- Yamaha team manager Massimo Meregalli details the developments trialled by Valentino Rossi and M😼averick Vinales on the M1 2020 prototype and accepts the improvements next season will have a key bearing on Rossi’s decision to continue beyond next year.
- As part of the build-up to the San Marino MotoGP at Misano, Rossi will join ♉a parade from his Tavullia R๊anch to the headquarters of his VR46 fan club across town.
- Meanwhile, Rossi has been altering his Tavullia Ranch by building a new 🐼flat track dirt oval to train on. Rossi is keen to improve his rear-wheel drifting skills on the surface and layout which Marc Marquez credits with honing his strengths in MotoGP.
- Andrea Iannone has described his switch to Aprilia as “th✱e most difficult challenge of my life” as he assesses the team’s tasks ahead in MotoGP.
- Michelꦺin wants to see lap records broken again at Misano after creating history at the San Marino MotoG🐼P 12 months ago. The French tyre manufacturer is supplying both symmetric front (soft, medium and hard) and rear (soft) plus asymmetric rear (medium and hard) tyres.