Czech Republic MotoGP

Weather forecasts currently predict rain on Friday and Saturday at this weekend's Austrian MotoGP.

Yamaha revealed its proposed 2018 in-season fairing update during Monday's official test at Brno. The design is a more radical evolution of the current fairing, including a unique cutaway front mudguard.

Bradley Smith has expressed his surprise that HRC wild-card Stefan Bradl escaped punishment for the first lap pile-up in Sunday's Czech Republic MotoGP race.

Marc Marquez says he’s already preparing for a last corner fight again at the Red Bull Ring after being involved in the dramatic duel with Andrea Dovizioso 12 months ago and has picked out the factory Ducati riders as his biggest opponents.

Dani Pedrosa, currently enduring his longest podium drought since his rookie 2001 grand prix season, was back at the sharp end of the MotoGP timesheets during Monday's official test at Brno.

Valentino Rossi's wait for tangible acceleration progress on his M1 goes on, after being unable to improve his Yamaha's performance during Monday's official MotoGP test at Brno. But it wasn't all bad news.

Following the Czech Republic MotoGP, a day of official testing was held at the Brno circuit. Pol Espargaro was absent after breaking his collarbone in Sunday's warm-up session, while Maverick Vinales and Stefan Bradl did not ride due to their heavy accident on lap one of the race.

Following the Czech Republic MotoGP, a day of official testing is being held at the Brno circuit.

Cal Crutchlow fears his hopes of getting a carbon-fibre swingarm on his Honda RC213V have suffered a setback after factory test rider and wild-card Stefan Bradl was involved in a first lap pile-up at Brno on Sunday.

Following the Czech Republic MotoGP, a day of official testing is being held at the Brno circuit.

Following the Czech Republic MotoGP, a day of official testing is being held at the Brno circuit.

Following the Czech Republic MotoGP, a day of official testing is being held at the Brno circuit.

Following the Czech Republic MotoGP, a day of official testing is being held at the Brno circuit.

Following the Czech Republic MotoGP, a day of official testing is being held at the Brno circuit. Pol Espargaro is absent after breaking his collarbone in Sunday's warm-up session, while Maverick Vinales is in doubt due to his heavy accident on lap one of the race.

TV footage was inconclusive and some of the riders involved said they weren't sure what happened, but Jack Miller got a perfect view of the first lap carnage in Sunday's Czech Republic MotoGP.

Marc Marquez says he opted not to take any serious risks to secure a conservative podium finish in order to extend his MotoGP world championship lead to 49 points.

Fastest on Friday, Dani Pedrosa dropped to tenth in qualifying and then had to settle for a frustrating eighth in Sunday's Czech Republic MotoGP. The cause of his misery was a lack of acceleration, which was costing the Repsol Honda rider as much as 0.2s per corner exit.

A weekend of on and off-track drama for Maverick Vinales ended with the Spanish star being sent flying in a first lap accident at the Czech Republic MotoGP.

Jorge Lorenzo says he had to alter his race strategy in Brno to maximise his performance and is adamant he could have fought for victory against Ducati team-mate Andrea Dovizioso with an extra lap in the Czech Republic race.

Andrea Dovizioso says his long-awaited second victory for the year is evidence of Ducati’s improvements with his GP18 this season but accepts his earlier crashes in the campaign mean the MotoGP world championship picture remains ‘very bad’.

Full MotoGP race results from Brno

Dovizioso wins a stunning Czech Republic MotoGP battle over team-mate Lorenzo and title leader Marquez. After a tactical race in the early stages, the top three broke clear and pushed flat out - Dovizioso setting the fastest lap of the race on his final lap.

Riders' World Championship:

Miguel Oliveira came out of his final lap tussle with Luca Marini as victor at the Czech Moto2 Grand Prix.