Pol Espargaro will miss Sunday's Czech Republic MotoGP race, Monday's official test and probably KTM's home round in Austria next weekend after fracturing his collarbone in a warm-up fall. The cause of the Spaniard's Turn 3 accident is still to be officially confirmed.
Jorge Lorenzo's former Yamaha crew chief Ramon Forcada may be splitting from Maverick Vinales at the end of the MotoGP season, but there appears no chance of the pair reuniting at Repsol Honda next season.
Despite taking second place in qualifying Valentino Rossi feels his race pace at Brno will struggle to match fellow front-row starters Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Marquez as he considers a tyre gamble for the race.
Marc Marquez has pinpointed a total of five riders in the fight for victory at Brno while he’s content with playing the long game with his healthy MotoGP world championship lead.
Andrea Dovizioso has confirmed he will use the new Ducati fairing upgrade for the Czech Republic race after securing his first MotoGP pole position in almost two years.
Danilo Petrucci is targeting a top-five finish in Sunday's Czech Republic MotoGP after overcoming a fortunately-timed engine failure in final practice.
Suzuki test rider and wild-card Sylvain Guintoli faces a gruelling Czech Republic MotoGP race, having discovered on Saturday that he has two broken ribs. The injury was sustained a week earlier at the Suzuka 8 Hours, but the Frenchman went on qualify 21st out of the 26 riders at Brno.
Rossi snatches the top spot with a well-timed tow on his final lap of FP3, while team-mate Vinales is heading for Qualifying 1 at the Czech Republic MotoGP.