The prospect of a tight MotoGP season in 2016 reminds Ducati factory rider Andrea Iannone of the competition in Moto2.While Yamaha and Honda riders have won the last 92 races between them - a streak going back to late-2010 - the order could be shaken up this year.A switch to...

Bradley Smith is on the lookout for a new MotoGP ride for 2017, with this year to be his final season with the Tech3 Yamaha squad.Smith becomes the French outfit's equal longest-serving rider in the premier class this year, with this weekend's Qatar Grand Prix the start of his fourth...

Yamaha's Valentino Rossi predicts riders will have a tough time in the closing stages of MotoGP races this year.The move to the control ECU in 2016 removes much of automatic adjustment riders had grown accustomed to from their factory units, and coincides with Michelin's return as the control tire supplier....

MotoGP has finalised engine and software rules for its 2016 regulation change, with an increase to seven engines per season but development frozen and concessions for struggling teams adjusted.After several years of a split between Factory and Open (formerly CRT) rules, the field will be unified when a control ECU...

MotoGP has announced a software development freeze effective from the end of June 2015 in preparation for the switch to standard electronics in the '16 rules.Four seasons of a split format will end after next year when the entire field adopts a control ECU.At present, teams still running to Factory...

MotoGP chief Carmelo Ezpeleta has played down the chances of Honda quitting the series, insisting common ground can yet be found.HRC team principal Shuhei Nakamoto warned at the end of last season that Honda will almost certainly quit the sport if control ECUs are made mandatory, a move series promoter...

Honda would almost certainly quit MotoGP if control ECUs were made mandatory, HRC team principal Shuhei Nakamoto has warned.The series mandated the use of spec ECUs and data-loggers from the start of next year's championship, although factory teams have an opt-out clause provided they agree to run on 20, rather...