Yamaha

While Valentino Rossi remains confident with Yamaha’s qualifying pace at the Thailand MotoGP he fears familiar tyre wear problems could restrain his plans in Buriram.

Maverick Vinales believes the Thailand MotoGP circuit characteristics are aiding Yamaha’s weaknesses in top speed but concedes it remains a point where he will struggle against rival manufacturers.

Fabio Quartararo says he didn’t expect to top Friday practice at the Thailand MotoGP for Petronas Yamaha and is confident he still has considerable lap time gains to find from his package.

Full Thailand MotoGP FP2 results

Full Thailand MotoGP FP1 results

Friday update: Yamaha's Lin Jarvis confirms a proposal has been made for Johann Zarco to become Yamaha's 2020 test rider.

Valentino Rossi has announced he will change crew chiefs from next season at Monster Yamaha with Silvano Galbusera heading to the team’s European-based test squad as Davide Munoz steps up as his replacement.

Valentino Rossi concedes Marc Marquez has produced “very close to the perfect season” in 2019 as he moves to the cusp of clinching the MotoGP world championship.

After a short break following the Aragon round, MotoGP begins the flyaway races in Asia starting with in Thailand where Marc Marquez has his first opportunity to seal the 2019 world title.

Here is the latest round-up of MotoGP gossip starting with Jorge Lorenzo assessing his current situation with Repsol Honda following a tough start to his first year with the team.

Valentino Rossi may not have finished on the podium at last year's inaugural Thai MotoGP, but he was in contention until the final turn, eventually taking the chequered flag just 1.5s from victory.

Buriram was the circuit where Maverick Vinales made a big change to the balance of his M1 last year, moving more weight to the rear of the bike.

Fabio Quartararo feels he has key advantages at the Thailand MotoGP that will benefit his charge for Petronas Yamaha as he looks to build momentum into the Asian flyaway rounds to complete his standout rookie campaign in the premier class.

Toprak Razgatlioglu has officially joined the factory Pata Yamaha squad for 2020 World Superbike championship alongside Michael van der Mark.

Yamaha has officially announced Alex Lowes will leave the team at the end of the 2019 World Superbike championship.

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France WorldSSP: FP3 Results Pos Rider NAT Team Time 1 Federico Caricasulo

France WorldSSP: FP1 Results Pos Rider NAT Team Time 1 Corentin Perolari

Full WorldSBK FP1 results at Magny-Cours

Full free practice results (1) for Round 12 of the 2019 World Superbike Championship at Magny-Cours, France

Maverick Viñales was adamant Sunday’s MotoGP showing at Aragon was a “good race” when compared against his 2018 disaster at the same track, even if he lost out on a podium place in the final three laps.

Andrea Dovizioso feels his charge to the podium at the Aragon MotoGP was kickstarted by profiting from the opening-lap clash between Alex Rins and Franco Morbidelli as he accepts his title fight is effectively over and focuses on defending second place in the standings.

Valentino Rossi had a race to forget at Aragon on Sunday, finishing in a distant eighth place after grip problems for much of the 23 laps. The Italian joined his fellow Yamaha riders in selecting the hard-rear tyre, a decision they would later question.

Marc Marquez accepts the next round in Thailand will act as his “first match point” to seal the 2019 MotoGP world title and despite his comfortable victory at Aragon he was surprised to be joined on the podium by two Ducati riders.