2020

Tyre degradation returned to haunt Valentino Rossi on the final day of MotoGP pre-season testing. The Italian, 41, spent much of last year troubled by premature tyre wear during races and was absent from the podium from round four onwards.

As Mercedes step up preparations for the 2020 Formula 1 season, it is time to look back on its dominant decade and assess if this is the best team in F1 history.

Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has played down the likeliness of copying the Mercedes Dual-Axil Steering (DAS) system as he feels it would take almost half a season to perfect.

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Jack Miller may have been the only Ducati rider in the top nine on the final day of MotoGP pre-season testing in Qatar but fellow GP20 riders Danilo Petrucci, Andrea Dovizioso and Francesco Bagnaia were all buoyed by the results of a race simulation.

Maverick Vinales will go into the new MotoGP season having been both quickest of all over a single lap at the final Qatar test and extremely strong in terms of race pace.

In the latest round-up of MotoGP gossip, Andrea Dovizioso expects Marc Marquez to be in the world title tussle whatever shape his Honda is in, Romano Fenati becomes a crime-stopper and Aleix Espargaro hits out at Aprilia team-mate Andrea Iannone.

Phillip Island WorldSSP: Day 2 Test Results Pos Rider NAT Team Best Lap Total Laps

Official results on Day 2 of the two-day Phillip Island 2020 pre-season test, the final winter test ahead of the 2020 World Superbike championship. The day was split into two 90-minute sessions, with the best lap taken from the combined times.

No matter how you look at it, a rider switching to last year's machine on the very last day of MotoGP pre-season testing is never a good thing.

Aleix Espargaro and Aprilia have already been labelled as the dark horses for the 2020 MotoGP season and their pre-season testing momentum continued to build on the final day in Qatar.

Will Fabio Quartararo make history this year by becoming the first rider from a satellite Yamaha team to win a MotoGP race - or might it be team-mate Franco Morbidelli?

Triple British Touring Car champion Gordon Shedden will re-join Team Dynamics in a 'testing capacity' to step in for the injured Matt Neal during the factory Honda squad's pre-season testing programme.

2020 MotoGP pre-season testing has ended with Vinales quickest during the final day of testing in Qatar.

Combined 2020 Qatar MotoGP test times Pos Rider Nat Team Time/Diff Day 1 Maverick Viñales

Valtteri Bottas says he knew about the Dual-Axis Steering (DAS) system for at least one year before it made its public debut midway through the opening 2020 Formula 1 pre-season test.

The final day of 2020 MotoGP pre-season testing is underway in Qatar. The track action started at 1pm and ends in darkness at 8pm, with a new (earlier) MotoGP race start time of 6pm for the March 8 season-opener.

The final day of 2020 MotoGP pre-season testing is underway in Qatar. The track action started at 1pm and ends in darkness at 8pm, with a new (earlier) MotoGP race start time of 6pm for the March 8 season-opener.

Ferrari says a fault with its power unit lubrication system was to blame for its breakdown during the opening pre-season Formula 1 test but is confident of fixing the issue ahead of the second test.

The final day of 2020 MotoGP pre-season testing is underway in Qatar. The track action started at 1pm and ends in darkness at 8pm, with a new (earlier) MotoGP race start time of 6pm for the March 8 season-opener.

The final day of 2020 MotoGP pre-season testing is underway in Qatar. The track action started at 1pm and ends in darkness at 8pm, with a new (earlier) MotoGP race start time of 6pm for the March 8 season-opener.

The final day of 2020 MotoGP pre-season testing is underway at the Losail Circuit in Qatar.

Max Verstappen feels Red Bull is on target with its 2020 Formula 1 car but can’t be certain of its place in the pecking order until the first race of the season.

The final day of 2020 MotoGP pre-season testing is underway in Qatar. The track action started at 1pm, but Quartararo was the only rider to set a lap time in the opening hour, with a handful of others joining the action just before 3pm...