments during WorldSBK Donington race one to claim second place; ‘I had a few big, big, big moments, too many to remember to be honest. Was lucky to be in parc ferme at the end of the race.”

Toprak Razgatlioglu takes his second WorldSBK win of the season at Donington Park, after dry conditions come through in the nick of time.

Scott Redding finishes day-one of WorldSBK action at Donington in P5, but; ‘I just don’t feel consistently smooth, maybe a little erratic’.

Garrett Gerloff’s adaptation to Donington Park was as smooth as they come, as he topped day-one of WorldSBK free practice.

Kohta Nozane withdraws from round four of the 2021 WorldSBK championship at Donington Park due to injury.

Former five-time WorldSSP champion and manager to Torpak Razgatlioglu, Kenan Sofuoglu, has confirmed Petronas Yamaha were and ‘still’ are interested in Razgatlioglu following the Turkish rider’s new two-year deal with Pata Yamaha in WorldSBK.

Valentino Rossi explains how aerodynamics have made MotoGP bikes more physically demanding but recent riding-style changes are more influenced by tyres and brakes.

Toprak Razgatlioglu signs a new two-year contract with Yamaha in World Superbikes; ' Maybe MotoGP is something I will think about in the future'.

MotoGP title leader Fabio Quartararo says victories in Qatar and Portimao were the stand-out moments of the season so far.

Toprak Razgatlioglu’s manager Kenan Sofuoglu has confirmed that the Yamaha man will remain in WorldSBK for at least two more years amidst MotoGP interest.

WorldSBK rookie Andrea Locatelli is confident of a ‘good result’ at Donington Park - a circuit new to the Italian having rode there just once on a ‘standard R1’ Superbike.

Honda Racing UK rider Glenn Irwin comes away from round one of the British Superbike championship with three top tens in ‘testing weekend’.

Alvaro Bautista is keen to ‘take steps forward’ after tough opening three WorldSBK rounds; ‘In testing at Navarra we tried some electronic things that will probably help us in this race.”