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Dani Pedrosa says securing a front row start for the Argentina MotoGP could be vital against his front-running rivals when hunting victory and was pleased to not gamble on dry tyres in qualifying.

Cal Crutchlow says he has not held any discussions about replacing Dani Pedrosa at the factory Honda team in 2019.

Johann Zarco was not the only rider adamant that unusual tyre performance thwarted his hopes in the season-opening Qatar MotoGP. Repsol Honda's Dani Pedrosa bolted from the second row to hold third in the early stages, despite being one of the few to select the very hardest front tyre.

Johann Zarco went into Qatar MotoGP qualifying having fallen in final practice, but delivered a sensational pole position by smashing Jorge Lorenzo's ten-year-old lap record.

Satellite star Johann Zarco's future is one of the hottest topics in the MotoGP paddock at this weekend's Qatar season opener.

Dani Pedrosa says the 2018 MotoGP world championship will see a vast number of riders able to battle for the podium starting at the season opener in Qatar which has sharpened his focus ahead of the new campaign.

Alma Pramac Ducati team-mates Jack Miller and Danilo Petrucci had a Friday night scare when they fell moments apart, at the same corner, during MotoGP testing in Qatar. Miller was the first to go down, at Turn 1:

With engine specification for the leading MotoGP manufacturers frozen at round one, this week's pre-season test in Qatar offers their last chance to decide on a specification for 2018.

After discovering changes made for the new RC16 cost them heavily in other areas during the Sepang test, Bradley Smith felt KTM got 'more into the mix' at Buriram.

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- Valentino Rossi opens up on how the tragic death of Marco Simoncelli meant he kept racing in his honour and for the love of the sport ( Rider via Gazzetta dello Spor

Repsol Honda has officially presented the 2018 RC213V with which it aims to defend last year's perfect triple crown of riders', teams' and constructors' titles.

Watch live coverage of the 2018 Repsol Honda MotoGP launch held in Jakarta, Indonesia…

An unexpected technical development at the Thailand MotoGP test was a carbon fibre swingarm for Repsol Honda riders Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa. Or at least we thought the development was new for Buriram…

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Dani Pedrosa says after completing familiarisation laps on a scooter around the Buriram International Circuit getting the right lines will be tricky around the tight and short nature of the new circuit for MotoGP.

A week after the first MotoGP test of 2018, Marc Márquez and Dani Pedrosa enjoyed a unique experience in Madrid, as they felt what it is like to fly in the biggest wind tunnel in Europe.

- Marc Marquez puts the factory Honda, Yamaha and Ducati riders as title contenders as well as a satellite Tech 3 Yamaha rider Johann Zarco ( Marca )

Day two of the Sepang test saw no less than five MotoGP riders make their debut with new downforce-generating fairings, from Honda and Yamaha.

There are rumours that HRC wants to call-up MotoGP stars Cal Crutchlow and Dani Pedrosa to try and win back the Suzuka 8 Hours title from Yamaha this season. But both seemed doubtful it would happen, when quizzed on day two of the Sepang MotoGP test.

Dani Pedrosa put Honda fastest on the opening day of official 2018 MotoGP testing, at Sepang on Sunday. With the track getting ever-faster following earlier rain, the Repsol star punched out a 1m 59.427s shortly before the 6pm finish.

New Repsol Honda team manager Alberto Puig sat down with a small group of media on Saturday morning at Sepang, on the eve of the opening official MotoGP test of 2018.

On average, a Honda rider was almost twice as likely to fall compared with a Yamaha rider during the 2017 MotoGP season. But Aprilia riders suffered almost three times the accident average of those at Yamaha.

MotoGP champion Marc Marquez and team-mate Dani Pedrosa completed their 2017 activities with the annual Honda Thanks Day, held in front of 24,000 fans at Motegi.