Ducati will loan its factory MotoGP test rider Michele Pirro to satellite team Avintia to replace the injured Loris Baz for the Catalunya Grand Prix at Barcelona next weekend.Baz sustained a broken right foot in a first-corner crash with Alvaro Bautista and Jack Miller in the last race at Mugello.He...

KTM has completed the first full test of the RC16 it will develop next year before returning to MotoGP in 2017.Following an initial three-day shakedown at the Red Bull Ring last month, the team spent last weekend at Valencia. Former MotoGP rider Alex Hoffmann spent Saturday on the bike, before...