2019

It's no secret that Jack Miller has his sights set on securing a factory Ducati team ride for the 2020 MotoGP season.

Alex Rins and Suzuki have been consistent podium contenders since the tail end of last season, but some careful selection of new parts over the winter put the final pieces of the victory 'puzzle' into place.

Sebastian Vettel has dismissed suggestions he could retire from Formula 1 at the end of the 2019 season. Vettel, who made his F1 debut in 2007, has a contract with Ferrari that does not expire until the end of next season in 2020.

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff came up with the initial suggestion for his team to carry out a double-stack pit stop with its drivers during the Chinese Grand Prix.

W Series racer Jamie Chadwick has been named as a factory junior driver for Aston Martin Racing.

The bumpy COTA surface came in for extensive criticism from MotoGP riders during the Americas Grand Prix weekend. The Austin track is aware of the problem and, for the past two years, has made attempts to treat the bumps, alongside a recent resurfacing of Turn 10.

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.

A 'low pace' weekend for Johann Zarco ended with the new Red Bull KTM MotoGP rider salvaging two points at COTA.

Formula 1 managing director Ross Brawn believes the introduction of a fastest lap bonus point has been a successful one.

Two-time Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen believes Ferrari must “forget” about team orders if it is to seriously challenge Mercedes this season.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff insists three consecutive one-two finishes for the reigning Formula 1 world champions does not reflect the true picture

Reliability concerns over the control electronics for Ferrari’s Formula 1 engine led to the raft of changes made by Ferrari-powered teams at the Chinese Grand Prix.

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.

Danilo Petrucci admitted to feeling mixed emotions in the wake of the Grand Prix of the Americas in Texas, where he scored a third consecutive top six finish in the opening to his first season with the factory Ducati squad.

Cal Crutchlow felt the outcome of Sunday’s MotoGP outing in Austin was “a big missed opportunity,” one in which he spurned the chance of a podium finish due to a costly fall on lap five.

A Honda MotoGP machine stopping out on track three times in two grand prix weekends is a highly unusual occurrence. But that's exactly what has now happened to Marc Marquez and luckless Repsol Honda team-mate Jorge Lorenzo.

The Chinese Grand Prix somewhat failed to live up to the hype surrounding Formula 1’s milestone 1000th race, but it did serve up plenty of talking points.

Ross Brawn feels Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto has a new balancing act to manage between Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc but warns the Italian manufacturer must be “perfect at all levels” to beat Mercedes.

Red Bull Formula 1 chief Christian Horner is confident the team will shrink the gap to Mercedes and Ferrari at the front of the field by mid-season, with updates from engine partner Honda “in the pipeline”.

Andrea Dovizioso has stated he and Ducati “have to be happy” with the outcome of Sunday’s MotoGP encounter in Austin, which resulted in the Italian leaving the USA at the head of what he believes will be a four-way fight for the 2019 title.

Scott Redding believes his Bennetts British Superbike championship debut will require “more balls than skill at times” on the Silverstone national circuit layout as he takes on his maiden campaign in Superbike racing.

Sebastian Vettel believes ironing out Ferrari’s car performance problems over the next couple of weeks will be essential for it to sustain a Formula 1 world title challenge against Mercedes after three disappointing races so far this year.

Pol Espargaro and KTM will start the European leg of the MotoGP season having more than doubled their previous best points haul from the opening three rounds.

This year's MotoGP title fight will be different to the Marc Marquez vs Andrea Dovizioso duel that has developed during the past two seasons.