A call on Aleix Espargaro's Austrian Grand Prix participation will be made on Saturday, after the Suzuki MotoGP rider injured his hands in a Friday practice crash.Espargaro crashed at Turn 8 early in the afternoon session, and while he attempted to return to the track, he managed just a single...

Andrea Dovizioso has staked his claim for a 2017 Ducati MotoGP ride, amid the increasing likelihood the team will lure world champion Jorge Lorenzo.An announcement that Lorenzo will move from Yamaha to Ducati next year is widely expected before the first European race of 2016 at Jerez next weekend. Both...

Suzuki will evaluate the second, fully-seamless version of its gearbox during Qatar Grand Prix practice, before making a call on whether it makes its MotoGP race debut this weekend.The Japanese manufacturer's off-season work has included joining the other factories in using a seamless gearbox, the absence of which was one...

Maverick Vinales hopes he will be able to use Suzuki's fully-seamless MotoGP gearbox from the start of the new season.Having previously sampled an upshift-only version of the transmission, as Suzuki addressed one of its weaknesses from its MotoGP return, Vinales and team-mate Aleix Espargaro tried the new unit during this...

Aleix Espargaro will miss the Suzuki MotoGP team's test at Sepang next week, after fracturing a vertebra in a training accident.The Spaniard injured his back while landing his off-road motorcycle from a jump near his hometown of Granollers on Thursday. He spent the evening in Barcelona's Hospital Universitari Quiron Deixeus...

Suzuki MotoGP rider Aleix Espargaro believes breakthroughs discovered at Silverstone will bring the returnee team closer to the pace for the remainder of the 2015 season.In its first MotoGP campaign since 2011, the factory Suzuki squad has achieved four front row starts – including a one-two on the Barcelona grid...