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‘Two things, the slipstream plus also braking late’ - Johann Zarco sets new top speed record in Qatar and will start sixth ahead of first MotoGP race.

‘Today was a bit difficult to go in the 1m 52s for us’ - Maverick Vinales settles for third fastest, but has ‘margin to improve’ for next MotoGP races.

Valentino Rossi nudged from the front-row by just 0.026s during his Petronas Yamaha qualifying debut at the Qatar MotoGP.

Free Practice (3) results from the Qatar MotoGP at Losail, round 1 of the 2021 world championship.

Franco Morbidelli tops the third MotoGP practice session of the weekend for Petronas Yamaha ahead of Aleix Espargaro. Jack Miller remains fastest overall heading into qualifying.

Free Practice (1) results from the Qatar MotoGP at Losail, round 1 of the 2021 world championship.

"It's something that people have been asking me for a long time and I think they are going to like it." - Three-time MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo launches new weekly broadcast on YouTube channel called 99Seconds. 

Pol Espargaro is ready for action with Repsol Honda at the Losail International Circuit, and dismisses the notion of Honda being the most difficult bike to ride. 

Valentino Rossi describes Franco Morbidelli as 'one of the best riders in MotoGP at the moment', and is looking forward to competing against his good friend. 

Maverick Vinales' crew chief Esteban Garcia forced to isolate until at least Saturday at the Qatar MotoGP.

Monster Yamaha team-mates Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo were among the riders to beat by the end of MotoGP testing in Qatar but what will the race weekend bring?

Jack Miller goes into the MotoGP season opener this Sunday as one of the race favourites after his impressive factory team debut in testing. 

Franco Morbidelli believes podium fight is a realistic aim at this weekend's 2021 Qatar MotoGP season-opener.

Valentino Rossi confident heading into the season-opening Qatar MotoGP; 'A lot of riders on different bikes that are also strong, but we’re definitely in the pack. Our race pace looks good'.

MotoGP title runner-up Franco Morbidelli says it's too close to call in terms of a favourite for the Qatar season opener; 'Everyone is improving... At the moment it looks like it's a Yamaha-Ducati-Suzuki battle'

Toprak Razgatlioglu continues what he started on day one, as he tops a red-flag intrupted morning session of World Superbike testing in Misano. 

'Today was a little shakedown to understand a few things' - Scott Redding continued his preparations for the 2021 World Superbike season at Misano, finishing day one of the two-day test in second place.

Day one of the WorldSBK test at Misano is underway with Toprak Razgatlioglu leading the early session for Pata Yamaha ahead of Scott Redding. 

Factory Ducati team end five days of MotoGP testing in Qatar as a hot favorite for victory come the season opener on March 28, and Francesco Bagnaia is one of the reasons why. 

Fabio Quartararo looks ahead to opening MotoGP Qatar race and why the speed of Ducati worries him after completing five productive test days with his new Monster Energy Yamaha team. 

Several teams and riders from both WorldSBK and WorldSSP will continue their 2021 season preparations with a two day test in Misano starting tomorrow. 

Yamaha test rider Kohta Nozane completes six intense days of MotoGP testing in Qatar, ahead of his 2021 World Superbike debut. 

Franco Morbidelli seeking to react quickly to changing track conditions during the 2021 MotoGP season by creating 'a menu of settings and moves that we can do'.

'Clever' development work from Yamaha plus a 'beautiful' feeling with this new Petronas team means Valentino Rossi finishes MotoGP pre-season testing in Qatar a happy man.