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2019 Assen MotoGP winner Maverick Vinales finishes FP1 quickest from Pol Espargaro and Suzuki rider Alex Rins.

Free Practice (1) results from the Dutch MotoGP at Assen, round 9 of the 2021 world championship.

Johann Zarco’s best Assen MotoGP finish of eighth is one he hopes to improve upon, as ‘it will be necessary for the championship’ before a five week summer break.

Maverick Vinales 'very upset' at last place MotoGP finish in Germany and lack of answers from Yamaha, will 'copy everything' team-mate Fabio Quartararo does to his bike at Assen.

Following the confirmation of Valentino Rossi’s new Aramco VR46 MotoGP team and Ducati joining forces for the 2022 season, the Italian says ‘I think it will be very difficult that I race next year’ in my own team. 

WorldSBK championship leader and current favorite for a seventh consecutive title Jonathan Rea, completes shortened test at the new Navarra track; ‘Difficult circuit to go fast at, has a lot of intricacies and challenges’.

Fabio Quartararo heads to ‘one of my favourite circuits’ being Assen, after describing third place in Germany as ‘a bad weekend’. Maverick Vinales returns to the Dutch TT as the last rider to win there in 2019.

Francesco Bagnaia ‘pleased to be back racing at Assen’, where he won in both Moto2 and Moto3. Italian is 32 points behind championship leader Fabio Quartararo following fifth place at the German MotoGP.

Valentino Rossi’ 14th place finish at the MotoGP of Germany leaves him 19th in the championship heading into Assen - scene of his last premier class win (2017).

Franco Morbidelli has been forced to withdraw from this weekend's Dutch MotoGP.

WorldSBK Misano race two winner Toprak Razgatlioglu continued his stunning form of 2021 by topping the two-day Navarra test.

Valentino Rossi ties with Maverick Vinales for the fastest Yamaha lap in the German MotoGP, but both are left a long way behind podium finisher Fabio Quartararo.

Maverick Vinales left 'collecting data' during his worst ever MotoGP race result, a last place at Sachsenring.

Fabio Quartararo extends championship lead with German MotoGP third place finish; believes victory was a long shot during warm-up, ‘was quite clear this morning that we have a good pace, but to fight for the victory it’s difficult.”

Warm-up results from the German MotoGP at Sachsenring, round 8 of the 2021 world championship.

Aleix Espargaro secures his first MotoGP front row start since 2015, and first for Aprilia during qualifying for the German GP.

MotoGP championship leader Fabio Quartararo qualifies second for tomorrow’s German GP, but says all four Yamaha riders are ‘struggling a little bit’.

Free Practice (3) results from the German MotoGP at Sachsenring, round 8 of the 2021 world championship.

Maverick Vinales believes the key to a successful German MotoGP is securing an all-important front row start in tomorrow’s qualifying; ‘We MUST qualify on the front row. This is the real objective of the weekend’.

Fabio Quartararo finishes day-one of the German MotoGP second fastest overall; but ‘feeling on the bike was not so good’. Championship leader also has added security with his Alpinestars suit in the form of an upgraded velcro patch.

Valentino Rossi endures a rough Friday at the MotoGP of Germany; ‘I did a small crash in the turn one. This makes me lose confidence’. Sector four mistake then followed during FP2 time-attack lap which sees nine-time world champion finish 21st overall.

Miguel Oliveira dominates the combined MotoGP free practice times, while fastest in FP1 Marc Marquez, missed out on the top ten after choosing not to do a time-attack. 

Petronas Yamaha insists 'we have not yet determined our rider line-up for the 2022 season' following a report that Valentino Rossi's MotoGP contract will not be renewed.

Marc Marquez tops a promising first MotoGP free practice session at Sachsenring for Honda, ahead of championship leader Fabio Quartararo who recovered from a turn 12 fall.