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...

MotoGP has moved to prevent teams being able to circumnavigate the 2017 ban on winglets with extravagant fairing designs.Aerodynamic winglets were banned from the end of this season by the Grand Prix Commission in June after manufacturers could not reach a consensus on their use. Ducati, which had led development,...

Ducati team manager Gigi Dall'Igna believes the ban on winglets in MotoGP is an "unsporting" attempt by its rivals to deny it an advantage.The Italian squad was the first to begin experimenting with aerodynamic appendages on its bikes' front-ends during 2015, and the trend spread to the point where all...

Winglets have been banned from MotoGP from the end of the 2016 season.The aerodynamic devices returned to the grid in 2015 with Ducati, which has continued to develop various solutions.That has spread throughout the paddock, with all of the MotoGP manufacturers having used variants at different stages this year, Suzuki...

There is currently "no explanation" for the accident that claimed Moto2 rider Luis Salom's life at Barcelona, the CEO of MotoGP promoter Dorna Carmelo Ezpeleta says.Salom crashed at Turn 12 during Friday afternoon's second Moto2 practice session and later lost his life at Hospital General de Catalunya. The right-hand corner...

MotoGP has scrapped the interim penalties for accrued license points that saw Valentino Rossi start last year's Valencia season finale from the rear of the grid.Penalty points handed to riders for on-track indiscretions stand for a 12-month period. If a rider reaches 10 points in that window, they will be...

MotoGP riders could receive punishments such as grid demotions for failing to attend promotional events at grands prix from 2016.The Grand Prix Commission ruled on Friday that "sporting penalties", as well as the existing system of fines, could now be applied to riders who fail to attend commitments for media...

MotoGP is to introduce a new stewards' panel to rule on rider infractions in the wake of the Valentino Rossi/Marc Marquez controversy at the end of 2015.The championship's penalty system came under scrutiny amid the controversies in last season's title fight, with Rossi given three penalty points for his clash...

Tire pressure sensors will be mandatory in MotoGP for the 2016 season following Loris Baz's dramatic crash in testing at Sepang this week.Avintia Ducati rider Baz suffered what appeared to be a rear tyre blowout at 180mph on the Malaysian Grand Prix track's main straight. He escaped the accident with...

MotoGP riders have been warned there will be "changes" in 2016 to prevent a repeat of the controversy that erupted following Valentino Rossi and Marc Marquez's Sepang clash.In an extraordinary meeting ahead of this weekend's Valencia Grand Prix with the entire 2015 field and all team managers, FIM president Vito...