2019

Yamaha Motor Europe manager Andrea Dosoli says he didn’t expect to be informed of Marco Melandri’s decision to retire from motorsport at the end of the 2019 World Superbike Championship, but ‘respects’ his choice to do so.

Jenson Button will be reunited with his 2009 championship-winning Brawn Formula 1 car for a special demonstration run at Silverstone ahead of the British Grand Prix.

McLaren has confirmed that Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz will remain in an unchanged driver line-up for the 2020 Formula 1 season. After an impressive start to the 2019 campaign, McLaren has announced it will retain both drivers for next season in an unsurprising move. 

Marco Melandri has revealed the 2019 World Superbike Championship season will be his last in international motorsport after announcing his retirement.

Eugene Laverty has played down any fears his early Donington Park withdrawal will reduce the chances of him making a full return to World Superbike Championship action at Laguna Seca this weekend.

The future of British Grand Prix on the Formula 1 calendar remains unresolved heading into this weekend’s race at Silverstone.

Andreas Seidl says the future growth of McLaren’s Formula 1 operation will be heavily influenced by the next set of regulations, scheduled for 2021.

Loris Baz earned himself an earlier-than-anticipated ‘promotion’ to the status of top Yamaha rider at Donington Park after picking up a 4-5-6 brace of results in only the third round back in action for both himself and Ten Kate Racing.

Michael van der Mark says the mistake that left him at the back of the field for two of this weekend’s three WorldSBK races ultimately prevented him from managing better results at Donington Park, rather than his recently-injured wrist

Peter Hickman says he is hoping for more WorldSBK opportunities in the future after turning heads with his competitive performance on the back of a late call up to ride for the factory BMW team at Donington Park.

Ferrari does not expect Silverstone to suit its 2019 Formula 1 car “particularly well”, according to team principal Mattia Binotto.

- Former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone says he would take a bullet for Russian president Vladimir Putin, who he thinks should be ruling Europe ( ESPN, via The Times )

'I've made the decision that I want to race again in Moto2 next year' - Jonas Folger.

Tito Rabat claimed his second-best finish of the season with eleventh place in the German MotoGP at Sachsenring. But it may already be too late to keep his seat at the Reale Avintia team, which openly admits to seeking a 'young kid' from Moto2 to push the team forwards in 2020.

Aleix Espargaro may have crashed out of the German MotoGP, but the Aprilia rider was at least happy to go down fighting after a return to competitive form at the Sachsenring. Starting 15th, the Spaniard soon latched on to a big group of riders disputing what would become fourth place.

MotoGP rookie Miguel Oliveira had the pace to claim his and the Tech3 team's best result of the season so far, in the German Grand Prix. But despite setting the fastest lap of any KTM rider, Oliveira would fail to score a single point.

Pol Espargaro struggled with a massive loss of rear-tyre grip on his way to a disappointing twelfth place finish for KTM at the German MotoGP.

Valentino Rossi finished a MotoGP race for the first time since Le Mans in mid-May. That was the good news. The bad news was that the glimmer of hope after 'feeling good and being fast' on his Yamaha at Assen, before crashing out, evaporated at the Sachsenring.

With the future of the British Grand Prix unclear, Max Verstappen backs a push to keep the race at Silverstone on the Formula 1 calendar.

Honda wants to introduce a qualifying power mode with its next Formula 1 engine upgrade.

Tom Sykes’ rivals have expressed their sympathy towards his plight following his controversial elimination from the Superpole Race results when he crashed after the race was declared as over due to a red flag.

Formula 1 returns to Silverstone for the 2019 British Grand Prix, with the future of the event uncertain beyond this year.

Sunday's German MotoGP marked Stefan Bradl's second race appearance of the season, but first ever in Repsol Honda colours.

Once again, the difficulties faced by mentor Valentino Rossi seemed to be replicated for Petronas Yamaha's Franco Morbidelli, in Sunday's German MotoGP.