Yamaha

Cal Crutchlow and any other factory MotoGP test riders will be able to race as wild-cards during the 2021 season.

After a total of 15 seasons, Valentino Rossi bid farewell to the Factory Yamaha MotoGP team at Portimao on Sunday. The result, twelfth place but just a fraction behind team-mate Maverick Vinales, wasn't anything special.

Although transitioning from the factory to satellite Yamaha team in MotoGP next season, Valentino Rossi said he expects to have the same level of involvement in development of the M1. But the Italian then quipped he's unsure how much he's currently involved.

Franco Morbidelli may have been 'demoted' to fourth-string Yamaha coming into the 2020 MotoGP season but he is on the cusp of ending the year as its best placed rider

Fabio Quartararo didn't only lose his final chance of the 2020 MotoGP title when he fell last time at Valencia, but dropped from second to fifth in the world championship standings.

“The best thing about him is he is never shy to tell you he’s proved you wrong..." - Jack Miller gets misty eyed as his friend Cal Crutchlow prepares to step back from MotoGP racing

Sunday's Portimao MotoGP finale will see the sport bid farewell to Cal Crutchlow (at least on a full-time basis) and Andrea Dovizioso (pending a 2022 return).

Fresh from his MotoGP endeavour, 2020 WorldSBK rookie standout Garrett Gerloff is aiming high ahead of his second season in the championship

Andrea Locatelli makes his WorldSBK debut with Pata Yamaha during the two-day test in Jerez alongside Toprak Razgatlioglu

Suzuki and Ducati are tied at the top of the constructors' standings coming into the Portuguese MotoGP finale with two wins apiece, though Yamaha is in mathematical range too

Jason O'Halloran and Tarran Mackenzie will once again lead McAMS Yamaha's charge for the 2021 British Superbike Championship after winning five races between them in 2020

Franco Morbidelli doesn't believe the Yamaha factory riders should revert to his 2019-specification M1 machinery for 2021 despite growing discontent about the 2020 bike

It might not make comfortable reading for Yamaha, but at least their 2021 factory MotoGP team line-up of Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo are in agreement.

Franco Morbidelli gets his elbows out to win the Valencia MotoGP and ascends the standings to move into a provisional runners-up spot with one round to go

Franco Morbidelli fights off Jack Miller in a thrilling last lap battle to win the Valencia MotoGP, while Joan Mir's seventh is enough to wrap up the 2020 MotoGP title

After pinballing up and down the MotoGP results all year, Maverick Vinales is now in no doubt that "we made a mistake" when selecting the 2020 Factory-spec Yamaha: "Last year's bike was more competitive in all the tracks, not only a few."

Fastest in qualifying, fastest in warm-up, Franco Morbidelli is well positioned to notch up his third win of the season as Joan Mir's pitches for the title

Franco Morbidelli scores his second MotoGP pole position of the season but says it took some 'necessary risks' in order to get there

Franco Morbidelli scores his second MotoGP pole position of the season in Valencia as the top three title contenders start well down the order in Spain

Franco Morbidelli tops the timesheets in third free practice at Valencia as Joan Mir books his Q2 place with a run to fifth, unlike Alex Rins in 11th.

Andrea Dovizioso remains puzzled by the 'strange' penalty handed to Yamaha last weekend for breaking the MotoGP engine homologation rules.

Cal Crutchlow has been officially confirmed as a Yamaha MotoGP test rider for 2021, replacing Jorge Lorenzo.

Cal Crutchlow is set to end his full-time MotoGP career at next weekend's Portimao season finale and join Yamaha as a test rider for 2021.

Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo say Cal Crutchlow is exactly what Yamaha needs to push stagnating development of the M1 forward