Yamaha's Valentino Rossi has urged riders who make their way up to the premier class to exercise caution when fighting for track positions.

Spaniard Maverick Vinales will race alongside French Fabio Quartararo for his debut season with Yamaha as seven-time champion Valentino Rossi joins satellite team SRT.

"In three or four spots, you jump with the bike. It's kind of scary." Vinales: "You need fluidity and speed in corners. I like it." Lorenzo on the M1 after 9 months.

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.

"We've had the same problems for years now. They have to adapt to the new MotoGP working method. There's room for improvement."

Italian motorcycling legend Valentino Rossi says riders need to "improve their behaviour" and show more respect after he and Yamaha team-mate Maverick Vinales narrowly escaped serious injury in the Austrian Grand Prix.

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"I'll especially miss all my friends. Quartararo and Vinales will fight it out to figure out who the real rooster in the chicken coop is, but Yamaha will have to make the difference."

"Fortunately, I didn't create any problems. The difference with the SBK is less than I expected, but it's better in every respect."

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

The 41-year-old Italian has to compete a 10-day quarantine and test negative before he can return to the circuits.

After the finish he seemed to yell at me, but I was just asking him his position. The leg is fine, I just have to rest. Difficult for Marquez to return to training after a long time

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

I admire Valentino's dedication. It's great for sports. Driving a MotoGP without electronics? Some riders wouldn't succeed. Marquez does.

The new chassis was rejected, but Meregalli assured us: If we have confirmation of the data, some new items will debut in FP1 next weekend

FULL INTERVIEW: "I froze for a few seconds: then I saw the others cheering and I jumped into the celebrations. When I got to know Rossi, he already had 5 world titles, Joan was a rookie. Our secret is that we are a happy team."