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In his first competitive ride in nine months, six-time MotoGP world champion Marc Marquez produced the third fastest time in free practice for the Portuguese Grand Prix.

Francesco Bagnaia stormed to his maiden MotoGP pole on his factory Ducati bike at the season-opening Qatar Grand Prix, breaking the lap record twice in the process at the Losail Circuit on Saturday.

Joan Mir edged out team mate Alex Rins to claim his maiden MotoGP victory, while South Africa's Brad Binder impressed to finish in seventh place.

Avintia's Johann Zarco dominated a wet third practice for the MotoGP European Grand Prix, as Fabio Quartararo ended up 3.2 seconds off the pace in 19th and Valentino Rossi returned from COVID-19.

Franco Morbidelli finished of the Suzuki duo of Alex Rins and Joan Mir to claim his second MotoGP win of the season at the Teruel Grand Prix.

Suzuki's Alex Rins held off rookie Alex Marquez to claim his first MotoGP victory of the season at the Aragon Grand Prix in Spain, while South Africa's Brad Binder finished in 11th

The Doctor has also accepted the invitation for testing at the Portuguese track on 7 October together with the other MotoGP riders, but on production bikes

Franco Morbidelli snatched his maiden MotoGP pole position and headed a Yamaha 1-2-3 in qualifying for the Catalan Grand Prix, while Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso was only 17th

Fabio Quartararo beat Yamaha stablemate Maverick Vinales by 0.044 seconds in MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix FP3 as championship leader Andrea Dovizioso missed a Q2 place.

Maverick Vinales took pole position at Misano for the second straight week in qualifying Saturday for the Emilia-Romagna MotoGP.

Many MotoGP riders say Misano bumps 'worse' than before after recent resurfacing, but all agree grip levels are much improved.

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Safety is more important than gained positions. We can do better than 5th place on Sunday. Vinales: I'm disappointed about the race, but in the end my pace was quite good

Andrea Dovizioso won an eventful Austrian MotoGP for Ducati just 24 hours after revealing he would leave the Italian team at the end of the season.

Binder became the first South African ever to win a MotoGP race and the first rookie since 2013.

Yamaha is under investigation for allegedly running illegal MotoGP engines during the Spanish Grand Prix weekend at Jerez, Motorsport.com understands ahead of the European GP.

MotoGP great Valentino Rossi has been cleared to return to action for this weekend's European Grand Prix in Valencia after a second consecutive negative test result for Covid-19, his Yamaha team said on Friday

American World Superbike rider Garrett Gerloff is on standby to replace Valentino Rossi at this weekend's MotoGP race in Valencia should the Italian continue to be ruled out by Covid-19, Yamaha said on Wednesday

Petronas Yamaha's Franco Morbidelli produced a masterclass to keep the Suzuki duo of Alex Rins and Joan Mir at bay and claim his second win of the season with victory at the Teruel Grand Prix on Sunday.

Valentino Rossi has been ruled out of next weekend's MotoGP Teruel Grand Prix and Yamaha will not enter a replacement rider for the nine-times world champion who is self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19, the team said on Sunday.