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MotoGP: Ducati insists: We would like to renew with both riders
Davide Tardozzi, Ducati’s MotoGP team manager, has re-stated the factory’s intention to renew contracts with current riders Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo for 2019 and 2020.
MotoGP: Moto2: Lowes: I just need to come back better for Argentina
Sam Lowes has revealed a transmission issue was at fault for his premature exit from his first race back in the Moto2 class in Qatar, but remains convinced of his race winning potential with the current KTM package.
MotoGP: Syahrin boosts Sepang ahead of Thailand debut
Thailand's debut on the MotoGP calendar this season means Malaysia no longer holds the only motorcycle grand prix in South East Asia.
MotoGP: Aprilia to debut carbon fibre swingarm on RS-GP
Aprilia is set to try a carbon fibre swingarm on its RS-GP for the first time during private MotoGP testing at Jerez this week.
Qatar MotoGP: Rossi: Nobody knows what will happen in Argentina
Valentino Rossi won't be surprised to see the Qatar MotoGP order shaken-up again next time out in Argentina. Both Rossi and team-mate Maverick Vinales were able to turn around a poor qualifying to set a competitive pace in the season-opening race.
Qatar MotoGP: KTM pointless as Pol forced to park
Bradley Smith was the only KTM rider to reach the finish of the Qatar season opener, in 18th place and 31.7s from victory. That was eight seconds closer than Smith had been at the same event the previous year, when team-mate Pol Espargaro finished 16th and 33.6s from the front.
Qatar MotoGP: Miller looks forward to 'bigger and better things'
Jack Miller set a faster Qatar race lap than Pramac Ducati team-mate Danilo Petrucci, on the latest GP18, but the Australian finished five places lower, in tenth, after over-stressing his front tyre.
Qatar MotoGP: 'Life is a challenge' - Morbidelli marches on after top rookie debut
Moto2 champion Franco Morbidelli kicked off his MotoGP career with a 'better than expected' twelfth place, as the top rookie, in the Qatar season opener.
Qatar MotoGP: Pedrosa 'tyred' after strong start
Johann Zarco was not the only rider adamant that unusual tyre performance thwarted his hopes in the season-opening Qatar MotoGP. Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa bolted from the second row to hold third in the early stages, despite being one of the few to select the very hardest front tyre.
MotoGP: Yamaha leaning towards Marc VDS, Morbidelli?
Officially, Yamaha is still to decide if it will even run a satellite MotoGP team in 2019, following Tech3's switch to KTM. At last weekend's season-opening Qatar Grand Prix, Yamaha Racing managing director Lin Jarvis said that he 'hoped' to find a replacement, but added:
Qatar MotoGP: Syahrin 'proud' to score points on MotoGP debut
Hafizh Syahrin scored the first ever MotoGP points by a Malaysian rider on his premier-class debut in Qatar.
MotoGP: Crutchlow has 'something in our pocket’ after fighting fourth
The was result was one thing. Achieving it through a left field tyre choice was another. All in all, Cal Crutchlow was pleased to come away from the first MotoGP round of 2018 with a fourth place, and believes he has “something in our pocket,” going forward.
Separate issues frustrate Aprilia pair in Qatar
The 2018 MotoGP season-opening Qatar Grand Prix was one filled with frustration for the Aprilia duo of Aleix Espargaro and Scott Redding.
MotoGP: Avoiding disaster – Lorenzo bails out at 110mph
Jorge Lorenzo believes an issue with his front brake was at fault for a terrifying fall that led to him leaving the first MotoGP round of 2018 in Qatar with no points on the board.
Qatar MotoGP: Petrucci: No secret I want factory Ducati place
Danilo Petrucci began his quest for a 2019 factory Ducati place by fighting in the lead group for much of Sunday's Qatar MotoGP season opener.
Qatar MotoGP: 'Angry' Rins goes down fighting
Alex Rins rolled up his sleeves and took the fight to Danilo Petrucci in Sunday's season-opening Qatar MotoGP. But it backfired when Rins, who had qualified a MotoGP best of sixth, fell from his Suzuki on an unlucky lap 13 of 22.
MotoGP: Front end woes hamper Zarco challenge
A front tyre issue was culpable for Johann Zarco’s descent through the top eight after he sensationally led the first 17 laps of the opening MotoGP race of the year at the Losail International Circuit, the Frenchman has claimed.
Rossi feels podium proves new MotoGP contract the right decision
Valentino Rossi says his podium finish at the 2018 MotoGP season opener vindicates his decision to sign a new two-year Movistar Yamaha deal as he can still fight at the front.
Qatar MotoGP: Vinales 'pissed off, but happy'
Maverick Vinales was one of the fastest riders on track during the second half of Sunday's season-opening Qatar MotoGP. Unfortunately for the Movistar Yamaha rider he had to fight back from 15th in the early stages and could only cross the line in sixth.
Second place “like a win” as Marquez suffers Dovizioso deja vu
Marc Marquez says despite losing out to Andrea Dovizioso for victory at the 2018 MotoGP season opener in Qatar his second place “feels like a win” at a circuit the Repsol Honda rider describes as one of his worst on the calendar.
Qatar MotoGP: Dovizioso surprised by Marquez's last corner battle
Andrea Dovizioso has described Marc Marquez’s last lap attack as “unreal” as he didn’t expect to see the defending MotoGP world champion trying a final corner lunge for victory at the 2018 season opener.
MotoGP: Marquez leads Dovizioso and Petrucci in warm-up
The temperatures may have been a good deal higher in MotoGP morning warm-up than this evening's race, but the weekend’s leading names were all represented in the top three places as Marc Marquez led Italian duo Andrea Dovizioso and Danilo Petrucci in Qatar.
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MotoGP: Vinales ‘lost three months’, now ‘much, much better’
Such was the change in bike set-up made on Saturday, Maverick Viñales feels recent months of frustrating preseason work were deemed “useless” after switching "everything" on his Yamaha M1 provided some much needed feel at Losail.