Yamaha

Maverick Viñales believes Yamaha has “recovered” some of its “DNA” that carried the factory to unprecedented success in the Bridgestone era of MotoGP after a largely positive day of testing at the Circuit of Barcelona.

Valentino Rossi began the Catalunya MotoGP from his best grid position of the season, felt comfortable with his Yamaha and was 'very optimistic' for the race. But the Italian star wouldn't get beyond Turn 10 of the second lap after being caught up in Jorge Lorenzo's accident.

Maverick Viñales has called upon the FIM Stewards to penalise Jorge Lorenzo in the wake of the Majorcan’s rash move at turn ten that took down three riders as well as himself, an incident the Yamaha rider labelled as a “rookie mistake.”

Valentino Rossi questioned why MotoGP is still using the F1 version of Turn 10 at Barcelona - scene of Sunday's four-way accident between Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Dovizioso, Maverick Vinales and Rossi.

Marc Marquez has taken a potentially critical step towards the 2019 MotoGP World Championship with a dominant victory in the Catalunya MotoGP after a sensational error by his team-mate Jorge Lorenzo wiped out key rivals Andrea Dovizioso, Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales.

Maverick Vinales has been demoted three spots on the grid as punishment for holding up Fabio Quartararo at the end of Q2 as he ‘wheelied’ for the crowd on the racing line.

Pole man Quartararo heads the timesheets during morning warm-up for the Catalunya MotoGP, displacing Marquez on his final lap. Dovizioso loses the early part of the session with a technical issue. Espargaro brothers Pol and Aleix both fell.

UPDATE: Vinales receives a three-place penalty for holding up Quartararo at the end of qualifying.

Valentino Rossi admitted Marc Marquez was 'very clever' to position himself behind the Yamaha rider at the end of qualifying for the Catalunya MotoGP.

After a miserable Mugello, Valentino Rossi hailed a surprise Yamaha fightback on Saturday at the Catalunya MotoGP.

Franco Morbidelli was “very happy” at the outcome of Saturday as he recovered brilliantly from a “nasty, painful” morning fall to qualify on the front row for Sunday’s MotoGP outing at Montmeló.

It took him only four rounds to become the youngest rider to score a MotoGP pole position but already Fabio Quartararo is celebrating multiple Saturday ‘wins’ after qualifying quickest again for the Catalunya MotoGP.

Catalunya MotoGP - Qualifying Results Rookie Fabio Quartararo has stormed to his second pole position of the season in qualifying for the Catalunya MotoGP as only Marc Marquez could infilt

Quartararo quickest during final practice for the Catalunya MotoGP. Qualifying 1, for those outside the top ten after third free practice, will now get underway.

Fabio Quartararo showed few signs of a rider still recovering from surgery on Friday as the Frenchman stormed to the fastest time in MotoGP FP2 at the Circuit of Barcelona.

Valentino Rossi feels Yamaha’s intention to bring the first evolution of its 2020 M1 to the post-race test at Brno in early August bodes well for next year, saying the Japanese factory has always followed this approach when it has “been competitive.”

Quartararo leads Friday practice for the Catalunya MotoGP - despite recent arm pump surgery - after a frantic end to Free Practice 2 in Barcelona.

Catalunya MotoGP - Free Practice Results (2) Fabio Quartararo once again demonstrated his deft abilities on a MotoGP machine over single lap during second free practice for

Catalunya MotoGP - Free Practice Results (1) Marc Marquez opened up top in first free practice for the Catalunya MotoGP, the home hero seeing off the Yamaha threat of Fabio

Fabio Quartararo has explained the reasoning behind undergoing surgery to relieve compartmental syndrome on his right arm after the Italian Grand Prix, stating it was necessary before back-to-back races at Assen and the Sachsenring.

Maverick Vinales has reiterated his ongoing ‘frustration’ that he cannot find his way with the set-up on the 2019 Yamaha M1, saying he continuously feels prepared heading into the race only to be off the pace over a longer distance.

After suffering one of his worst ever home MotoGP weekends, Valentino Rossi's choice of tonic came in the form a long-awaited return to his favourite motocross track, alongside Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci.

Tarran Mackenzie says he feels stronger with his McAMS Yamaha than his last outing at Brands Hatch which resulted in a podium as he looks to fight back in the Bennetts British Superbike championship.

Valentino Rossi will try to turn the page on one of his worst home MotoGPs as the series moves on to Catalunya this weekend. The Italian qualified just 18th at Mugello, dropped to last place after a tangle with Joan Mir in the race and then fell on lap 8.