Yamaha

Valentino Rossi has placed great importance on the 14 th round of the MotoGP season, believing the Motorland Aragon layout will be a ‘difficult test bench’ from which Yamaha can further measure its recent progress.

TAG Racing has confirmed it will run a two-bike team in the 2020 Bennetts British Superbike championship with the new Yamaha YZF-R1, as Shaun Winfield sticks at the team in the Pirelli National Superstock 1000 series.

Fresh from the action at Misano, MotoGP continues with a back-to-back concluding at Aragon before heading east for the flyaway races as the season finale gets ever closer.

Maverick Vinales 'expects to be fast' in front of his home fans at Aragon this weekend, as he chases what would be a first MotoGP podium at the Spanish venue.

On paper, Aragon isn't Valentino Rossi's best chance of breaking his ten-race MotoGP podium drought. The Doctor has never won at the Spanish circuit, while the most recent of his three Aragon podiums was back in 2016.

Marc Marquez takes a firm grip of the 2019 MotoGP title race with victory at Misano following a last-lap duel with Fabio Quartararo. Another race weekend with no perfect 10s awarded but some high scores for familiar faces and new ones after a thrilling Misano race weekend.

Andrea Dovizioso felt the fight for fourth place at the San Marino MotoGP could have been possible had he not got stuck behind Red Bull KTM’s Pol Espargaro but concedes he continued to suffer in the low grip conditions for Ducati.

MotoGP riders have been split over the plans to potentially expand the race calendar to 22 races from 2022, with a compromise of fewer tests across a season.

Yamaha took the fight to MotoGP champion Marc Marquez at Misano on Sunday, leading 23 of 27 laps and only missing out on victory after a final lap showdown.

Marc Marquez has poured praise on MotoGP rookie Fabio Quartararo by calling him the best rider of the weekend at Misano and expects him to be a “tough contender” for the title in 2020.

Maverick Vinales feels he’s closing in on returning to the top step of the podium for Monster Yamaha but a surprise drop in grip during the early part of the race saw him lose too much ground to Marc Marquez and Fabio Quartararo at Misano.

Fabio Quartararo has described his battle for victory against Marc Marquez at the San Marino MotoGP as “the best moment of my life” having led for the majority of the Misano race only to miss out in the final-lap fight.

Marc Marquez says his qualifying incident with Valentino Rossi provided him with “extra motivation” to do his fighting on track as he moved closer to capturing the 2019 MotoGP world title with victory at Misano.

Full warm-up results at the San Marino MotoGP at Misano

Valentino Rossi opted out of explaining the controversial qualifying incident with Marc Marquez at his home grand prix in any great detail, saying his great rival “made me lose a lot of time” prior to his late lunge at turn 14.

Fabio Quartararo says a late switch to a soft front tyre during his final qualifying run didn’t pay off as he had to settle for third place ahead of the San Marino MotoGP.

Pol Espargaro admits he didn’t feel his qualifying lap to take second place for the San Marino MotoGP had been possible but poured credit on both his Red Bull KTM crew and his rival front-row starters.

Maverick Vinales says key changes to his riding style along with Monster Yamaha’s grip fixes were vital for his charge to a first pole position since the 2019 opening round.

Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez have both been summoned to a MotoGP Stewards’ hearing at Misano after the pair’s incident in Q2.

Vinales takes pole position from the KTM of Espargaro for the San Marino MotoGP at Misano. Espargaro followed Quartararo - who went on to claim the final front row place - to set his best time, which is the best qualifying performance by a KTM in MotoGP.

Full San Marino MotoGP qualifying results at Misano

Quartararo returns to the top during Free Practice 3 for the San Marino MotoGP, at Misano. The top ten riders after FP3 (combined times) receive direct access to the second and final part of qualifying.

Full San Marino MotoGP FP3 results at Misano

Maverick Viñales admitted to feeling mild surprise at his speed on Friday at Misano, a day that saw Yamaha show competitively on a hot, slick track, conditions that have been his M1’s Achilles Heel in 2019.