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MotoGP Valencia: Espargaro returns as Aprilia goes (RED)
Aprilia will be back to full strength with the return of Aleix Espargaro for this weekend's Valencia MotoGP finale, when the team will also run the special (RED) livery seen at last year's event.
MotoGP Valencia: Vinales in 'positive mood' for Valencia
Maverick Vinales insists he is in a 'very positive mood' heading into this weekend's Valencia MotoGP season finale. After switching from Suzuki to Yamaha, Vinales dominated pre-season testing and went on to win three of this year's opening five races.
MotoGP Valencia: Zarco: Why not try and go for the first victory?
Johann Zarco is looking to wrap-up a stunning debut MotoGP season with a possible victory challenge at Valencia this weekend.
MotoGP: Suzuki: ’17 engine ‘cancelled out its benefits’
Davide Brivio believes the selection of Suzuki’s current 2017 engine spec was a key factor in the factory’s difficult MotoGP season, with its perceived benefits creating other problems for riders Andrea Iannone and Alex Rins.
MotoGP: Dorna explains British Talent Team reshuffle
Alberto Puig has shed light on Dorna’s decision to withdraw the recently formed British Talent Team from the Moto3 world championship for 2018, believing the jump from British Talent Cup to the world championship to be too great.
MotoGP: Poncharal: I trust them to give me something competitive
In light of recent MotoGP showings that saw his satellite rider outperform the decorated factory team, Tech 3 team boss Hervé Poncharal is sure Yamaha will provide him with competitive machinery for 2018, even if he is currently unaware of the exact spec.
MotoGP Malaysia: Ducati: We spoke to both riders...
Ducati spoke to both Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo ahead of the crucial Malaysian MotoGP bow to try and ensure the Italian’s title chances remained open until Valencia, team boss Davide Tardozzi has revealed.
MotoGP Malaysia: Lorenzo 'didn't see' dashboard message
Jorge Lorenzo claimed he was unaware of the dashboard message from Ducati, understood to have been a coded reminder to allow team-mate Andrea Dovizioso into the lead in Sunday's Malaysian MotoGP.
MotoGP Malaysia: Marquez: In the end I’m human
Risking it all for a podium place proved to be a step too far for Marc Marquez, the championship leader seeing sense in collecting a safe fourth place, even if that meant having to endure a nerve-shredding finale at Valencia.
MotoGP Malaysia: Dovizioso: Jorge a good team-mate, unlike some!
Andrea Dovizioso lauded Jorge Lorenzo as one of the best team-mates he has ever had before aiming a thinly-veiled dig at former Ducati MotoGP partner Andrea Iannone.
MotoGP Malaysia: Zarco: '17 or '18 Yamaha, it will be competitive
Top MotoGP rookie Johann Zarco says he isn’t spending too much time pondering which version of the M1 Yamaha he will ride in 2018.
MotoGP Malaysia: Longer wait for title won't affect Marquez, says Dovizioso
Sepang race winner Andrea Dovizioso doesn’t believe his victory in Malaysia will affect MotoGP title leader Marc Marquez’s mindset heading into the final round of the championship at Valencia.
Malaysia: 2017 MotoGP Championship standings
The 2017 MotoGP world championship will be decided at the final round...
MotoGP Malaysia: Zarco: I believe I can win
Johann Zarco believes he has an excellent opportunity to challenge for his maiden MotoGP victory at Sepang. The Monster Tech 3 Yamaha rider qualified on the front row for the third time in three races as he slotted into second place behind Dani Pedrosa, with only 0.017s between them.
MotoGP Malaysia: Marquez: 'It was a big save' - VIDEO
It takes a lot to make Marc Marquez's greatest saves list, but Saturday at the Malaysian MotoGP saw the Repsol Honda rider pull off yet another seemingly impossible rescue.
McPhee to CIP as Dorna confirms British Talent, CEV plans
Dorna has confirmed that the British Talent grand prix team will not continue for a second season, with John McPhee instead being placed by Dorna
MotoGP Malaysia: McPhee thrown lifeline by CIP, KTM
John McPhee has been thrown a grand prix lifeline by CIP KTM after learning at Sepang that his British Talent Team will not continue in next year's Moto3 series.
MotoGP Malaysia: Hard overtakes 'not breaking any rules - yet'
The hard overtaking moves that characterised a scintillating MotoGP race at Phillip fell within the limits of what is deemed acceptable, according to five leading premier class riders.
MotoGP Malaysia: Rossi not so confident over wet race prospects
Valentino Rossi says a repeat of last year’s wet race at Sepang is a distinct possibility, although the Yamaha rider is not as confident about his prospects in the rain compared to 2016.
MotoGP Malaysia: Vinales: Second place is our target
Maverick Vinales has set himself a new target of securing second place in the MotoGP World Championship with the title no longer a mathematical possibility.
MotoGP Australia: Lorenzo: I've forgotten Phillip Island already
Ducati’s Jorge Lorenzo wants to move swiftly on from Phillip Island after the three-time MotoGP world champion struggled all weekend on the GP17.
MotoGP Australia: Redding defends late Dovizioso move
It may have come at the expense of championship challenger Andrea Dovizioso, but Scott Redding rode to a strong eleventh place at Phillip Island on Sunday, to finish as the top Ducati rider at the end of a tight, three-rider battle.
MotoGP Australia: Dovizioso reflects on ‘very bad result’ – ‘this the reality’
Andrea Dovizioso believes Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix underscored ‘the reality’ of Ducati’s potential at Phillip Island, with the manufacturer’s worst showing of the season arriving at this crucial time of the season.
MotoGP Australia: Rossi: Now you must fight, or go home
Phillip Island runner-up Valentino Rossi says the fairing-bashing on show in Australia is now ‘the game’ in MotoGP.