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Four-time WorldSBK Champion Jonathan Rea says he is ‘so happy’ to see his former Ten Kate Racing team rise from the ashes of bankruptcy with a racing return in Jerez this weekend following its revival as a Yamaha partner.

Racing has been cancelled by bad weather for a second consecutive day at the Isle of Man TT to set up a five-race schedule on Thursday.

The second Supersport race at the Isle of Man TT has been postponed to Thursday due to ongoing delays with rain and poor conditions.

Marco Melandri is hoping solutions trialled during last week’s Misano test will put him in a stronger position for this weekend’s World Superbike Championship at Jerez.

Alex Lowes is confident his PATA Yamaha R1 will be more favourably suited to the Jerez circuit as he looks to get back to the WorldSBK podium this weekend.

Loris Baz is eyeing World Superbike Championship podiums this season as he prepares for his return to the series with Ten Kate Racing, the Frenchman’s appetite for success having been whetted by his first test on the new Yamaha.

Lee Johnston has claimed his first victory at the Isle of Man TT in the opening Monster Energy Supersport event in a rain-interrupted race which was called to finish at the end of Lap 2.

Valentino Rossi has described his Mugello ordeal as one of his “worst” race weekends “for a long, long time” as the ‘19 Yamaha M1’s failings were brutally exposed under the searing Italian sun.

Fabio Quartararo endured a sobering Italian MotoGP as he fell well short of an anticipated podium challenge after struggling for the pace that qualified him on the front row at Mugello.

Italian MotoGP Results - Mugello Danilo Petrucci produced a peerless performance to claim an emotional maiden MotoGP victory in front of his home fans after prevailing in a spectacular

Valentino Rossi was left to play down his failed strategy in Saturday afternoon’s Q1 session, instead focussing on an FP3 mistake that “destroyed the day” and forced him to start the Italian Grand Prix from a disastrous 18 th place.

Quartararo quickest on a medium rear tyre during final practice for the Italian MotoGP at Mugello. Vinales (soft rear) makes it a Yamaha one-two, ahead of long-time session leader Marquez.

Valentino Rossi unveiled this special one-off helmet livery on Saturday morning at his home Mugello MotoGP. For their latest creation, AGV state that Rossi and designer Aldo Drudi chose 'a new and bright livery that interprets the Italian flag motif like never before'.

Valentino Rossi suffered his worst start to a MotoGP weekend this season with 18th place, and slowest Yamaha, after Friday practice for his home Italian round.

On paper, Maverick Vinales had a much better opening day at the Italian MotoGP than Monster Yamaha team-mate Valentino Rossi.

Italian MotoGP, Mugello - Free Practice (2) Results Francesco Bagnaia emerged as the surprise pace setter in second free practice for the Italian MotoGP at Mugello, with

MotoGP doesn't do street circuits and therefore has no obvious equivalent of the legendary Monaco F1 Grand Prix. Assen is undoubtedly the most historic venue on the motorcycle GP calendar, being the only surviving venue from the inaugural 1949 season.

Though it is the San Marino Grand Prix at Misano that is often regarded as the ‘home’ venue for Valentino Rossi, the man himself admits competing at Mugello for the Italian MotoGP is just that bit ‘more special’ to him.

The World Superbike Championship’s battle against the elements showed no sign of abating after the first day of its in-season test was hampered by rain.

Chatting in the paddock on Saturday evening at Mugello last year, after Valentino Rossi had become the oldest rider to claim pole position in the premier-class since Jack Findlay in 1974, one of his mechanics said:

After the high of Jerez, where Maverick Vinales took his first podium of the season at one of his and Yamaha's worst tracks, the Spaniard was sent back down to earth - literally - at Le Mans.

Surprisingly, none of Franco Morbidelli's 21 grand prix podiums have come in any of his home Italian-based rounds at Mugello or Misano. Instead his best home finish is fourth at Mugello during his 2017 Moto2 title winning season.

Five races into his MotoGP career and there is no doubting rookie Fabio Quartararo's raw speed. The Petronas Yamaha SRT rider has already claimed a pole position at Jerez, topped a day of official testing in Spain and set the fastest race lap in Qatar and last time at Le Mans.

Seventh place in the French MotoGP wasn't Franco Morbidelli's best result of the season, but the 7.2s margin to victory was the closest so far and his feeling the Petronas Yamaha the best it's been.