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MotoGP: Riders testing softer front, dual compound rear - Michelin
Manager of Michelin two-wheel motorsport activities Piero Taramasso explains compound choices at Phillip Island MotoGP test, reports positive impressions of rear tyre.
500cc Suter enters Isle of Man TT!
Suter's grand prix inspired 500cc two-stroke enters the Isle of Man TT!
Marquez, Pedrosa unveil 2016 Repsol Honda MotoGP livery
First look at 2016 Repsol Honda MotoGP livery for Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa.
MotoGP: Suter working with Ducati?
Suter working with Ducati on Desmosedici MotoGP chassis?
MotoGP: No 'adaptive strategies' for single ECU
"What we are doing at the moment is a very basic strategy that gives riders the opportunity to select a different map [on the handlebar]" - Corrado Cecchinelli, MotoGP Director of Technology.
Casey Stoner: Carbon frame Ducati 'best MotoGP bike' in 2009
"When we had the carbon frame in 2009, I believe we had the best bike on the grid" - Casey Stoner.
Marquez brothers split from VR46 merchandise
Marquez brother merchandise will no longer be made by Valentino Rossi's VR46 Racing Apparel company.
MotoGP makes changes to Race Direction role
"We want to let [Race Direction] be free to manage the race but not to involve them anymore with the task of penalising riders"
Sepang MotoGP Test: Rossi: 'I think Stoner wants to race'
"Not bad after several years fishing!" - Jorge Lorenzo.
Sepang MotoGP Test: Top 50 laps
Combined top 50 fastest laps during the final day of the Sepang MotoGP test.
Sepang MotoGP Test: Ducati benefit from Open ECU effort
"We have some small benefit compared to the others from that point of view"
Sepang MotoGP Test: Crutchlow evaluates 2016-spec Honda engine
'We did our test today to give Honda the feedback and that's why they gave us the engine, so it was good for me to do a little bit of testing for them as well' - Cal Crutchlow.
Sepang MotoGP Test: Rossi: I did more of the dirty work than Lorenzo
'I did a lot of 'dirt work' compared to him, more laps and everything, he concentrated more on the performance. But anyway his lap time is impressive for everybody' - Valentino Rossi.
Espargaro unhappy with Michelin's handling of tyre failure
The elder Espargaro brother feels the tyre manufacturer was wrong to temporarily allow bikes back on track in the wake of Loris Baz's horror spill.
Crutchlow 'at 30 percent' of bike's potential on day one
Using his '15 machine, Cal Crutchlow got accustomed to riding after the winter break, feels he "can improve a lot" with package at just 30 percent of its potential.
Sepang MotoGP Test: Jet-lagged Lorenzo blasts one-second clear
"It's not always you have this kind of opportunity, to go so quick compared to the other riders" - Jorge Lorenzo.
Sepang MotoGP Test: New engine spec for Marquez, Pedrosa
"Both riders have two bikes equipped with two different engine specs, the one they already tried at Jerez in November and an evolution"
Sepang MotoGP Test: Casey Stoner: 'I'll do whatever I can for Ducati'
"I feel I can make a difference... I'll do whatever I can for Ducati. I'm going to be putting a lot of effort in" - Casey Stoner.
MotoGP: Honda, FIM won't release Rossi-Marquez clash data
"Honda and the FIM have decided together not to release [the data] so as not to fuel further polemics."
Ioda 'still working on MotoGP', WSBK a possibility
"There are some contacts regarding the WSBK option, but Ioda is currently working on MotoGP"
MotoGP: Rossi: 'My Sepang comments changed nothing'
"My statements did not change anything" - Valentino Rossi.
MotoGP: Jack Miller breaks leg in Motocross incident
"What is important now is that Jack rides again only when he is fit enough to do so, even if that means missing the first MotoGP pre-season test in Sepang"
Jarvis calls for rider 'respect', MotoGP working on 'issues'
"Unfortunately at the end a few issues arouse that exposed maybe some of the things we need to work on as a championship"- Lin Jarvis, Yamaha.
MotoGP: Read, Gardner discuss Rossi, Marquez clash
500cc world champions Phil Read and Wayne Gardner feel Valentino Rossi's Sepang MotoGP penalty was 'wrong call'