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Vinales: Nothing incredible, we must keep improving
Maverick Vinales has conceded his Jerez test was largely fruitless with no breakthroughs on Yamaha’s rear tyre traction issues which has plagued its performance.
Quartararo “top confidence” from lap record after Spanish MotoGP pain
Fabio Quartararo has been able to shake off any lasting frustration from his mechanical retirement at the Spanish MotoGP by topping the Jerez test with a new lap record.
Jerez Test: Marquez: Best time on Bradl bike during day of 'concepts'
Spanish MotoGP winner Marc Marquez spent Monday's official test working on future 'concepts' for the Honda RC213V.
Lorenzo: Logical to be sad, disappointed, worried
Jorge Lorenzo has delivered a frank assessment of his latest MotoGP performance in Andalusia, stating, “the logical thing is to be sad, disappointed and worried” after a largely anonymous twelfth place at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Dovizioso: I thought our limit was smaller
Andrea Dovizioso couldn’t hide his disappointment at missing out on a MotoGP podium in the Spanish Grand Prix, and believes the 25-lap race “was the reality” of his current situation, with the limits of Ducati’s current package a little bigger than expected.
Rossi: Position worse than ’18, but race a lot better
Valentino Rossi delivered an upbeat take on his performance at Jerez in the wake of fighting through to sixth place, explaining he was “more comfortable” and “fast” when compared to the 2018 outing, factors that bode well for the season ahead.
Vinales on starts: Finally I think we found it
Maverick Vinales believes he’s “finally” made a breakthrough with his MotoGP race starts for Monster Yamaha which set up his charge to a maiden podium at the Spanish round.
Marquez: Rins a MotoGP title contender with no pressure
Marc Marquez says Alex Rins would always become a MotoGP world title contender with Suzuki but feels he has it easier with no pressure from expectations placed on him.
Rins: I was waiting to see if Marquez made any mistakes
Alex Rins says having lost a gap to Marc Marquez by the time he reached second place he could only wait for a mistake like the one which handed him his maiden MotoGP victory last time out as he accepts his qualifying performances must improve.
Jerez: Pol 'super angry' as lap count error lets Lorenzo ahead
Pol Espargaro 'locked the door' in all the overtaking areas as he rode on the limit to beat the factory Honda of triple MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo at the end of Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.
Jerez: Miller: Back to the drawing board
Disappointed to DNF so close to the finish, Jack Miller nonetheless shrugged off the circumstances of his late-race clash with Aleix Espargaro at the Spanish MotoGP. A lowly 15th in qualifying, the Pramac Ducati rider was forced to go on a flat-out attack in the early laps.
Jerez: Quartararo: 'I knew it was over…'
MotoGP rookie Fabio Quartararo proved his debut pole position was no flash in the pan by settling into a confident second place behind Marc Marquez at mid-distance of Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.
Jerez: Crutchlow chasing 2018 feeling on 2019 Honda
Cal Crutchlow's main goal for Monday's Jerez MotoGP test will be to try and recreate the feeling and confidence he had with the 2018 Honda chassis, on the latest 2019 bike. "My problem is that the bike feels absolutely nothing like last year's bike," said the LCR rider.
Marquez shakes off mechanical issue, fall to top warm-up
Full warm-up results at the Spanish MotoGP Marc Marquez had an eventful warm-up at Jerez marked by a Repsol Honda mechanical problem, an embarrassing fall in pit lane before setting the fastest
Iannone out of Spanish MotoGP with injury
Andrea Iannone has been ruled out of the Spanish MotoGP after sustaining a foot injury in a fall during FP4 at Jerez.
Dovizioso: Marquez’s pace and mine the same
Andrea Dovizioso believes he has a fighting chance of challenging Marc Marquez for victory in Sunday’s Spanish MotoGP outing at Jerez, after qualifying a strong fourth place in a hectic Q2 shootout.
Petrucci: Qualifying my weakness, today confirmed it
As if suffering a terrifying front-end moment at the Circuito de Jerez’s fearsome turn twelve wasn’t enough, Danilo Petrucci faced the ignominy of crashing after taking the chequered flag in another eventful MotoGP qualifying session for the Italian.
Petronas Yamaha: We’re in a dream situation
Johan Stigefelt, Team Principal for Petronas Yamaha, described Saturday as “a dream situation” after his riders scored a sensational one-two in MotoGP qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix at Jerez.
Jerez: Quartararo 'brakes' record with 'unbelievable' pole
The youngest ever rider to take a MotoGP pole position, the first ever pole for the Petronas Yamaha team and a new all-time Jerez lap record. All in all, it wasn't a bad day for Fabio Quartararo.
Marquez: Dovi a threat with Quartararo, Morbidelli
Marc Marquez believes he can’t rule out Andrea Dovizioso in the fight for victory at the Spanish MotoGP along with his fellow front row starters Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli as the pair of Petronas Yamaha riders locked out the front top two places.
Rossi not surprised by Quartararo pole position at Jerez
Valentino Rossi has paid credit to Fabio Quartararo on his historic MotoGP pole position as the Petronas Yamaha squad swept to a qualifying 1-2 with Franco Morbidelli and feels “they are faster than me, they rider in a better way” at Jerez.
Lorenzo: We will try something completely different
Jorge Lorenzo says an experiment with “completely different settings” on one of his Repsol Hondas failed to provide breakthroughs as he continues to adapt to the RC213V at the Spanish MotoGP.
Jerez: Vinales: Cannot ride to confident after 'complete change'
Having languished in 15th place and 'unable to ride' during Saturday morning's FP3 at the Spanish MotoGP, Maverick Vinales and the Monster Yamaha team had little choice but to make big changes for final practice.
Rossi finds gains but held back by two “unlucky” moments
Valentino Rossi says he can be confident in the gains he’s found with his Monster Yamaha after a “quite desperate” Friday at Jerez but felt he was unlucky to miss out on Q2 in qualifying for the Spanish MotoGP.