Yamaha

Valentino Rossi made a good start to his home Misano MotoGP round, taking the latest M1 parts to fourth (+0.695s) on the Friday practice timesheets.

Fastest on both days of the recent Misano test, Fabio Quartararo carried that form into the MotoGP event, with first and second places on the free practice timesheets.

Full MotoGP FP2 times at Misano

Vinales on top during Free Practice 2 for the San Marino MotoGP at Misano. Zarco has a three-place grid penalty for his collision with Oliveira at Silverstone. Oliveira has a shoulder tendon injury from the incident.

Quartararo carries his test form into the Misano race weekend by being fastest during Free Practice 1 for the San Marino MotoGP. Iannone, Rabat and Miller fell during the session.

Full Misano MotoGP FP1 results

Valentino Rossi doesn’t expect Yamaha’s new testing parts to provide instant performance jumps for the rest of the season or going into 2020 but feels the Japanese manufacturer is heading “in a good way”.

Marc Marquez says despite the frustration at losing two races in final-corner fights he knows he doesn’t need to take drastic action given his healthy MotoGP world championship lead.

With a maximum of 175 points left to fight for this season, very few predictions at the start of the 2019 MotoGP campaign would have said the riders’ title fight would be all-but finished heading to Misano but it now needs a monumental turnaround to stop Marc Marquez.

A 'dream came true' for Valentino Rossi on Tuesday when the local legend got to ride a YZR-M1 on public roads from his Motor Ranch in Tavullia to the Misano circuit, venue for this weekend's San Marino MotoGP.

Valentino Rossi’s homecoming to Misano for this weekend’s San Marino MotoGP brings him full circle having first competed on two wheels at the iconic circuit during his junior career.

Maverick Vinales says his goal for the remainder of the 2019 MotoGP world championship is to remain the top Yamaha rider in the standings as he continues to push himself both on and off track.

- Yamaha team manager Massimo Meregalli details the developments trialled by Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales on the M1 2020 prototype and accepts the improvements next season will have a key bearing on Rossi’s decision to continue beyond next year.

Star rookie Fabio Quartararo is the rider 'most likely' to challenge Marc Marquez's MotoGP supremacy. That's the opinion of Herve Poncharal, who feels the 20-year-old has already shown he'll go on to become the reigning five-time champion's strongest rival.

MotoGP riders Franco Morbidelli and Hafizh Syahrin will join World Superbike star Michael van der Mark in the home Sepang Racing Team squad for December's inaugural 8 Hours race at the Malaysian circuit.

Portimao WorldSSP: Race Results Pos Rider NAT Team Time 1 Federico Caricasulo

Portimao WorldSSP: Warm-up Results Pos Rider NAT Team Time 1 Randy Krummenache

Portimao WorldSSP: Qualifying Results Pos Rider NAT Team Time 1 Federico Caric

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

Portimao WorldSSP: Combined FP1 + FP2 Results Pos Rider NAT Team Time 1 Federi

Portugal WorldSBK - Free Practice Results (2) Pos Driver Nat Team   Time

It’s the return of the MotoGP gossip with the latest round-up following the two-day Misano test, plus reaction from the British MotoGP and the first test at the KymiRing.

By the time the MotoGP World Championship returns to Silverstone in 2020, Petronas team principal Razlan Razali hopes they will have made history by claiming the first race victory for a satellite Yamaha.

Yamaha team director Massimo Meregalli says that all of the new M1 parts tested at Misano this week were 'approved' by Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales and 'will most likely be used at the next race'.