It has been a tale of ups and downs for Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) of late, and the five-time World Champion had a number of technical gremlins affect his Qatar GP throughout the weekend. The biggest of those, however, was finding himself without brakes during the race – and the...

During the 2016 MotoGP World Championship Series, British racer Cal Crutchlow had a dream season; winning at Brno (his first career MotoGP triumph) and Phillip Island. Toss in two more runner-up finishes and a couple more top fives, and Crutchlow found himself seventh in the final points table.While the results...

Following FP1 and FP2 at the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, the decision has been taken to revert the track layout to the old chicane – the one used for Saturday and Sunday in 2016 – from FP3 onward in 2017.The decision is based on feedback from riders following...

The Octo Pramac Racing Team unveiled its livery new Ducati Desmosedici GP on Tuesday, which includes the traditional Pramac red and white colors.Danilo Petrucci and Scott Redding are confirmed for the 2017 season; as the main satellite rider Petrucci will ride the new Ducati Desmosedici GP 2017 and Redding will...

With their days as Yamaha teammates now in the past, Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo believe their new dynamic will allow an easing of tensions that were once so bad that a wall had to be installed to keep them apart."It always that when you have two cocks on the...

Ducati Corse general manager Gigi Dall'Igna wants closer ties with two-time MotoGP champion and test rider Casey Stoner in 2017.Stoner, who won MotoGP titles with Ducati in 2007 and Honda in '11 retired at the end of the '12 season, then spent three years as a Honda test rider. In...

Valentino Rossi believes it would be "very stupid" to count Jorge Lorenzo out of MotoGP title contention in 2017, when he moves from Yamaha to Ducati.After nine years with Yamaha, and seven seasons as Rossi's teammate, Lorenzo signed off with victory in the 2016 season finale at Valencia on Sunday....

Three-time MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo says he will learn from a tough final season with Yamaha, in which "everything went wrong" after the first third of the campaign.Lorenzo announced his 2017 move to Ducati before the first European race of the year at Jerez in April, and led the championship...

Sepang will continue to host MotoGP's Malaysian Grand Prix until at least 2021.The latest venue to secure a contract extension in 2016, Sepang's new deal covers the next five seasons.The then-freshly-built circuit joined the calendar as the new Malaysian GP host in 1999, following Shah Alam between '91-97 and Johor...

MotoGP's manufacturers will be limited on the number of times they can update their bodywork in 2017, when winglets are banned.The 2016 season finale at Valencia will be the last time winglets feature in a MotoGP race, and that ban prompted a consensus that aerodynamic development would simply shift to...