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Surprisingly, none of Franco Morbidelli's 21 grand prix podiums have come in any of his home Italian-based rounds at Mugello or Misano. Instead his best home finish is fourth at Mugello during his 2017 Moto2 title winning season.

Five races into his MotoGP career and there is no doubting rookie Fabio Quartararo's raw speed. The Petronas Yamaha SRT rider has already claimed a pole position at Jerez, topped a day of official testing in Spain and set the fastest race lap in Qatar and last time at Le Mans.

Mattia Pasini says a productive in-season test at Circuit de Catalunya has enabled him analyse different setup options for the Petronas Sprinta Racing Moto2 squad

John McPhee took his second grand prix victory, and first ever for the Sepang team, with a tense 0.1s victory over Lorenzo Dalla Porta in Sunday's French Moto3 race.

Seventh place in the French MotoGP wasn't Franco Morbidelli's best result of the season, but the 7.2s margin to victory was the closest so far and his feeling the Petronas Yamaha the best it's been.

John McPhee held off Lorenzo Dalla Porta all the way to the chequered in a thrilling finish to win the French Moto3 Grand Prix at Le Mans.

Rookie Quartararo delights the Le Mans fans by leading warm-up for his home French MotoGP. Conditions were dry but overcast and with spots of rain, which remains a threat for this afternoon's race.

France's newest MotoGP star, rookie Fabio Quartararo, will get his first taste of real home adoration at the packed Le Mans round this weekend.

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.

Full qualifying results for the Spanish MotoGP Fabio Quartararo has bolted clear of the MotoGP world title fighters to take a maiden premier class pole position, as Petronas Yamaha seals&nbs

Petronas Yamaha SRT riders Fabio Quartararo and Franco Morbidelli head to the opening European round of the 2019 MotoGP season at Jerez this weekend on the back of their best MotoGP results so far.

A best yet seventh place at COTA on Sunday has propelled Fabio Quartararo into an early lead in the 2019 MotoGP Rookie of the Year standings.

Franco Morbidelli confirmed Sunday’s impressive run to fifth place was his best performance in 21 races as a MotoGP rider, but demanded the Petronas Sepang Racing Team must continue working to achieve a podium finish.

Fabio Quartararo claimed his first MotoGP points with a solid eighth place and top rookie performance in Sunday's Grand Prix of Argentina.

Petronas Yamaha SRT riders Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo both left Qatar feeling short-changed by the outcome of the opening 2019 race.

Franco Morbidelli was forced into 'defence mode' to salvage eleventh place on his Petronas Yamaha Sepang MotoGP debut, in Qatar.

On paper, Fabio Quartararo is the least qualified of the 2019 MotoGP rookies, with only a single grand prix victory from four podiums in the Moto3 and Moto2 classes.

The new Petronas Yamaha Sepang team heads to its first MotoGP event, in Qatar this weekend, with riders Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo buoyed by recent testing results at the same Losail circuit.

Lewis Hamilton wants to use his Qatar MotoGP trip as a learning experience for his preparations ahead of the 2019 Formula 1 season by listening in to how the Petronas Yamaha Sepang squad operate.

UPDATE, March 1: Lewis Hamilton confirms he will attend Qatar MotoGP...

Franco Morbidelli is confident competing on the same specification of Yamaha MotoGP bike will benefit both himself and Valentino Rossi in 2019.

With Lewis Hamilton's F1 car looking on during the Petronas Yamaha Sepang team launch, and given the Englishman's long-held desire to try a MotoGP bike , it was an obvious question to ask:

This is the livery with which the new Petronas Yamaha Sepang team will make its MotoGP race debut during the 2019 season. Franco Morbidelli and Fabio Quartararo helped unveil the colours of Malaysia's first MotoGP team during a special ceremony at the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur.

Race winner John McPhee headlines a revised Sepang Moto3 line-up in 2019, the Scotsman replacing home rider Adam Norrodin on the Petronas-backed Hondas alongside Ayumu Sasaki.