Valentino Rossi

'Yamaha have to be clear that it's not enough. If we race tomorrow we are fifth, sixth, seventh… We don’t fight for the victory' – Valentino Rossi.

'The engine of today is very similar to the engine of yesterday' - Valentino Rossi, Valencia MotoGP Test.

Valentino Rossi describes the first day of the 2019 preseason as ‘positive’ but feels one of Yamaha’s new engines still stresses the rear tyre too much.

Valentino Rossi admits conditions were “a bit dangerous” when MotoGP race was red flagged, but believes that was the turning point of the race, one which he felt he had the speed to win.

A heavy crash early into FP3 set the tone for Valentino Rossi’s Saturday at Valencia; starts Sunday’s race from a distant 16th on the grid.

Danilo Petrucci has demonstrated his impressive pace in tricky wet conditions to edge out Marc Marquez while both Movistar Yamaha riders toiled

'Not getting to grips to truly understand the problem two years ago was the mistake' - Lin Jarvis, Yamaha MotoGP.

MotoGP riders give their best memories of Dani Pedrosa following his induction into the Hall of Fame in Valencia

Valentino Rossi is eager to assess Yamaha’s competitiveness at ‘one of the most difficult tracks of the season’ at Valencia before an intensive winter testing period

'My goal now is to get the third position in the World Championship and we are very close' – Maverick Vinales, Valencia MotoGP.

Yamaha’s MotoGP Managing Director Lin Jarvis tells Crash.net the factory is “far from out of the woods,” despite a recent upturn in results; reveals there will be changes “within our organisation.”

“There will be other changes within our organization [for 2019], and surely in the way that we try to fix problems … We will have more engineers and new engineers, but I can’t say where” – Lin Jarvis

'We used a bike quite different compared to the test in February, and the feeling is better' - Valentino Rossi, Malaysian MotoGP.

But what are Silverstone going to do about it?

Nine-time world champ's enduring motivation 'should be studied' by younger generation 

“Verstappen is like Zarco. Neither one of them ever brakes.”