2018

Jorge Lorenzo was slightly downcast at the close of the first day of MotoGP free practice at Valencia, as his injured left wrist continued to cause him issues when manhandling Ducati’s GP18.

In recent years Andrea Dovizioso and Ducati have come to relish the wet conditions encountered at Valencia on Friday. Yet the Italian was left perplexed by a lack of performance in FP1 and FP2, describing his feelings as “very bad.”

Like all of the larger MotoGP riders, Danilo Petrucci's size is often a disadvantage in terms of tyre wear.

Yamaha's difficulties with its MotoGP machine stem from changes made after the 2016 season and, now the problems have finally been identified, the factory is trying to play catch-up against Ducati and Honda.

Maverick Vinales says he’s switched his racing number to #12 next season as part of his fresh start with Movistar Yamaha after “the worst two years”.

Marc Marquez issued an interesting reaction to recent speculation linking Casey Stoner to a testing role with HRC, with the current world champion stating “we [Honda] already have a very good test rider” in Stefan Bradl.

Johann Zarco is optimistic of targeting an automatic Q2 place despite seeing his Friday practice momentum halted by the heavy rain and an FP2 crash in Valencia.

Dani Pedrosa feels confident he was able to rediscover a rhythm and feeling with his Repsol Honda in wet conditions during Friday practice in Valencia ahead of his final MotoGP race before retiring.

Honda Racing has signed Andrew Irwin as its first rider for its 2019 Bennetts British Superbike championship attack, while Tom Neave joins its National Superstock 1000 line-up.

Jack Miller says Valencia track conditions were “night and day” wetter compared to Silverstone when the British MotoGP cancelled earlier this year but the track was much safer given the grip riders could find from the circuit surface.

Petrucci leads a wet Free Practice 2 for the Valencia MotoGP season finale. As with FP1, the session was interrupted by red flags due to standing water. After the restart, conditions were wetter than this morning and lap times slower.

With Casey Stoner now officially confirmed as parting ways with Ducati, rumours have increased that the former double MotoGP champion might return to a test-riding role for Honda.

Max Verstappen insists Red Bull is “not lying” about the promising steps made by Honda ahead of the team’s Formula 1 engine switch to the Japanese manufacturer.

Free Practice (2) results from the Valencia Moto2 Grand Prix, round 19 of 19.

Formula E rookie Alexander Sims says he is not expecting to be at the front of the 2018/19 field at the season five opener in Saudi Arabia next month.

Full MotoGP FP2 results from Valencia

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Thierry Koskas will replace Jerome Stoll as the head of Renault’s racing programme as the French manufacturer looks to improve its Formula 1 title aspirations.

Free Practice (2) results from the Valencia Moto3 Grand Prix, round 19 of 19.

Chase Carey is confident Formula 1 is on the “right path” to attracting new manufacturers for 2021, despite moving away from a major regulation overhaul.

Dean Harrison and the Silicone Engineering Racing will receive official Kawasaki backing in 2019 on the roads.

Free Practice (1) results from the Valencia Moto2 Grand Prix, round 19 of 19.

Kevin Magnussen insists his respect for Formula 1 rival Fernando Alonso remains “very big” and has not been damaged by a number of incidents between the pair this season.

The provisional entry list for the 2019 Moto3 World Championship is as follows…