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Mugello: 'Possibly worst race of season' for Crutchlow
Cal Crutchlow launched from sixth to second place at the start of Sunday's Italian MotoGP at Mugello
Miller on Pramac stay: I’ve got a great deal here
Jack Miller has said he would be content to remain in the Pramac Ducati squad, where he has “a great deal,” for a third year into 2020 but stated he expects to be using the same equipment as the factory machines.
Mugello: Rossi: 'One of worst weekends for long, long time'
Valentino Rossi has described his Mugello ordeal as one of his “worst” race weekends “for a long, long time” as the ‘19 Yamaha M1’s failings were brutally exposed under the searing Italian sun.
Mugello: Dovi: Good race, bad for championship
After a poor qualifying, Andrea Dovizioso delivered a ninth-to-third place charge to join victorious Ducati team-mate Danilo Petrucci on their home Italian MotoGP podium.
Mugello: Mir scores points despite Rossi contact
Sunday's Italian MotoGP saw rookie Joan Mir score his first points since the Qatar season opener, despite contact with Valentino Rossi.
Bagnaia down and out again but leaves mark at Mugello
Francesco ‘Pecco’ Bagnaia’s first Italian MotoGP as a Ducati rider ended with his third consecutive crash-induced DNF, spoiling an otherwise eye-catching weekend for the young rookie.
Zarco: I know I need to change my style, but limits are same…
Johann Zarco’s miserable season aboard the Red Bull KTM RC16 arguably reached a new nadir during the Italian MotoGP after a weekend of lacklustre pace that was headlined by more than one crash.
Mugello: Petrucci's daring Marquez-Dovizioso double pass
Danilo Petrucci secured his first ever MotoGP victory with a daring third-to-first move on the final lap of his home Italian Grand Prix. Petrucci, Ducati team-mate Dovizioso, Honda's Marquez and Suzuki's Alex Rins exchanged the lead throughout a thrilling 23-lap contest.
Mugello: Marquez defends: Better Petrucci than Dovi…
Marc Marquez held fire on a victory lunge against Danilo Petrucci at Mugello, to ensure he beat MotoGP title rival Andrea Dovizioso.
Mugello hero Petrucci 'thought of quitting'
Danilo Petrucci inflicted a last-lap defeat on Marc Marquez and Andrea Dovizioso for a dream debut MotoGP victory, in front of his home fans at the Italian Grand Prix.
Espargaro slashes 14secs off KTM’s Mugello race time
Pol Espargaro says he can take pleasure from finishing the 2019 Italian MotoGP a full 14 seconds quicker than he and KTM managed at Mugello a year earlier as he notched up another solid top ten.
Nakagami hails maiden top five, best Japanese result since 2012
Takaaki Nakagami is celebrating a career-best result in the premier class as he became the first Japanese rider since 2012 to crack the top five in a MotoGP race.
Fourth place Rins makes it count on Sunday again
Alex Rins says he wouldn’t have finished higher than fourth position had he started in a better grid spot as he once again put his Saturday struggles behind him with another strong Sunday showing for Suzuki
Vinales salvages distant top six on dismal weekend for Yamaha
Maverick Vinales collected solid points for sixth position in the Italian MotoGP but took little joy from a weekend that saw the Monster Yamaha team comprehensively out-performed by its key rivals from start-to-finish.
Pace deserts Quartararo as race fails to live up to front row hype
Fabio Quartararo endured a sobering Italian MotoGP as he fell well short of an anticipated podium challenge after struggling for the pace that qualified him on the front row at Mugello.
Marquez tops warm-up as Dovi, Rins challenge
Full Italian MotoGP Warm-Up Results Pole man Marc Marquez continued in his quest to upset the home supporters ahead of the Italian MotoGP at Mugello after topping morning warm-up, as
Mugello: Marquez: Ducati's Pirro tactics triggered Dovi tow
Marc Marquez said Michele Pirro's behaviour during qualifying prompted him to back off and grab a tow behind the other Ducati of Andrea Dovizioso, for what became a record pole lap at the Italian MotoGP.
Rossi: FP3 mistake destroyed the day
Valentino Rossi was left to play down his failed strategy in Saturday afternoon’s Q1 session, instead focussing on an FP3 mistake that “destroyed the day” and forced him to start the Italian Grand Prix from a disastrous 18 th place.
Dovizioso plays down Marquez tactics
Andrea Dovizioso moved to play down any controversy in the wake of Q2, a session in which title rival Marc Marquez expertly used his tow to claim a brilliant pole position for the Italian Grand Prix, saying “it’s not a big problem.”
Vinales ‘fighting bike’ as Yamaha humbled by satellites again
Already facing an evening of questions after watching Valentino Rossi fail to progress beyond Q1, though Maverick Vinales spared some blushes with a comparatively solid seventh on the grid for the Italian MotoGP he only starts as the third highest-placed Yamaha at Mugello.
Marquez ‘probably picked up 0.4s’ from tow – Crutchlow
Cal Crutchlow believes he would have been ‘right there’ with pole sitter Marc Marquez had he been able to secure a tow as effective as his Honda counterpart during qualifying for the Italian MotoGP.
Espargaro ‘super-happy’, Zarco ‘trying to adapt because he has to’
It was once more a tale of mixed emotions in the Red Bull KTM garage following qualifying for the 2019 Italian MotoGP as Pol Espargaro gave another glimpse of the RC16’s potential as team-mate Johann Zarco sent his into the scenery at Mugello.
Rins on Q1 time-out: “I thought Rossi would be pushing”
Alex Rins paid the embarrassing price for choosing to stick behind Valentino Rossi in an effort to get a tow for his final flying lap of Q1 as holding back prevented him from beginning it on time.
Marquez drags pole out of the bag to deny Quartararo
Italian MotoGP Qualifying Results Marc Marquez produced arguably one of the finest qualifying laps of his career as he used his tactical experience to slipstream his way to p