Dani Pedrosa has just six more chances to sign off his MotoGP career with a race win in every season since 2002. But it looks like a tall order at present, with the Spaniard yet to grace the podium in the twelve races so far this year - his longest rostrum drought in grand prix.
Starting from the MotoGP row for the first time since pole in Argentina, Jack Miller was behind only the factory Ducatis of Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso at the end of the opening race lap at Misano.
Romano Fenati has been handed a two-race ban following his incident with Stefano Manzi during the Moto2 race at Misano where he grabbed his rival's brake lever.
Leon Haslam is taking nothing for granted ahead of the Bennetts British Superbike championship Showdown despite securing a dominant hat-trick of wins at Silverstone to take a commanding points lead.
While Cal Crutchlow may have experienced a relatively lonely Misano race on his way to third place, the British rider says the opposing strengths in the Honda and Ducati packages creates the close performance fight between the two factories.
Romano Fenati's Marinelli Snipers Team has released the following statement after their rider was black-flagged, then handed a two-race ban, for reaching over and grabbing the front brake of rival Stefano Manzi during Sunday's Misano Moto2 race.
Like most of the paddock, KTM MotoGP rider Pol Espargaro was stunned by Romano Fenati's actions in Sunday's Misano Moto2 race. Angry after an earlier clash with Stefano Manzi, Fenati reached over and grabbed his rivals front straight while accelerating at highspeed on a straight.
Andrea Dovizioso says the majority of Ducati’s focus and development strategy is on 2019 as he feels Marc Marquez’s MotoGP world championship lead is ‘too far to think about’ despite winning in Misano.
While Marc Marquez says victory will always be his ultimate target at every race, the Repsol Honda rider concedes settling for a conservative result will be key to sealing the MotoGP world championship as he claimed second place to increase his lead to 67 points over Andrea Dovizioso.
Dovizioso wins the San Marino MotoGP at Misano - catching and passing Lorenzo, then staying just out of reach as his Ducati team-mate battled with Marquez.