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"We don’t want it to just be a finale for him, we want him to do well and perform and be competitive and fight for the podium..." - Petronas SRT Yamaha boss Razlan Razali

Jonathan Rea expects former Kawasaki protege Toprak Razgatlioglu to emerge as his closest rival for the 2020 WorldSBK Championship title with Yamaha

Fabio Quartararo wants to prove himself as a worthy successor to Valentino Rossi in the Yamaha Factory team when he steps into his ride from the 2021 MotoGP World Championship.

There have been reports that Valentino Rossi has all but completed a deal to join Petronas Yamaha next season, including a further option for 2022, with only a few details to be decided.

Triple MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo raced for the factory Yamaha, Ducati and Honda teams during a memorable twelve years in the premier-class.

Loris Baz says Ten Kate Racing is deviating away from Yamaha with its development in the hope of getting the edge of its factory counterparts

Following Valentino Rossi's admission that he will need to settle his racing future before any MotoGP events are held  this year, Yamaha Racing managing director L

It was set to be a topic which would dominate in the opening rounds of the 2020 MotoGP season as Valentino Rossi took his time to decide the next step in his illustrious career. But that call could already have been made.

Valentino Rossi believes Jorge Lorenzo has faced the same MotoGP career crossroads in his tough year at Honda and return to Yamaha having undergone a similar situation himself during the Italian’s ill-fated two years at Ducati.

Valentino Rossi has revised his plan on deciding his MotoGP future as he admits he will have to make a call on whether to continue into 2021 before racing can start this year.

Maverick Vinales says it would be “the perfect situation” for him if MotoGP organisers pull together the second part of the regular season, while Monster Energy Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi would prefer a shorter season made up of the “best circuits”.

Maverick Vinales concedes he will be upset to lose Valentino Rossi as a Yamaha team-mate if he retires at the end of 2020, while he’s eager to learn from Jorge Lorenzo’s insight as new test rider.

- Valentino Rossi doubts if he is the greatest ever rider in MotoGP but accepts the tag of being “one of the best” riders in the sport’s long history when speaking to former footballer Christian Vieri on an Instagram live video.

Johann Zarco has revealed he is spending some of his time in lockdown at home in Avignon studying footage of Jorge Lorenzo at Ducati.

Maverick Vinales has admitted he faced a 'difficult' choice between staying at Yamaha or switching to Ducati for the 2021 MotoGP season. The Spaniard eventually opted to remain on an M1, believing that doing so gives him the best chance of finally clinching the world championship.

- Following the MotoGP technical rule revisions to freeze engine and aerodynamic development for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, Ducati chief Gigi Dall’Igna’s suggestion to cut back to a one bike per rider system has been rejected by the rest of the MotoGP teams.

MotoGP has officially confirmed a freeze on the usual engine and aerodynamic developments for both the 2020 and 2021 seasons.

While MotoGP might be in lockdown along with the rest of the world during the coronavirus crisis, the technology and upgrades on show during pre-season testing still caught the eye in Malaysia and Qatar.

Cal Crutchlow is preparing to start his 10th season in MotoGP this year and while he had been weighing up retirement the delays to the start of the 2020 campaign have given him time to think about his career and next steps.

Valentino Rossi says his first experience of the MotoGP Virtual Race “was really strange” but relished racing against some of his regular rivals.

Valentino Rossi has picked out his own top three wins from across his career and believes having a strong rivalry helped him raise his own performance level to greater heights.

In a race which defined a rivalry, Jorge Lorenzo concedes he was too arrogant to try to block Valentino Rossi from his stunning last corner overtake to win the 2009 Catalunya MotoGP.

With MotoGP producing arguably its most competitive era of racing, the 2019 season saw plenty of races decided on the last lap and on many occasions the final corner. Here’s a recap of those dramatic moments from last year.

The unprecedented delay to the MotoGP World Championship also means the sport's biggest ever star, Valentino Rossi, faces a more complicated decision on his racing future.