Yamaha

Valentino Rossi was able to provide a frank assessment of the 2019 Yamaha M1’s capabilities after a race long tussle with three Ducati GP19s at the French Grand Prix at Le Mans, and believes his top speed disadvantage is now of some concern.

Fabio Quartararo says a dream top-five finish could have been possible on his MotoGP home debut at Le Mans but blamed his poor start for missing out.

Maverick Vinales says he was powerless in trying to stay on his Monster Yamaha after being hit by Francesco Bagnaia but feels his lowly qualifying result triggered events leading to his French MotoGP DNF.

Rookie Quartararo delights the Le Mans fans by leading warm-up for his home French MotoGP. Conditions were dry but overcast and with spots of rain, which remains a threat for this afternoon's race.

Full warm-up results for the French MotoGP Fabio Quartararo has delighted the home fans at Le Mans by topping warm-up ahead of the French MotoGP beating pole-sitter Marc Marquez and an impressive perf

Just 14th on the dry Friday timesheets, rain at Le Mans on Saturday morning washed away any chance of Valentino Rossi gaining direct access to Qualifying 2.

Maverick Viñales was left to rue a botched strategy that limited him to a deeply disappointing eleventh place in MotoGP qualifying for Le Mans, but set out his goals for Sunday, stating his aims are to secure a top three place.

Rossi is rewarded for choosing slick tyres for the start of a damp Qualifying 1 and will now progress to Qualifying 2 alongside Morbidelli. The others - including Crutchlow and Rins - will start in the following order from 13th on the grid onwards.

Vinales fastest during the first fully wet MotoGP session of the season, at Le Mans on Saturday morning.

Full FP3 results for the French MotoGP Maverick Vinales has topped the wet third practice at the French MotoGP ahead of Marc Marquez and Jack Miller, as Valentino Rossi’s place in Q1 is

Valentino Rossi is counting the cost of a broken chain midway through the opening practice session at Le Mans which messed up his programme, with the knock-on effect denying him a sustained shot at a late time attack to reach the top 10 in FP2 at the French MotoGP.

Vinales and Yamaha lead day one of the French MotoGP at Le Mans. Friday's action was held in the dry, but with riders pushing especially hard for a top ten place due to rain showers being forecast for Saturday.

Maverick Vinales put Yamaha on top of the timesheets during day one of the French MotoGP at Le Mans.

Full FP2 results at the French MotoGP Maverick Vinales has vaulted to the top of the times at Le Mans in the second practice for Monster Yamaha ahead of Marc Marquez in a session hit by multi

Home rookie star Quartararo is fastest during opening practice for the French MotoGP at Le Mans. Rossi was forced to park his Yamaha at the midway stage after the chain broke.

Full FP1 results at the French MotoGP Fabio Quartararo has picked up where he left off from Jerez by topping the opening practice session at his MotoGP home debut at Le Mans, while Valentino

Following the news that Spa-Francorchamps will be added to the FIM World Endurance calendar from 2022, Valentino Rossi has given his verdict on the track, stating it is “too dangerous for motorcycles.”

Fabio Quartararo says he’s already bracing for a “crazy” home MotoGP debut at Le Mans but is confident of retaining momentum from a breakthrough round in Spain last time out.

Maverick Vinales says his podium at the Spanish MotoGP has restored his self-confidence after a shaky start to the 2019 campaign, while he holds optimism in the improvements his Monster Yamaha squad has uncovered from the post-race Jerez test.

Valentino Rossi is looking to put his worst result of the season, sixth place at Jerez, behind him with a return to the front in this weekend's French MotoGP.

After leading three of the six days of official pre-season testing, few would have predicted it would take Maverick Vinales until round four to claim a MotoGP podium in 2019.

It was a home World Superbike Championship event to forget for Marco Melandri after the Italian endured an anonymous fifth round of 2019 at Imola.

France's newest MotoGP star, rookie Fabio Quartararo, will get his first taste of real home adoration at the packed Le Mans round this weekend.

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