Vinales keeps 'top Yamaha, third in points' target
Here is the latest round-up of MotoGP gossip starting with Jorge Lorenzo assessing his current situation with Repsol Honda followiꦚng a tough start to his first year with the team.
- Jorge Lorenzo admits winning MotoGP races and championship is not currently possible with Repsol Honda, as he hopes to close the gap on the front-runners and targets beating his best result of the season which remains 11th place at Le Mans.
- KTM boss Pit Beirer backs Dani Pedrosa’s decision not to race for the Austrian manufacturer as he prefers to focus solely on﷽ testing duties. The MotoGP legend is credited with ▨the team’s major development breakthroughs since joining at the start of 2019 after retiring from racing last year.
- Valentino Rossi revisi♏ts ‘La Panoramica’, the road where he refined his riding skills as a youngster on a 50cc moped, in a special video with 💮Albi Tebaldi.
- Yamaha team boss Lin Jarvis admits only Marc Marquez is capable of winning the MotoGP world title currently given his domination. In a wide-ranging interview, Jarvis also details the progress made by Yamaha in 2019ܫ while he expects Fabio Quartararo to be on equal mach💞inery to the rest of the Yamaha riders next season.
- Fabio Quartararo signs a sponsorship deal with M💮onster Energy following the ⛦stunning start to his MotoGP premier class career with Petronas Yamaha.
- Sylvain Guintoli has co♛mplet🐭ed a two-day private test for Suzuki at Motegi working on its 2020 bike while also getting in some early practice for his final wildcard outing of the season at the Japanese round later this month.
