Andrea Dovizioso says his long-awaited second victory for the year is evidence of Ducati’s improvements with his GP18 this season but accepts his earlier crashes in the campaign mean the MotoGP world championship picture remains ‘very bad’.
Dovizioso wins a stunning Czech Republic MotoGP battle over team-mate Lorenzo and title leader Marquez. After a tactical race in the early stages, the top three broke clear and pushed flat out - Dovizioso setting the fastest lap of the race on his final lap.
Full race one results for the seventh round of the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship (BSB) at Thruxton. 1. Leon Haslam GBR JG Speedfit Kawasaki ZX-10RR 20 laps, 25m 33.822s 2. Jake Dixon GBR RAF Regular & Reserves Kawasaki ZX-10RR +0.118s
Pol Espargaro will miss Sunday's Czech Republic MotoGP race, Monday's official test and probably KTM's home round in Austria next weekend after fracturing his collarbone in a warm-up fall. The cause of the Spaniard's Turn 3 accident is still to be officially confirmed.
Full warm-up results for the seventh round of the 2018 Bennetts British Superbike Championship (BSB) at Thruxton. 1. Luke Mossey GBR JG Speedfit Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 15.283s 2. Leon Haslam GBR JG Speedfit Kawasaki ZX-10RR 1m 15.391s
Smiths Racing BMW has confirmed Peter Hickman has been taken to hospital as a precaution after falling ill following qualifying at Thruxton and is a doubt for today’s races.
MotoGP’s world expansion shows no signs of slowing after the news that the series will visit Mexico for the first time in 2019 as part of a 20-race calendar.
On other occasions Aleix Espargaro would have been unable to contain his displeasure. A mechanical issue with a new Aprilia engine had ruined his MotoGP qualifying attempts at Brno and left him 24 th on the grid – his worst Saturday showing since 2011.
Yamaha has attempted to limit the controversy that surrounds factory rider Maverick Viñales after the Spaniard’s crew chief Ramon Forcada gave a revealing interview to Spanish media outlet Movistar TV that was aired this morning.
Jorge Lorenzo's former Yamaha crew chief Ramon Forcada may be splitting from Maverick Vinales at the end of the MotoGP season, but there appears no chance of the pair reuniting at Repsol Honda next season.
Just when he thought questions regarding his future plans were over, Dani Pedrosa was quizzed on 2019 once again with the news that KTM has offered him a role in its MotoGP test team for next year.
Glenn Irwin has praised his brother Andrew for his maiden front row qualifying result as he stormed to a second consecutive pole position to see Be Wiser Ducati dominate at Thruxton.
Luke Mossey wants his front row start secured in qualifying at Thruxton to act as a kick-starter to his 2018 Bennetts British Superbike championship campaign after a difficult opening half of the year.
Despite taking second place in qualifying Valentino Rossi feels his race pace at Brno will struggle to match fellow front-row starters Andrea Dovizioso and Marc Marquez as he considers a tyre gamble for the race.
Marc Marquez has pinpointed a total of five riders in the fight for victory at Brno while he’s content with playing the long game with his healthy MotoGP world championship lead.