Monster Yamaha Tech 3 rider Jonas Folger has announced he will sit out the 218 MotoGP Championship due to illness.After scoring his first podium finish at his home German GP last July, Folger sat out the end of the 2017 season having been diagnosed with a rare strain of Gilbert...

Tech3 Yamaha MotoGP boss Herve Poncharal admitted he did not expect Bradley Smith to get through the Japanese Grand Prix on his return from injury.The Briton missed three grands prix and spent nearly two months off a MotoGP bike after injuring knee ligaments in a crash during practice for the...

World Superbike Championship racer Alex Lowes will continue to stand in for injured Tech3 Yamaha MotoGP rider Bradley Smith at Aragon later this month.Lowes was called up after Smith suffered knee ligament damage in a crash in practice for the Oschersleben 8 Hours race in August. He made his debut...

MotoGP's 24th and final grid slot has been earmarked for the LCR team, when it is ready to return to running two bikes.The current grid of 21 will be boosted by two when KTM enters the championship in 2017, but a plan to go up to 24 was put to...

Reigning Moto2 champion Johann Zarco will graduate to MotoGP next year with the Tech3 Yamaha team.The French rider's deal with the satellite team was confirmed on the eve of the German Grand Prix, Tech3 having already indicated it would field an all-rookie line-up in 2017. He has been signed for...

MotoGP organizers are targeting a future with a 24-bike grid containing two factory entries and two satellite bikes from six manufacturers.This year's grid of 21 is dominated by eight Ducatis, with six satellite entries accompanying the two factory Desmosedici GPs, while Honda with three and Yamaha with two also supply...

Dorna and the International Road-Racing Teams Association have agreed a new, five-year deal covering the structure and promotion of MotoGP.Together with the FIM, the three entities have overseen motorcycle grand prix racing since 1992, and a new agreement for 2017-21 has been agreed.Better financial terms for teams is one of...

MotoGP's leading satellite team, Tech3 Yamaha is set to field a pair of rookies in 2017, following Pol Espargaro's move to KTM.The Spaniard announced on the eve of his home race last weekend that he will follow his current Tech3 teammate Bradley Smith to KTM's new MotoGP project next year.Tech3...

German Moto2 rider Jonas Folger will graduate to MotoGP next year with the Tech3 Yamaha team.Now in his third Moto2 season, Folger has two wins in the class to his name, and is fifth in this year's standings after four races. The 22-year-old claimed an additional two world championship race...

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...