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Marco Melandri announces retirement from motorsport

Marco Melandri will retire from motorsport at the of the 2019 season bringing to an end more than 20 years of international competition

Laverty certain of full racing return at ‘opposite’ Laguna Seca

Eugene Laverty says his early withdrawl from Donington Park will have no bearing on the chances of him racing at 'completely different' Laguna Seca this weekend

Miller: We're just arguing over the 'peanuts' for 2020

'Hopefully we can get [the 2020 deal] sorted before Brno, put all that shit behind us and focus on riding' - Jack Miller, German MotoGP.

German MotoGP - Rider Ratings

The latest MotoGP rider ratings following the German round at Sachsenring

Miller takes a gamble, 'main goal' achieved

Jack Miller makes the soft tyre last the distance at Sachsenring, brings it home 'bumper-to-bumper' with factory Ducati riders and now heads the Independent MotoGP standings.

Davies held back by arm pump

Chaz Davies feels he can’t be happy with his Donington Park results as his final race was hampered by arm pump for Aruba.it Racing Ducati

Dovizioso: Ducati needs a strategy for the future

Andrea Dovizioso calls on Ducati to address the issue inherent in his bike’s “DNA”; suggests the factory would be better placed working toward 2020 than focussing on smaller short-term gains.

Marquez: Vinales, Quartararo will be fastest rivals

Marc Marquez feels he has breathing space in the MotoGP title fight over Andrea Dovizioso while he sees Maverick Vinales and Fabio Quartararo as “the guys to beat”

Bautista cedes lead, says he is ‘lucky’ after hitting head in crash

Alvaro Bautista was pleased to walk away from his high-side at Donington Park as he turns chaser in the WorldSBK title fight for the first time

Petrucci ‘quite scared, felt a lot of pain’

Danilo Petrucci feared he had reinjured his right hand and left wrist in a scary fall in Q2; “when I push on the [left] hand I feel a lot of pain.”

Dovizioso: We don’t have a lot of cards to play

Andrea Dovizioso admits he “doesn’t have any positive part of the race where we can be strong” after qualifying a disastrous 13th.

Marquez won’t risk MotoGP championship lead for perfect 10

Marc Marquez says he will not focus on maintaining his perfect run of results at Sachsenring if it risks his MotoGP world championship lead

Marquez in charge for pole position, Dovizioso down in 13th

Marc Marquez takes his 10th consecutive pole position at Sachsenring as Andrea Dovizioso drops out in Q1

Rea grabs WorldSBK lead with Donington win as Bautista crashes again

Jonathan Rea dominates in dreadful conditions at Donington Park and is rewarded with the WorldSBK lead for the first time in 2019 after Alvaro Bautista crashes out again

Donington Park WorldSBK - Race Results (1)

Full Race Results (1) for Round 8 of the 2019 World Superbike Championship (WorldSBK) at Donington Park, UK

Sykes secures first BMW WorldSBK pole since 2010, Hickman fourth

Tom Sykes is back on pole position once again as he scores his 49th career Superpole at Donington Park, his first as a BMW WorldSBK rider; Brits star on home soil

Donington Park WorldSBK - Superpole Qualifying Results

Full Superpole Qualifying Results for Round 8 of the 2019 World Superbike Championship (WorldSBK) at Donington Park, UK

Marquez leads FP3 with Rossi, Dovizioso into Q1

Marc Marquez keeps hold of top spot in FP3 at the German MotoGP with main title rival Andrea Dovizioso out of the top 10 and heading into Q1 of qualifying along with Valentino Rossi

Who is the greatest British World Superbike Champion of all time?

As WorldSBK returns to Donington Park, we consider who is the greatest British World Superbike Champion of all time...

Dovizioso ‘struggling – but no more than expected’

Andrea Dovizioso believes there are three riders with commendable pace; he and his Ducati GP19 are just behind.

Petrucci: Ducati need gains in all areas

Danilo Petrucci accepts it was a tough opening day for Ducati at Sachsenring having felt slow over both his qualifying and race practice runs

Sykes, BMW quickest again as 0.1s covers top five

Tom Sykes dominates day one at Donington Park but ends the day with just 0.1s covering himself, Alex Lowes, Toprak Razgatlioglu, Leon Haslam and Jonathan Rea

Donington Park WorldSBK - Free Practice Results (2)

Full Free Practice Results (2) for Round 8 of the 2019 World Superbike Championship (WorldSBK) at Donington Park, UK

EXCLUSIVE: Bautista: Do I miss MotoGP? No, in WorldSBK I’m a star!

“Now I feel like a star... I do the same, but I feel like a star!” - Alvaro Bautista speaks exclusively to Crash.net about his love for winning in WorldSBK and why he doesn't miss MotoGP.

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