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Marco Bezzecchi reveals his preference for VR46 - Ducati or Yamaha?
Marco Bezzecchi would prefer that his Mooney VR46 team stays with Ducati, rather than moves to Yamaha, but says “my job is to ride the bike that the team provides me”.
Marc Marquez will NOT race at Spanish MotoGP in Jerez
Marc Marquez will not “take any risks” and will miss this weekend’s Spanish MotoGP in Jerez.
Do Honda “take advice” from more than just Marc Marquez? Alex Rins: “Let’s see…”
Alex Rins has urged Honda to take “advice” from all of their riders and not to make a bike specifically for “one rider”.
Keith Huewen: Repsol? Alex Rins ‘in a good place’ at LCR
Listener questions dominate this week’s Crash.net MotoGP podcast featuring Keith Huewen, including several on the subject of COTA winner Alex Rins and Honda.
Dani Pedrosa: “My way is to do the best for the team, Marc Marquez had the other way”
Dani Pedrosa admits that he and Marc Marquez had differing attitudes towards teamwork, in a revealing insight into their time together.
Valentino Rossi blasts "fake" sportspeople: "I liked it better before”
Valentino Rossi has dismissed “fake” friendship between sportspeople, insisting he preferred his pre-social media generation who he believes spoke more freely.
FIM president: “Suzuki will come back - but I don’t know when”
Suzuki will eventually return to MotoGP, believes the FIM president.
Luca Marini on Alex Rins’ mind games jibe: “You always steal something from other riders”
Luca Marini has teased trying to “steal” information from Alex Rins when they shared a podium after his mind games were noticed.
Honda shoot down rumours of swapping Alex Rins and Joan Mir
Honda have rebuffed claims that they could swap Alex Rins and Joan Mir between their Repsol and LCR teams next season.
FIM president Jorge Viegas says: “Marc Marquez shouldn’t have appealed penalty - decision soon…”
Marc Marquez has given MotoGP fans “a chance to think that he doesn’t want to serve” his penalty by appealing it, the FIM president claims.
Dani Pedrosa on Jorge Lorenzo feud: “I made mistakes - uncomfortable memories”
Dani Pedrosa conceded making mistakes with his relationship with Jorge Lorenzo, and has looked back on their handshake instigated by the King of Spain.
Marc Marquez urged to quit Honda by Wayne Rainey: “Seeing what his brother is doing…”
Marc Marquez will be thinking about leaving Honda after seeing his brother’s uplift in fortune since quitting, says Wayne Rainey.
Pol Espargaro update: Brutal recovery details, and unclear comeback plan
Doctors “do not share the confidence” of Pol Espargaro’s team in predicting an earlier return from injury to MotoGP.
Who is Andrea Iannone’s famous pop star girlfriend Elodie?
Andrea Iannone’s girlfriend is very famous in Italy as a pop star.
“What I saw wasn’t enough” to take Toprak Razgatlioglu into MotoGP, says Simon Crafar
Toprak Razgatlioglu did not do enough to earn a move to Yamaha’s MotoGP team, says Simon Crafar.
Raging Valentino Rossi reveals face-to-face Marc Marquez talk in 2015: “What the f***, they will remember you only for this”
Valentino Rossi has revealed stunning new details of a face-to-face talk with Marc Marquez after Valencia in 2015, the truth about the infamous ‘kick’, and the “deep wound” of those infamous events - “I think about it too much”.
Franco Morbidelli on Toprak Razgatlioglu threatening his MotoGP seat with Yamaha: “I like the pressure”
Franco Morbidelli has welcomed the challenge of Toprak Razgatlioglu to his MotoGP seat.
Joan Mir: “Honda in the s***? We're closer to the best than it seems"
Joan Mir insists Honda are not “in the s***”, as it might seem, and are actually a threat to “the best”.
Aprilia’s Massimo Rivola fumes at Marc Marquez penalty rule: “Five missing? We risk only test riders”
Aprilia CEO Massimo Rivola has called for “strict” penalties for incidents like Marc Marquez’s in Portimao.
MotoGP Americas, Austin: Nakagami: ‘Moto2 style’ helped Alex Rins to historic Honda victory
While Alex Rins qualified on the COTA front row, finished second in the Sprint and then broke HRC’s 18-month MotoGP victory drought in the main race, it was a very different story for his fellow Honda riders.
Francesco Bagnaia warned by Wayne Rainey of rival who will say ‘I need to be the guy’
Enea Bastianini has been tipped by Wayne Rainey to create a “rivalry” that will put Francesco Bagnaia under “pressure”.
Jean-Michel Bayle: 'Overturn' the key to Marc Marquez's MotoGP cornering technique
Motorcycle racing legend Jean-Michel Bayle breaks down Marc Marquez’s MotoGP cornering method.
Valentino Rossi: “Luca Marini will find the right day | Luca Morbidelli must earn place”
Marco Bezzecchi might be smiling atop the MotoGP standings after three rounds, but Valentino Rossi will know that the vast improvement within the VR46 camp extends beyond him.
Valentino Rossi admits: “Marco Bezzecchi v Francesco Bagnaia title fight will be difficult to manage”
Valentino Rossi knows that if Marco Bezzecchi and Francesco Bagnaia’s “tussles” at the Ranch are replicated in a MotoGP championship fight, it will be difficult to manage a friendship-turned-rivalry.