Yamaha has attributed Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo's Italian Grand Prix engine failures to a combination of an electronics issue and the layout of the Mugello circuit.Rossi retired from his home grand prix while challenging teammate Lorenzo for the lead, while the eventual race winner also had an issue, but...

LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow hopes solutions to the control electronics problems that ruined his MotoGP season opener in Qatar are found by the time practice begins in Argentina.Crutchlow was plagued by engine-braking issues at Losail all weekend, an issue he labelled as "completely strange" after practice turned into a "disaster."...

Electronics technology has overtaken the "gladiatorial" element of riders doing battle in MotoGP, 500cc world champion Wayne Gardner believes.Gardner won his 1987 title with Honda during the two-stroke era of motorcycle grand prix racing, which featured bikes he describes as "vicious things, difficult to ride and aggressive." With four-stroke engines...