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Riders are often known to form a close bond with their machinery and, after qualifying eleventh on the grid for Sunday's German MotoGP, Valentino Rossi was asked what the status of his relationship is with the M1:

Maverick Vinales feels his improved consistency has come from “a little bit of everything” adapting with his Monster Yamaha squad but accepts he must produce a strong performance at the German MotoGP to finish the job.

Fabio Quartararo will wait until tomorrow morning to assess his physical condition ahead of the German MotoGP but remains confident of being fully fit despite suffering a partial left shoulder dislocation during FP3.

Donington Park WorldSBK - Race Results (1) Jonathan Rea has moved into the lead of the 2019 World Superbike Championship standings for the first time this season after dominati

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Donington Park WorldSBK - Superpole Results BMW has qualified on pole position for a World Superbike Championship race for the first time since 2010 as Tom Sykes

Full Superpole Qualifying Results for Round 8 of the 2019 World Superbike Championship (WorldSBK) at Donington Park, UK

Full FP3 results at the German MotoGP Marc Marquez has retained top spot in FP3 at the German MotoGP as his chief title rival Andrea Dovizioso couldn’t keep a top 10 spot and heads into Q1 of

Valentino Rossi described Friday’s MotoGP action at the Sachsenring as “quite positive” as he re-found comfort aboard his Yamaha M1. “It’s more my bike,” he said. “I can ride in my way.”

When Fabio Quartararo put his Petronas Yamaha fastest during opening practice for the German MotoGP, it was the 13th time this season that the rookie has topped a MotoGP session.

Maverick Vinales took to the Sachsenring track with "completely the same" bike set-up as he had used to claim Yamaha's debut MotoGP victory of the season last Sunday at Assen.

Full Full Free Practice Results (2) for Round 8 of the 2019 World Supersport Championship at Donington Park, UK 

Fabio Quartararo has reflected on his Friday practice at Sachsenring positively despite concerns over his forearm injury and a late FP2 incident which denied him a clean quick laps on the soft tyres.

Donington Park WorldSBK - Free Practice Results (2) Tom Sykes continued to hold firm at the conclusion of Friday practice for Round 8 of the 2019 World Superbike Champ

Full Free Practice Results (2) for Round 8 of the 2019 World Superbike Championship (WorldSBK) at Donington Park, UK

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Donington Park WorldSBK - Free Practice Results (1) Tom Sykes demonstrated impressive performance out of the box as he stormed to the quickest lap time in first free p

Full Free Practice Results (1) for Round 8 of the 2019 World Superbike Championship (WorldSBK) at Donington Park, UK - Peter Hickman deputising for the unwell Markus Reiterberger for BMW WorldSBK

Full FP1 times at the German MotoGP Fabio Quartararo has notched in two late flying laps to surge to the top of the timesheet in the opening practice session at the German MotoGP and pus

Valentino Rossi has admitted he arrives in Germany for the ninth round of the 2019 MotoGP season from “a difficult moment” but is keen to understand whether the change made before the race at Assen will be applicable at the Sachsenring.

Fabio Quartararo says he’ll assess the condition of his right forearm after the opening practice session at the German MotoGP as he remains optimistic of another strong showing for Petronas Yamaha.

Maverick Vinales has dismissed Marc Marquez’s concerns he may struggle at the German MotoGP and placed the favourite tag firmly on the reigning world champion who has a perfect record in the premier class to defend at Sachsenring.

Marc Marquez says he has to be wary of his rivals despite his flawless German MotoGP record at Sachsenring after pointing out he was the only Honda rider to finish at the sharp-end 12 months ago.