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Mercedes were told by the FIA that their new front wing upgrade did not comply with the rules on Friday, according to reports.

Francesco Bagnaia became the first rider to win four MotoGP races this season, at Silverstone, but without wing damage on the opening lap might it have been Enea Bastianini?

While some MotoGP factories reduced their front wing size in search of maximum speed at Mugello, Aprilia added a new innovative rear wing.

Remy Gardner’s Spanish MotoGP hopes were effectively over after an incident on the opening lap at Jerez.

A special exemption has been added to the MotoGP aerodynamic rules for 2020, allowing factories to remove their side pods (winglets) during the Australian Grand Prix weekend.

As part of the expanding wing regulations for the 2020 MotoGP season, a new 'flex test' will be introduced to strengthen the ban on active aerodynamics. The current technical regulations simply state 'moving aerodynamic devices are prohibited'.

As the wait continues for a verdict from the MotoGP Court of Appeal regarding Ducati's swingarm spoiler used in Qatar, Aprilia has further explained its opposition to the device.

UPDATE: Despite Petrucci's words (below), Ducati sporting director's Paolo Ciabatti says the swingarm wing is for cooling the rear tyre and not downforce generation, which the protesting teams claim is its main purpose...

Ducati wasn't the only team to give its prototype 2019 fairing a public debut on the final day of the Sepang MotoGP test.

Yamaha revealed its proposed 2018 in-season fairing update during Monday's official test at Brno. The design is a more radical evolution of the current fairing, including a unique cutaway front mudguard.

"These fairings could be used in a high-end road machine"

"We have to make this thing accepted by the riders, like [the wings] were last year."

Ducati unveils latest version of 'lenticular' wheel covers, plus 'light' sensors - white wings appear at Yamaha.

"In the end everybody was looking at the performance, not at the safety" - Davide Tardozzi, Ducati.

'With effect from the 2017, the use of aerodynamic wings in the MotoGP class will be banned'

"It would not be fair to ban winglets with immediate application, [unless] on safety grounds"

"Aerodynamics is one of the areas where in motorcycle racing we didn't think too much in previous years" - Gigi Dall'Igna.

Silverstone's new pit and paddock facility was well received on its F1 debut, but there were questions raised over the accompanying pit-lane.

Mercedes Grand Prix team principal Ross Brawn argues that rather than bickering about Red Bull Racing's front wing again in F1 2011, rival teams should focus on what they are going to do to catch up

Almost as a postscript now to the infamous front wing row that flared up at Red Bull Racing in the wake of the 2010 British Grand Prix at Silverstone, a team engineer has claimed that Mark Webber never even liked the new part...

Dr. Helmut Marko - one of the most divisive and controversial figures within the Red Bull camp - claims that with all that has gone wrong on his car this year, it is Sebastian Vettel who has more right to fear a conspiracy against him, not team-mate Mark Webber...

Thirteen-time grand prix-winner turned BBC F1 pundit David Coulthard has warned his former Red Bull Racing team-mate Mark Webber that his boldly outspoken approach could either make or break his F1 2010 title chalenge...

Red Bull Racing team principal Christian Horner concedes that in an ideal world, he would have 'discussed' the front wing issue with Mark Webber prior to Silverstone qualifying - as he reiterates that there is 'no favouritism at all' at the Milton Keynes-based squad

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