Ducati stand-in Hector Barbera was fastest in second MotoGP practice for the Australian Grand Prix, a session that was essentially washed out.Rain at Phillip Island set in on Friday, and conditions deteriorated between the first and second sessions, while air and track temperatures also dropped by several degrees.Related StoriesPrimarily due...

Avintia Ducati MotoGP rider Loris Baz is aiming to return from the injuries he sustained in the British Grand Prix at Aragon this weekend.Baz was involved in a heavy, first-lap accident with Tech3 Yamaha rider Pol Espargaro at Silverstone earlier this month. Having already missed two races earlier this year...

Avintia Ducati MotoGP rider Loris Baz will miss this weekend's San Marino Grand Prix due to injuries sustained at Silverstone, replaced by World Superbike Championship racer Xavi Fores.Baz and Tech3 Yamaha rider Pol Espargaro clashed at Maggotts on the opening lap of the British GP on Sunday, prompting a red...

Austrian Grand Prix winner Andrea Iannone led first MotoGP practice at Brno despite his first Ducati machine stopping on track.Iannone claimed his first MotoGP victory last Sunday at the Red Bull Ring, also ending Ducati's run of nearly six years without a win.The first session of the weekend's running for...

The satellite Avintia Ducati team will field an unchanged lineup of Hector Barbera and Loris Baz in MotoGP in 2017.Barbera is currently the highest-placed Ducati rider in the championship in seventh place, and next year will be his fifth campaign with Avintia.The Spaniard will step up from his current GP14.2...

Marc Marquez claimed his fourth-consecutive German Grand Prix pole position, as MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo's torrid weekend at the Sachsenring continued with two crashes.Marquez was never really troubled on his Honda, even though his first flying lap of 1m21.797s was bettered immediately by Hector Barbera, who following him on the...

Avintia Ducati MotoGP rider Loris Baz will return from injury at this weekend's German Grand Prix.Baz was injured in a three-rider, first-corner accident at Mugello in May, sustaining a broken right foot that required three titanium plates, two nails and 15 screws.Ducati test rider Michele Pirro stood in at Barcelona...

Injured Avintia Ducati MotoGP rider Loris Baz has had to postpone his return and will be replaced by Michele Pirro again in the Dutch TT at Assen next weekend.Baz suffered a broken right foot in a first-lap tangle with Jack Miller and Alvaro Bautista at Mugello and had to sit...

Marc Marquez secured Honda's fifth Barcelona MotoGP pole position in six years, topping qualifying for the Catalunya Grand Prix by nearly half a second.Marquez threw down the challenge immediately, setting a time of 1m43.905s on his first flying lap, nearly one second faster than the previous best lap of the...

Marc VDS MotoGP rider Tito Rabat has undergone successful surgery on the collarbone he fractured at Mugello. The rookie crashed his Honda early in third practice for the Italian Grand Prix last Saturday morning, ending his weekend.Related StoriesWhile Rabat suffered a fracture-dislocation of the sternoclavicular joint in his left shoulder,...