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.

This Sunday's French Grand Prix at the Le Mans Bugatti circuit will be home ground for 2021 MotoGP world champion Fabio Quartararo. He was the first French rider to take possession of the Grand Prix title, and well over 100,000 fans will pour into the circuit over the weekend to...

Nine-time MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has signed a new two-year deal to remain with Yamaha's factory team through 2020. News of the agreement comes as the 39-year-old gets set for his 13th season with Yamaha."When I signed my last contract with Yamaha, in March 2016, I wondered if that would...

Yamaha and Tech 3 have announced that 2018 will be their last season as partners in the FIM MotoGP World Championship, after 20 mutually successful years. Yamaha have accepted Tech 3's decision and will provide full support to the team up to and including the last race of the 2018...

Valentino Rossi is set to miss a second MotoGP round due to his leg injuries suffered in a training accident, and this time his Movistar Yamaha team will replace him.Yamaha World Superbike rider Michael van der Mark (pictured) is set to make his MotoGP debut on Valentino Rossi's YZR-M1 at...

Valentino Rossi has been declared fit to race this weekend on his home Mugello circuit despite "severe" pain caused by injuries from a motocross training accident."The Doctor" underwent a check-up on Thursday and was scheduled to test his Movistar Yamaha YZR-M1 on Friday.Having won seven straight years at Mugello from...

Valentino Rossi has an impressive record at his home GP at Mugello, where he won seven straight years from 2002-'08, but the Italian legend goes into the race this year unsure he will even be able to race following a motocross accident while training.Pushing hard to recover as fast as...

Yamaha test rider Katsuyuki Nakasuga will race as a wild card in the manufacturer's home MotoGP race at Motegi next month.The Japanese rider has contested the race each year since 2012, finishing eighth last year, while he has also raced at Valencia twice, finishing second in 2012.Related StoriesHe has won...

World Superbike Championship racer Alex Lowes will sample a Tech3 Yamaha MotoGP bike during Monday's post-Czech Grand Prix test.Twin brother of Moto2 race winner and 2017 Aprilia MotoGP rider Sam Lowes, the 25-year-old won last month's Suzuka 8 Hours on a Yamaha with Pol Espargaro and Katsuyuki Nakasuga. In what...

Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo insists he heads to Argentina for this weekend's second MotoGP round with his "feet on the ground" despite his imposing start to the year.Lorenzo topped four of the nine days of pre-season testing, then won the opener at Qatar from pole position, also setting the fastest lap...