podium spot in his very first MotoGP race, ahead of team-mate and fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa. Lorenzo, on pole, led from start to finish and crossed the line six seconds clear of the rest. But all eyes were on Rossi, returning to Yamaha after two years

DESPITE Dani Pedrosa setting the fastest time on day 3 of the Sepang motoGP tests, it was Lorenzo's fastest time from day 2 that puts him quickest overall.Yamaha Factory Racing’s Jorge Lorenzo posted a fastest lap of 2’00.282 on the second day

MAX BIAGGI has told Italian television that he believes that Valentino Rossi stands no chance of winning the 2013 MotoGP championship. In a statement to Sport Mediaset, former Superbike world champion Biaggi claimed that Rossi would not have

TWO-TIME MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner, despite having left MotoGP for Australian V8 Supercars, continues to pass comment on his former rival Valentino Rossi - suggesting that the Italian approached the Desmosedici with the wrong attitude

like to get on the podium: that's my goal.'The 7-time world champion's mosr recent win in MotoGP was in 2010 - when he was last racing for the factory Yamaha team. New team mate Jorge Lorenzo is the reigning world champion, and has had the better

, Preziosi was under increasing amounts of pressure during the last two seasons when dream signing Valentino Rossi failed to win races on the struggling MotoGP machine.Audi, the new owners of Ducati, announced Preziosi's replacement last november in the form

.'Rossi's decision to leave Ducati after two bleak seasons to return to Yamaha, with whom he won four world championships, has been the source of much speculation. The Doctor will no doubt be thinking he may have silenced some critics after his Sunday performance. 

LIN JARVIS, Managing Director of Yamaha Motor Racing, feels that a European-dominated MotoGP calendar fails to reflect industry reality and should be changed to allow for a developing marketplace in other regions. Of the 18 rounds on the 2013 MotoGP

V) 1m 40.783s (30/32)9. Andrea Iannone ITA Pramac Racing (GP13) 1m 41.088s (15/15)10. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP13) 1m 41.325s (29/35)11. Hector Barbera ESP Avintia (FTR-Kawasaki CRT)* 1m 41.376s (22/25)12. Bradley Smith GBR Yamaha Tech 3 (YZR

Racing (GP13) 1m 40.331s (24/25)7. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Team (GP13) 1m 40.370s (41/42)8. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Ducati Team (GP13) 1m 40.516s (29/30)9. Michele Pirro ITA Ducati Test Rider (GP13) 1m 40.881s (40/44)10. Randy De Puniet FRA Aspar (ART CRT) 1