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Tito Rabat has opened up on his accident suffered during the final practice session at the British MotoGP when he was struck by Franco Morbidelli’s bike and suffered a triple leg fracture which ‘twisted like an S’.

Chaz Davies will not require surgery after refracturing his right collarbone in a training accident at Aragon, his Aruba.it Racing Ducati has confirmed.

Chaz Davies has sustained a fractured right collarbone in a training accident at Aragon and faces a race against time to be fit for the return of the World Superbike championship at Portimao.

Ducati has officially commented on the decision to cancel all three grand prix races on Sunday at Silverstone, stating it was “totally in agreement” with the call, but team manager Davide Tardozzi has questioned the communication regarding the crucial meeting between Race Direction and MotoGP rid

Andrea Dovizioso feels a unified management on track resurfacing could be implemented to try to ensure issues witnessed at Silverstone are not repeated as he fears racing could be ‘impossible’ in heavy rain tomorrow.

Jorge Lorenzo feels poor drainage is to blame for the issues MotoGP has faced on Silverstone’s resurfaced circuit in the rain and fears racing could become too dangerous if the rain returns on Sunday.

Full MotoGP qualifying results from Silverstone

Full MotoGP FP2 results from Silverstone

Alvaro Bautista has confirmed he will move to the factory Ducati squad in World Superbikes for next year, leaving the MotoGP grid after nine seasons, joining alongside Chaz Davies for 2019.

After Jack Miller suffered another frustrating race to see his poor spell continue, the Pramac Ducati rider accepts it’s a case of working harder and gritting through it to return to his early-season form.

Andrea Dovizioso expressed his dismay at missing out on victory at the close of Sunday’s memorable MotoGP duel, as a wrong rear tyre choice left him chasing grip from mid-race distance.

Danilo Petrucci says despite reaching his minimum target of a top five finish in Austria he suffered ‘a nightmare’ ending to the race for Pramac Ducati having been hampered by tyre wear at the Red Bull Ring.

Cal Crutchlow feels his fourth place at the Austrian MotoGP is evidence of Honda’s gains in 2018 but feels further improvements must be found to be competitive against Ducati ‘week in, week out’.

Jorge Lorenzo has described his Austrian MotoGP triumph as “one of my best victories” of his 17-year grand prix career after coming out on top in an epic last lap showdown with Marc Marquez in Austria.

Full MotoGP race results from Austria

Jorge Lorenzo hinted an internal misunderstanding was behind the decision to run the same front tyre throughout all of MotoGP qualifying at Austria, something he feels may have prevented him from taking the pole position fight to Marc Marquez.

Preparations for Sunday’s MotoGP outing in Austria could barely have been more ideal, but Andrea Dovizioso insists there remain a number of “question marks” regarding how he and his Ducati team will approach the 28-lap race.

While feeling there is some room for improvement, Jorge Lorenzo believes he is “one of the top three guys” when it comes to “speed and pace,” after the first day of MotoGP free practice at the Red Bull Ring.

Marc Marquez was only fourth fastest during the lone dry session on Friday at the Austrian MotoGP.

On the timesheets his closest challengers may be riding the same bike as him. But Andrea Dovizioso has acknowledged Marc Marquez’s pace is closest to his, as the two stars of MotoGP free practice at Brno repeated their early dominance at Austria’s Red Bull Ring on Friday morning.

Full MotoGP FP1 results from Austria here

Jorge Lorenzo feels his pace with Ducati puts him in the ‘best possible shape’ to target victory at the Austrian MotoGP after narrowly missing out to team-mate Andrea Dovizioso last weekend in Brno.

Andrea Dovizioso says his significant MotoGP world championship points deficit to leader Marc Marquez changes nothing about his approach to each race as he looks to maintain momentum from a much-needed win in Brno last time out.

Marc Marquez says he’s already preparing for a last corner fight again at the Red Bull Ring after being involved in the dramatic duel with Andrea Dovizioso 12 months ago and has picked out the factory Ducati riders as his biggest opponents.