Yamaha

Satellite Yamaha star Fabio Quartararo may have won the timesheet battle on each day of the Sepang MotoGP test, but Monster Yamaha's Maverick Vinales was most impressive in terms of a race simulation.

Suzuki and Yamaha were regarded as the bikes to beat for pace by the end of the opening 2020 MotoGP test, at Sepang.

If Valentino Rossi, who set the fifth fastest lap time at the Sepang MotoGP Test, is considering retirement, then surely the 20 riders behind him should be as well?

Whatever he rode at Sepang, the 2019 and then 2020 Yamaha, Fabio Quartararo finished top of the timesheets on all three days. But the rider with 13 front-row starts during his rookie season already had little to prove in terms of raw speed.

Out of a potential six days at Sepang, during the Shakedown and then Official MotoGP test, Jorge Lorenzo only appeared on track for two days during his much-anticipated debut as a Yamaha test rider.

As rumoured, Yamaha gave its version of a MotoGP holeshot device a public debut at the Sepang Test.

Fabio Quartararo set the quickest lap time on each of the three days at the 2020 Sepang MotoGP Test. As such, if the Malaysian Grand Prix was held tomorrow the young Petronas Yamaha star would surely be favourite for pole position.

An awkward tumble from an innocent looking front-end fall left Andrea Dovizioso with a stiff neck for the remainder of day two at the Sepang MotoGP test.

The Sepang test timesheet might look like it was the perfect day for Fabio Quartararo on his debut with the 2020 factory Yamaha, but he remains hungry for more time on the bike before being confident with the updated package.

Jorge Lorenzo will get back on track for Yamaha on the final day of the Sepang pre-season test.

Valentino Rossi completed his first laps with the race bikes he will use during his final season at the factory Yamaha team, as 2020 MotoGP testing got underway at Sepang.

Maverick Vinales says Yamaha’s true gains in top speed weren’t shown on the opening day of the Sepang test as he looks to gradually build up his YZR-M1 during the pre-season.

Valentino Rossi knew the 'consequence' of being unable to provide Yamaha with an immediate answer on his racing future would be an exit from the factory MotoGP team.

Maverick Vinales has explained the reasons behind his decision to stay at Yamaha on an extended factory contract which ties him to the team until at the end of 2022.

At last November's Malaysian MotoGP, it was announced that rookie star Fabio Quartararo would join Petronas Yamaha team-mate Franco Morbidelli in having 'A-Spec' machinery for 2020.

Fabio Quartararo wants to shake off the Valentino Rossi’s replacement tag following his new Yamaha deal which promotes him to the factory team in 2021.

The Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP team has unveiled its 2020 team livery with Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales at Sepang.

Ahead of tomorrow’s Sepang pre-season test, Petronas Yamaha SRT are unveiling their 2020 MotoGP colours with Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli.

The initial rev limits for each World Superbike manufacturer has been confirmed ahead of the start of the 2020 season.

- After Yamaha left the door open for Jorge Lorenzo to make wildcard MotoGP appearances in 2020 , his home round at Circuit de Catalunya has been targeted for his racing return.

On an emotional return to action for Jorge Lorenzo, the recently retired three-time MotoGP world champion says has been able to ride without pain while Yamaha’s latest M1 shares characteristics he’s familiar with from his previous stint at the team.

Pol Espargaro kept KTM on top of the MotoGP timesheets during the third and final day of the 2020 Sepang Shakedown Test. While most Tuesday attention was on the return of Jorge Lorenzo to Yamaha, Espargaro set the best lap of the week so far with an early time of 1m 59.444s.

UPDATE: Jorge Lorenzo improved his lap time steadily throughout the day to eventually finish eighth fastest and +1.062s from Pol Espargaro (KTM), having effectively matched his qualifying time for Repsol Honda at last November's Malaysian Grand Prix.

The Sepang MotoGP Shakedown test may be about preparing for the future, but it was a pair of retired grand prix racers that captured the attention on day two.