2021 MotoGP champion Fabio Quartararo is off to a tough start to the 2026 season as the Frenchman tried to get up to speed on the new Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP V4-powered YZR-M1.

Movistar Yamaha MotoGP managing director Lin Jarvis is fully confident Valentino Rossi will race with his team beyond 2018, although claims that the rider has already signed are untrue."Yesterday we were actually in Manila in Philippines for a promotional event and Valentino explained to the media there that right now...

Maverick Vinales (Movistar Yamaha MotoGP) took pole position on his penultimate lap in qualifying for the Grand Prix of San Marino at the Misano circuit, deposing home hero and key championship rival Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team), who will start second. Completing the top three is reigning champion Marc Marquez (Repsol...

Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati Team) claimed his second consecutive win of the season in the Gran Premi Monster Energy de Catalunya, making him the first Ducati rider to take back-to-back wins for the Borgo Panigale factory since two-time MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner achieved the feat in 2010. Reigning champion Marc...

Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) took a stunning pole position in the heat haze of the Catalan GP at Barcelona, storming clear of the field by three tenths to return to the top for the second time this year.Compatriot Jorge Lorenzo (Ducati Team) shot into second for his first front...

Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo believe they have learned from each other during their seven seasons as Yamaha MotoGP teammates.This weekend's Valencia finale will be Lorenzo's last with Yamaha, with which he made his debut in 2008, before joining Ducati for next season.Related StoriesWith Rossi having spent two of those...

Valentino Rossi has lamented front-end grip issues with his Yamaha MotoGP bike in cold and wet conditions, after qualifying 15th for the Australian Grand Prix.The Italian was only 12th fastest in Saturday morning's practice session, which meant he had to line up in the first phase of qualifying for the...

Yamaha MotoGP boss Lin Jarvis admits it has been "strange" to spend nearly a whole season working with Jorge Lorenzo knowing the Spaniard was leaving for Ducati.Three-time champion Lorenzo announced his 2017 switch to Ducati in April, three races into the campaign, having pushed Yamaha to offer him an extended...

Jorge Lorenzo says he feels more strongly about Yamaha MotoGP teammate Valentino Rossi's Misano overtaking move, having now watched the footage.Related StoriesRossi passed Lorenzo for the lead on the second lap of the San Marino Grand Prix, and the Spaniard felt the move was unnecessarily aggressive.It prompted a tense exchange...

Jorge Lorenzo attributed his lacklustre British Grand Prix to a Yamaha MotoGP set-up "gamble" that was inspired by his 2012 Silverstone victory but did not pay off.The reigning world champion qualified ninth in the rain, but was not convinced by his performance during the dry running on Friday, which he...