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MotoGP: Yamaha apologises to Rossi, Vinales after qualifying 'crisis'
Updated with quotes from Lin Jarvis and Massimo Meregalli.
MotoGP: Dovizioso, Marquez star in warm-up
Andrea Dovizioso, Marc Marquez and Jorge Lorenzo did little to suggest this afternoon’s race would be decided among themselves with the three names topping MotoGP morning warm-up in Austria.
MotoGP: Lorenzo: Tyre misunderstanding hindered pole fight
Jorge Lorenzo hinted an internal misunderstanding was behind the decision to run the same front tyre throughout all of MotoGP qualifying at Austria, something he feels may have prevented him from taking the pole position fight to Marc Marquez.
Austrian MotoGP: Rossi: Yamaha needs to respond like 2004
Having listened to Yamaha's apology after Saturday's miserable qualifying at the Red Bull Ring, Valentino Rossi called for the factory to deliver the kind of 's
MotoGP: Dovizioso ‘happy,’ pondering Sunday ‘question marks’
Preparations for Sunday’s MotoGP outing in Austria could barely have been more ideal, but Andrea Dovizioso insists there remain a number of “question marks” regarding how he and his Ducati team will approach the 28-lap race.
Austrian MotoGP: Marquez ready to invade 'Ducati's land'
Just as a year ago, Marc Marquez held off the Ducatis of Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo for pole position at the Red Bull Ring.
MotoGP: Vinales ‘changes everything’ but problems persist
Maverick Viñales is still seeking the light through all the gloom after a disastrous day of MotoGP qualifying at the Red Bull Ring resulted in continued struggles with machine performance and reliability issues.
Austrian MotoGP: Marquez beats Ducatis to pole
MotoGP champion Marc Marquez out-paced a trio of Ducatis to claim pole position at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. Ducati's powerful Desmosedici has won both previous editions of the Austrian round, courtesy of Andrea Iannone and then Andrea Dovizioso.
MotoGP: Lorenzo ‘one of top three’ in terms of speed, pace
While feeling there is some room for improvement, Jorge Lorenzo believes he is “one of the top three guys” when it comes to “speed and pace,” after the first day of MotoGP free practice at the Red Bull Ring.
Austrian MotoGP: Marquez insists Dovi faster, in awe of Ducati engine
Marc Marquez was only fourth fastest during the lone dry session on Friday at the Austrian MotoGP.
MotoGP: Rossi: ’18 Yamaha better in wet, but…
After having an afternoon to sample his current Yamaha M1 in wet conditions at the Austrian round of the 2018 MotoGP series, Valentino Rossi feels his machine is an upgrade over last year’s model in the rain, but is beset by similar to issues as those he regularly
Vinales: Yamaha has no chance without acceleration fix
Maverick Vinales says without his Movistar Yamaha squad finding fixes to its acceleration issues ‘we don’t have any chance’ to fight the front-runners at the Austrian MotoGP this weekend.
Crutchlow ‘better than I thought’ in treacherous wet conditions
Cal Crutchlow feels the wet conditions during the second free practice session were worthy of stopping track running but still felt he had the pace in case the heavy rain returns for this weekend in Austria.
Zarco: Yamaha needs more edge grip from Michelin
Johann Zarco feels Michelin’s special tyre specification for the Austrian MotoGP is hampering Yamaha’s progress even more than usual with less edge grip for him to exploit.
MotoGP: Dovizioso-Marquez pace ‘very, very, very similar’
On the timesheets his closest challengers may be riding the same bike as him. But Andrea Dovizioso has acknowledged Marc Marquez’s pace is closest to his, as the two stars of MotoGP free practice at Brno repeated their early dominance at Austria’s Red Bull Ring on Friday morning.
Marquez beats Redding to top soaking wet FP2
Full MotoGP FP2 results from Austria
Dovizioso edges Lorenzo as Ducati dominate in Austria
Full MotoGP FP1 results from Austria here
Rossi against ‘risky’ Yamaha changes
Valentino Rossi believes his Movistar Yamaha team is following its best development plan to solve its acceleration issues and is against any radical set-up swings in the hope of finding quicker fixes.
Redding ‘closer’ to future call as multiple options remain
Scott Redding says the latest deadline on making a final decision on his future will be at his home race the British MotoGP but hints the call could come earlier as he weighs up his options.
MotoGP riders draw dream circuits!
The pre-event press conference for the Austrian MotoGP saw Marc Marquez, Valentino Rossi, Jorge Lorenzo, Andrea Dovizioso, Bradley Smith and Miguel Oliveira asked to draw their dream circuits - and this is what they came up with (above).
Austrian MotoGP: Vinales, Forcada can 'keep working, pushing'
Maverick Vinales insists he and crew chief Ramon Forcada can continue to work effectively together until the end of the 2018 MotoGP season.
MotoGP: Aleix: Pol 'very lucky', spinal cord inflamed
Aleix Espargaro visited his injured younger brother Pol in hospital during the brief break between the Czech and Austrian MotoGPs.
Lorenzo in ‘best possible shape’ for Austria attack
Jorge Lorenzo feels his pace with Ducati puts him in the ‘best possible shape’ to target victory at the Austrian MotoGP after narrowly missing out to team-mate Andrea Dovizioso last weekend in Brno.
Marquez hints at ‘something interesting’ uncovered from Brno test
Marc Marquez is eager to continue the development work he ran for Repsol Honda at the Brno test last Monday having found ‘something interesting’ ahead of the Austrian MotoGP round.