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Valentino Rossi: Aerodynamics make MotoGP more physical, but don't change style
Valentino Rossi explains how aerodynamics have made MotoGP bikes more physically demanding but recent riding-style changes are more influenced by tyres and brakes.
MotoGP Assen: Pol Espargaro: 'Huge shaking on the straights'
Pol Espargaro's Dutch MotoGP race compromised by 'huge shaking on the straights... We need to analyse more data and discover what's going on'.
Marini: Great for VR46 to continue with Ducati in MotoGP 2022
Luca Marini happy to continue with Ducati in new Aramco VR46 MotoGP team, bike spec still to be confirmed but; 'I'm quite sure that we will have a very good technical package'
Quartararo: Early pressure after replacing MotoGP 'king' Rossi
MotoGP title leader Fabio Quartararo says victories in Qatar and Portimao were the stand-out moments of the season so far.
Dutch MotoGP: KTM ‘come with different ideas, they don’t give up’ - Oliveira
Miguel Oliveira believes KTM’s hunger to ‘try new things’ and never ‘give up’, along with the introduction of Dani Pedrosa as test rider in 2019, are key cogs to the Austrian manufacturer’s success.
Gresini Racing donates simulators for medical training
Donations in memory of late MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini used to fund three medical simulators.
Dutch Moto2: Fernandez: ‘Great end was key to victory’, Gardner content with P2
Raul Fernandez recovers from difficult opening laps to claim a stunning Dutch Moto2 victory, while a hard-fought second place puts ‘a smile on my face’, for Remy Gardner going into the summer break.
Dutch MotoGP: Petrucci gives ‘my best’ for P13, Lecuona ‘lost for words’
KTM Tech 3 riders Danilo Petrucci and Iker Lecuona endure another tough MotoGP weekend in what could be their last season with both the team and premier class altogether.
Dutch MotoGP: ‘Ready to fight’ Nakagami misses out on maiden podium
Takaaki Nakagami’s wait for a maiden MotoGP podium continues after a ‘big mistake’ mid-race saw him drop to ninth.
MotoGP Assen: Mir-Nakagami incident distracts Miller, smoke signals end race
A frustrating low-speed fall is followed by a black-and-orange flag for Jack Miller in the Dutch MotoGP.
MotoGP Assen: Alberto Puig: This was the Marc that we know
Alberto Puig prasies Marc Marquez's opening lap charge at the Dutch MotoGP; 'He recovered almost ten positions in just a single lap, this was the Marc that we know'
MotoGP Assen: Bagnaia takes early fight to Quartararo in 'most difficult' race
The Dutch TT at Assen turns into 'one of the most difficult races I've ever had in MotoGP' for early leader Francesco Bagnaia.
MotoGP Assen: Marquez, Bagnaia battle but more 'frustration' for Aleix Espargaro
Aleix Espargaro's Assen MotoGP hopes thwarted by 'a big limitation with engine performance... I'm ready to fight for the podium but then in the race I can't overtake'.
Crash.net MotoGP podcast with Keith Huewen: Vinales splits from Yamaha
Episode 9 of Crash.net's new MotoGP podcasts featuring Keith Huewen looks back on the Dutch TT at Assen and the shock news that Maverick Vinales will leave Yamaha at the end of this season.
Moto2: Aron Canet switches from Aspar to Pons for 2022
Aron Canet will become a Pons Moto2 rider in 2022.
Official: Maverick Vinales to leave Yamaha MotoGP team at end of 2021
Yamaha confirms that Maverick Vinales will leave at the end of the 2021 MotoGP season.
MotoGP Assen: Alex Rins: Aggressive Zarco 'destroyed my race'
Alex Rins sent to the back by contact with Johann Zarco in the Dutch MotoGP race; 'he is so aggressive on the overtakes... It was an idiotic move, because he's fighting for the world championship'
MotoGP Assen: Marc Marquez 'proud' of clockwise ride, Honda podium form
Marc Marquez recovers from a worst MotoGP qualifying of 20th to take seventh place at Assen, his best result yet on a 'clockwise' circuit. Felt his Honda, fitted with a new chassis, had 'podium performance'.
Valentino Rossi: Vinales, Yamaha split won't change my 2022 MotoGP decision
Maverick Vinales' split from the factory Yamaha MotoGP team for 2022 'doesn’t change my decision, because my decision is correlated to the results', says Valentino Rossi.
Dutch MotoGP: Alex Marquez P14; 'was a long race, I didn't enjoy it'
Alex Marquez found the Dutch MotoGP tough going and one ‘I didn’t enjoy’. Spaniard finishes last of the four Honda riders in P14.
Dutch MotoGP: Binder produces strong Assen comeback after ‘up-and-down weekend’
Brad Binder gains nine places during the Dutch MotoGP to claim a fifth consecutive points scoring finish.
Dutch MotoGP: Marini endures tough Assen race, Bastianini ‘more comfortable'
Ducati rookies Enea Bastianini and Luca Marini endure tough Dutch MotoGP; ‘it was hard to get to the end, MotoGP is very tiring’, adds Bastianini who claimed a solitary point - Marini finishes last.
Dutch MotoGP: Oliveira ‘couldn’t aim for higher, on the limit since the start'
Top five finish at the Dutch MotoGP makes Miguel Oliveira the highest points scorer of the last four rounds heading into a five-week summer break.
Dutch MotoGP: Gerloff: Life goal is to race in MotoGP, would love to come back
Garrett Gerloff is hoping yesterday’s Dutch MotoGP isn’t his last as; ‘my goal my whole life has been to race in MotoGP. Definitely would love to come back’ as a full-time rider.