MotoGP title contender Jorge Martin’s official warning at Buriram means that any future race victories by less than 3-seconds will effectively remain provisional until his tyre pressure readings have been confirmed.
Ferrari F1 boss Fred Vassuer faces a “mission” to convince Charles Leclerc to stay with the team after his star driver reportedly expressed doubts about his future.
Damon Hill has questioned whether Mercedes’ aerodynamics department is “missing a trick” as the team looks to close the gap to runaway F1 champions Red Bull.
Troy Bayliss believes Alvaro Bautista will be able to enjoy his MotoGP wildcard at Sepang with ‘no pressure’, although the two-time WorldSBK champion will want to prove a point.
Tarran Mackenzie says moving up to WorldSBK has been ‘a dream of mine for a long time’ after it was confirmed he and Adam Norrodin would make the jump as part of the MIE Racing Honda Team.
Paul Denning says the Jerez WorldSBK test was ‘surreal’ after watching six-time world champion Jonathan Rea make his debut with the Pata Yamaha Prometeon team.
Axel Bassani wants to fill the shoes of Jonathan Rea at Kawasaki, but replicating his WorldSBK success will be a near-impossible task, admits the Italian.
RNF heads for its home Malaysian MotoGP hoping pre-season testing knowledge can boost the chances of Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez but aware ‘heat is not a good friend of the Aprilia RS-GP’.
Fernando Alonso has explained why his battle with Sergio Perez at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix was more difficult than his iconic duel with Michael Schumacher at Imola in 2005.