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Valentino Rossi explains how aerodynamics have made MotoGP bikes more physically demanding but recent riding-style changes are more influenced by tyres and brakes.
Pol Espargaro's Dutch MotoGP race compromised by 'huge shaking on the straights... We need to analyse more data and discover what's going on'.
Luca Marini happy to continue with Ducati in new Aramco VR46 MotoGP team, bike spec still to be confirmed but; 'I'm quite sure that we will have a very good technical package'
MotoGP title leader Fabio Quartararo says victories in Qatar and Portimao were the stand-out moments of the season so far.
Miguel Oliveira believes KTM’s hunger to ‘try new things’ and never ‘give up’, along with the introduction of Dani Pedrosa as test rider in 2019, are key cogs to the Austrian manufacturer’s success.
Donations in memory of late MotoGP team boss Fausto Gresini used to fund three medical simulators.
Raul Fernandez recovers from difficult opening laps to claim a stunning Dutch Moto2 victory, while a hard-fought second place puts ‘a smile on my face’, for Remy Gardner going into the summer break.
KTM Tech 3 riders Danilo Petrucci and Iker Lecuona endure another tough MotoGP weekend in what could be their last season with both the team and premier class altogether.
Takaaki Nakagami’s wait for a maiden MotoGP podium continues after a ‘big mistake’ mid-race saw him drop to ninth.
A frustrating low-speed fall is followed by a black-and-orange flag for Jack Miller in the Dutch MotoGP.
Alberto Puig prasies Marc Marquez's opening lap charge at the Dutch MotoGP; 'He recovered almost ten positions in just a single lap, this was the Marc that we know'
The Dutch TT at Assen turns into 'one of the most difficult races I've ever had in MotoGP' for early leader Francesco Bagnaia.
Aleix Espargaro's Assen MotoGP hopes thwarted by 'a big limitation with engine performance... I'm ready to fight for the podium but then in the race I can't overtake'.
Episode 9 of Crash.net's new MotoGP podcasts featuring Keith Huewen looks back on the Dutch TT at Assen and the shock news that Maverick Vinales will leave Yamaha at the end of this season.
Yamaha confirms that Maverick Vinales will leave at the end of the 2021 MotoGP season.
Alex Rins sent to the back by contact with Johann Zarco in the Dutch MotoGP race; 'he is so aggressive on the overtakes... It was an idiotic move, because he's fighting for the world championship'
Marc Marquez recovers from a worst MotoGP qualifying of 20th to take seventh place at Assen, his best result yet on a 'clockwise' circuit. Felt his Honda, fitted with a new chassis, had 'podium performance'.
Maverick Vinales' split from the factory Yamaha MotoGP team for 2022 'doesn’t change my decision, because my decision is correlated to the results', says Valentino Rossi.
Alex Marquez found the Dutch MotoGP tough going and one ‘I didn’t enjoy’. Spaniard finishes last of the four Honda riders in P14.
Brad Binder gains nine places during the Dutch MotoGP to claim a fifth consecutive points scoring finish.
Ducati rookies Enea Bastianini and Luca Marini endure tough Dutch MotoGP; ‘it was hard to get to the end, MotoGP is very tiring’, adds Bastianini who claimed a solitary point - Marini finishes last.
Top five finish at the Dutch MotoGP makes Miguel Oliveira the highest points scorer of the last four rounds heading into a five-week summer break.
Garrett Gerloff is hoping yesterday’s Dutch MotoGP isn’t his last as; ‘my goal my whole life has been to race in MotoGP. Definitely would love to come back’ as a full-time rider.
Maverick Vinales takes his best MotoGP finish since victory at the season opener in Qatar - second place at Assen, but feels like every race weekend he approaches with Yamaha ‘starts to be a nightmare’, as rumours of a move to Aprilia intensify.