MotoGP Interviews

Hafizh Syahrin opens up about life as Malaysia’s first MotoGP rider, the steep learning process and his role in his country’s continued rise in the sport

'The plan is to do well this year, go for the Moto2 title next year and then to MotoGP' - Marcel Schrotter.

'At the moment we don’t even have a team manager. There are good people in the team and that’s why it’s still running and working but there are people at the top missing' - Tom Luthi.

“This season when you feel good on the bike and you are close to the top six and the bike stops three times … [pause] it’s not easy to be calm at the next round.”

“We need to make another step and be a good partner for [Zarco]. I feel fully responsible for that. I don’t want to destroy his career, to take him down from his level to our level. I want to lift our project to his level.”

'You’ve got to take your hat off to Dovizioso. He just kept working mainly on him, and what he needed to get better. There have been riders in the past that have done that. Wayne Rainey’s one of them' – Kenny Roberts.

“Come Qatar, I can almost guarantee that we’ll be much closer to the front. How close, I’m not too sure … hopefully we’ll be able to fight at the front from the word go.”

“I’m proud of the way I’ve reacted … I’ve done it in a way where I’ve come back and I’ve chose to reinvent myself a little bit, change my approach, change my attitude, change my riding style.”

'I like the 2018 Ducati because you can use instinct more than method' - Danilo Petrucci.

A closer look at oil testing in Moto2 after last year's disqualifications for Dominique Aegerter (1st, Misano) and Mattia Pasini (2nd, Catalunya).

“I think Jorge in a way helped [Dovizioso] to convince himself that he can be a top rider – not only a fast rider.”