British MotoGP

34 years of Day of Champions has been ended due to a new schedule for the British MotoGP weekend.

It's back to the future for Sam Lowes next season, the Brit banking on a familiar Gresini, Kalex and Ohlins recipe as Moto2 faces its first major engine and electronic shake-up.

Aggregate Industries, which conducted this year's resurfacing of the Silverstone circuit, will be 'conducting a full review' following the cancellation of Sunday's British MotoGP.

Aleix Espargaro would welcome the arrival of Bradley Smith as an Aprilia test and wild-card rider in 2019. The struggling Italian factory is among the teams looking to boost its development programme by signing a test rider with proven MotoGP speed and experience.

After a negative reception from the riders , Mexico is no longer expected on next month's provisional 2019 Moto

Following the dramatic cancellation of the British MotoGP, FIM safety representative Franco Uncini says the Silverstone’s resurfaced track changed between his inspection at the start of the year to this weekend and hopes for answers following an investigation.

The official statements from riders and team managers following the cancellation of Sunday's British MotoGP.

MotoGP champion Marc Marquez was one of the few riders to hold a media scrum after the decision to cancel Sunday's British MotoGP at Silverstone.

MotoGP race director Mike Webb says Silverstone’s new asphalt with insufficient drainage caused of the cancellation of the British round which has sparked an investigation.

Silverstone managing director Stuart Pringle has released the following statement following the cancellation of Sunday's British MotoGP.

Herve Poncharal, Monster Yamaha Tech3 team manager and IRTA president, was disappointed that the option of moving the doomed British MotoGP race to Monday was rejected.

LATEST UPDATE (15:15 local time):

UPDATE: The forecast rain began to fall minutes after the end of MotoGP warm-up .... Vinales tops a cool but dry warm-up session for the British MotoGP ahead of Dovizioso and Marquez.

 

Aleix Espargaro was one of the first victims of a treacherous wet track that caught out half-a-dozen riders - and left Tito Rabat with multiple leg fractures - during final MotoGP practice at Silverstone.

Valentino Rossi, the most experienced rider on the MotoGP grid and winner of the wet 2015British MotoGP, said that drainage more than bumps is what made the new Silverstone surface so treacherous in the wet.

Franco Morbidelli, whose tumbling bike caused Tito Rabat's multiple leg fractures in FP4 at Silverstone, has described the treacherous conditions faced at the end of the Hangar Straight as 'hell'.

Jorge Lorenzo feels poor drainage is to blame for the issues MotoGP has faced on Silverstone’s resurfaced circuit in the rain and fears racing could become too dangerous if the rain returns on Sunday.

Qualifying results from the 2018 Silverstone Moto2 Grand Prix, round 12 of 19.

Sunday's British MotoGP start time has been moved from 1:00pm to 11:30am after wet weather chaos during final practice.

Lorenzo takes pole position for the British MotoGP ahead of team-mate Dovizioso, during a delayed qualifying session held on a wet but drying Silverstone track.

Smith fastest during a delayed Qualifying 1 session for the British MotoGP, held on a wet but fast-drying Silverstone track. The top two riders now progress to the Q2 pole position shootout, where they will join the ten fastest riders after third practice.

Yamaha's Lin Jarvis has revealed the rider for the factory's new 2019 European MotoGP test team "won't be English".

Vinales quickest in final MotoGP practice before a heavy rain shower soaks the Silverstone circuit - causing red flags when Rins, Espargaro, Lorenzo, Rabat and Morbidelli all fell in quick succession at Stowe due to aquaplaning/braking issues.