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MotoGP: Aprilia targets top five with new RS-GP
Aprilia Racing manager Romano Albesiano is targeting the factory's best ever four-stroke MotoGP results with the new version of the RS-GP. Aleix Espargaro equalled Aprilia's top four-stroke GP finish of sixth on his debut for the team a year ago in Qatar.
MotoGP: Suzuki ‘really wants, needs’ satellite team for ‘19
Davide Brivio, team manager to Suzuki’s MotoGP effort, has stated the factory is considering options to expand its presence in the premier class in 2019, but feels it is too early in the year to “say if we will make it happen or not.”
Moto2: Sam Lowes: I'll be there to fight!
UPDATE: Sam Lowes fastest on day two at Jerez .
MotoGP: Grand Prix of the Americas - Why you should go...
Since joining the MotoGP World Championship as a brand-new venue in 2013, the Circuit of the Americas has become firmly established as a highlight for fans and competitors alike.
Qatar MotoGP Test: Petrucci, Miller rate their pre-season
Danilo Petrucci "My score out of 10? 8. " "I am really satisfied with the tests."
Official: Tech3 to become KTM satellite MotoGP team
KTM has officially confirmed that Tech3 will become its satellite MotoGP team from 2019.
MotoGP: Marquez: Sunshine or night, I’m there
Amid a muddled winter of testing, the speed of Marc Marquez and the 2018 Honda has been one of the few constants, with the reigning world champion remarking, “I’m there” no matter the conditions during testing in Qatar.
MotoGP: Vinales seeking ‘something more’ ahead of first race
What a difference a year makes.
MotoGP: Dovizioso: Maybe the best test I’ve ever done, but…
Andrea Dovizioso could do little to hide his pleasure at the close of MotoGP action in Qatar as he prepared for his flight back to Europe feeling “very happy” and “calm” after “maybe the best test I’ve ever done.”
Qatar MotoGP Test: Rossi 'puts it all together', predicts big changes from track to track
Valentino Rossi signed off a topsy-turvy pre-season with second place on the final night of MotoGP testing in Qatar.
Qatar MotoGP Test: Zarco shines brightest, 'bit slow' on race pace
Johann Zarco has every chance of starting the 2018 MotoGP season where he left off at the end of his rookie campaign: fighting for the top of the timesheets.
Qatar MotoGP Test: Zarco, Rossi, Marquez back wet night race
Johann Zarco, fastest in the dry at the final pre-season test, is sure that MotoGP will be able to race under floodlights in the rain, should such conditions occur at the season-opening Qatar race.
Tech3: Three-year deal with factory MotoGP machines
Tech 3 boss Herve Poncharal has made his first public comments since the news that the French team will end its 20-year association with Yamaha and switch to another manufacturer for the 2019 MotoGP season.
Qatar MotoGP Test: Long runs
Some of the long race-simulation runs during Saturday's final day of 2018 pre-season testing in Qatar can be seen below. The full race distance is 22 laps, as completed by Pramac Ducati's Danilo Petrucci.
Qatar MotoGP Test: Miller on Marquez save: 'One of his biggest yet, amazing to watch'
Jack Miller has said it was “amazing to watch” Marc Marquez as the reigning world champion repeatedly sought out the limits of adhesion on the second day of testing in Qatar, the Catalan eventually "saving one of his biggest ones yet."
MotoGP: Rossi confirms intentions to race until 2020
Valentino Rossi has confirmed his intention to continue competing in MotoGP until 2020, restating there is no great rush to sign with Yamaha. He will do so “when we are ready – we have time.”
Qatar MotoGP Test: Marquez: Dovi will be very, very fast from the start
The second day of MotoGP testing in Qatar proved two things to reigning world champion Marc Marquez: Andrea Dovizioso will be one of his principle challengers from the very first race, and 2018 will be a season of “many ups and downs.”
Qatar MotoGP Test: ‘Huge improvements’ see Zarco eyeing wins
Johann Zarco’s preparations for a victory challenge at the first MotoGP race of the year continued apace on Friday, the Frenchman finding “huge improvements” with a new Michelin tyre, leading him to conclude “we found what we were missing.”
Qatar MotoGP Test: 'Try and avoid the bike' - Miller, Petrucci near miss
Alma Pramac Ducati team-mates Jack Miller and Danilo Petrucci had a Friday night scare when they fell moments apart, at the same corner, during MotoGP testing in Qatar. Miller was the first to go down, at Turn 1:
Qatar MotoGP Test: 'A good moment for us' - Iannone, Suzuki set Friday pace
Andrea Iannone put Suzuki at the top of the timesheets on his final lap of the Losail Circuit in Qatar on Friday night.
Qatar MotoGP Test: Dovi primed for title fight after 'perfect' pre-season
Andrea Dovizioso is confident he can be a MotoGP title contender from the very start of the 2018 world championship.
MotoGP: Espargaro explains Friday absence
Pol Espargaro has explained the reasoning behind his decision to sit out the second day of MotoGP testing in Qatar, stating he was unable to ride as he pleased due to the niggling effects of the recent surgery he had on his back.
Qatar MotoGP Test - Friday LIVE!
The second day of the final 2018 MotoGP pre-season test is underway in Qatar. With the season-opening grand prix weekend - to be held at the same Losail circuit on March 16-18 - featuring an earlier track schedule this year, testing will take place from 1-9pm over the three days.
Rossi responds to VR46 MotoGP rumours: 'I'll probably race for next two years'
The recent announcement that Tech3 is to end its long association with Yamaha renewed speculation that Valentino Rossi's VR46 team could enter MotoGP and take over the satellite M1 supply. Such a partnership has long been expected, whenever Rossi retires as a rider.