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Brno MotoGP: Binder: 'The speed is there'
MotoGP rookie Brad Binder may have left Jerez with just three points to his name, but the South African was one of the surprises of the season openers.
Brno MotoGP: Rossi: 'Brno always a special weekend'
Valentino Rossi returns to the scene of his very first grand prix victory, at Brno this weekend, buoyed by a return to the MotoGP podium last time at Andalucia.
Brno MotoGP: Aleix 'confident in the potential of this new bike'
Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro will press the reset button after the double DNF disappointment at Jerez and aim for his first MotoGP points of the season at Brno this weekend.
Brno MotoGP: Vinales 'excited and curious' for Brno
A pair of second places at Jerez marked Maverick Vinales' best start to a MotoGP season since 2017.
Brno MotoGP: Dovi: Brno will play to Ducati strengths, but…
After playing a supporting rather than leading role during the season-opening Jerez MotoGP races, Andrea Dovizioso and Ducati will be aiming to go on the offensive at Brno this weekend.
Sam Lowes: Time to make podium a reality
After a pair of fourth places at Jerez, Sam Lowes has his sights set firmly on a return to the Moto2 podium at Brno this weekend.
New MotoGP podium milestones for Rossi
Valentino Rossi's MotoGP rostrum return at the recent Andalucia Grand Prix was the 199th time he has stood on the podium in the premier-class.
Brno MotoGP: Alex Marquez: 'It will be intense'
After lopping an impressive nine-seconds from his race time during the Jerez weekends, MotoGP rookie Alex Marquez now heads for the new challenges of Brno in the Czech Republic, then Red Bull Ring in Austria.
Marc Marquez withdraws, replaced by Bradl for Brno MotoGP
Injured MotoGP champion Marc Marquez will not score any points from at least the opening three rounds of the 2020 season after confirming his withdraw from this weekend's Brno round.
Brno MotoGP: Quartararo: 'Expectations are high'
With two victories from two pole positions, Fabio Quartararo leads the MotoGP standings with a perfect 50 points heading into this weekend's Czech Republic Grand Prix.
MotoGP: Marquez undergoes second surgery, needs 48-hour hospital stay
Marc Marquez's recovery hopes take another blow after he is required to undergo a second surgery to fix a damaged plate inserted into his arm
Brno MotoGP: Oliveira: 'I feel like it's redemption time'
Miguel Oliveira moves on to Brno this weekend seeking 'redemption' after seeing his best-yet MotoGP qualifying ruined by a Turn 1 highside in the Andalucia race. “After the last weekend, I feel like it’s redemption time," Oliveira said.
Updated 2020 MotoGP calendar after flyaways cancelled
This is the updated 2020 MotoGP calendar, following official confirmation that all remaining flyaway events have been cancelled this season.
Zarco cracks top ten, eager to try Ducati at more favourable Brno
Johann Zarco cracks the top ten on his second outing with the Avintia Ducati team but expects better when MotoGP moves on to Brno
Alex Marquez ‘doing a really good job’ after 21st to 8th charge
Alex Marquez betters Jorge Lorenzo's Repsol Honda best by charging from last to eighth in the Andalucia MotoGP
Andalucia MotoGP: Aleix: The Aprilia cannot do that riding style
Aleix Espargaro's high hopes for the new 2020 Aprilia turned to bitter disappointment as he crashed out of both season-opening races at Jerez.
Andalucia MotoGP: 'Whiskey throttle' prompts Crutchlow to pit, returns
It wasn't Cal Crutchlow's fractured left wrist that prompted him to make a pit stop with 10 laps to go in Sunday's Andalucia MotoGP.
Andalucia MotoGP: 'Marquez-style' takes Nakagami to brink of podium
There were some raised eyebrows when Takaaki Nakagami revealed his jump in form during practice for the second Jerez MotoGP weekend was down to radically altering his riding style after combing through Marc Marquez's data.
Andalucia MotoGP: Petrucci: Engine brake was really outside the target
Having struggled with unpredictable corner entry slides for much of the season-opening Jerez MotoGP weekends, Danilo Petrucci said Ducati engineers were able to find a last-minute improvement for the
Andalucia MotoGP: 'Cooked' Pol pays for qualifying mistake
After the high of matching KTM's best dry MotoGP finish of sixth and being just one-second from the podium in the season opener, Pol Espargaro's chances of repeating the feat were dealt a severe blow when he fell during qualifying for the second Jerez event.
Andalucia MotoGP: Dovizioso: Very strange, lots to study
Jerez has never been a happy hunting ground for Ducati and Andrea Dovizioso, so on paper leaving the pair of season-openers with 3-6 finishes and third in the world championship is a decent result.
Andalucia MotoGP: Mir: I was seeing the podium
Suzuki's Joan Mir spent almost the entire Andalucia MotoGP 'looking' at the podium. A debut rostrum remained just out of reach, but having crashed out one week earlier, Mir was happy to put points on the board and equal his career-best finish of fifth place.
Andalucia MotoGP: Jack Miller 'lost grip, lost everything'
A loss of feeling in his hand stalled Jack Miller's podium attack in the Jerez season-opener, but a loss of front grip would have even greater consequences in Sunday's Andalucia race.
Andalucia MotoGP: Marc Marquez reveals 'before and after' arm X-rays
MotoGP champion Marc Marquez has posted 'before and after' x-rays showing the fracture to his right arm, then 12 pins and a plate used to stabilise the injury.