Yamaha

It didn't quite happen during a stunning rookie season, but Yamaha Racing managing director Lin Jarvis believes it's only a matter of time before 'the phenomenon' Fabio Quartararo wins a MotoGP race.

With Leon Haslam joining the new-look HRC WorldSBK team and Michael Ruben Rinaldi heading to Team Go Eleven Ducati for 2020, the World Superbike championship grid is starting to take shape for next season.

Michael van der Mark has given a glowing review following the Jerez test as he and the Pata Yamaha team aim to get the new YZF-R1 up to speed ahead of the 2020 World Superbike championship.

Fabio Quartararo rates his stunning MotoGP rookie season - which brought seven podiums, six poles and fifth overall in the world championship - as 'eight out of ten'.

Honda is completing a private test at Aragon. Michele Pirro is stepping in for the injured Leon Camier at Barni Ducati. A number of World Supersport teams are also testing at Jerez.

The World Superbike championship has clarified its rules on wings and aerodynamic aids with parts used on the standard homologated bike only permitted to be raced with.

Rain may have prevented him from posting as many laps with Yamaha’s 2020 engine as he’d have liked, but Fabio Quartararo was consoled by his pace over two days at the MotoGP Jerez test, concluding “we have it.”

Valentino Rossi gained further understanding of Yamaha’s intentions for its 2020 M1 at Jerez on Monday, when he noted an improvement in terms of top speed but said “it’s not enough” to close the gap to rival manufacturers.

Having qualified on the MotoGP front-row 13 times during his rookie season, more than any other Yamaha rider, Fabio Quartararo is now expected to be found near the top of a flying-lap timesheet.

Maverick Vinales has produced his customary act of topping the timesheet during a MotoGP test as the final track action of 2019 began at Jerez with the Monster Energy Yamaha rider running back-to-back stints to compare both a new engine specification and new chassis.

The final MotoGP test of the year began at Jerez on Monday morning, where most of the 2020 line-up will be spending two days on track ahead of the winter test ban.

Despite leading an all-Yamaha top three and setting the best time of the Valencia MotoGP test with the 2020 prototype, Maverick Vinales joined team-mate Valentino Rossi in urging the factory to keep

Valentino Rossi welcomed the latest modifications to Yamaha's 2020 MotoGP prototype, delivered to The Doctor and team-mate Maverick Vinales for this week's Valencia test, but warned they don't go far enough.

Following Sunday's season-ending MotoGP race, riders and teams have returned to the Valencia circuit to start their 2020 preparations in earnest during a two-day official test.

Quickest on day one, Fabio Quartararo signed off the Valencia MotoGP test with second on the timesheets, while trying some set-up changes to his Petronas Yamaha.

Following Sunday's season-ending MotoGP race, riders and teams have returned to the Valencia circuit to start their 2020 preparations in earnest during a two-day official test.

Following Sunday's season-ending MotoGP race, riders and teams have returned to the Valencia circuit to start their 2020 preparations in earnest during a two-day official test.

Following Sunday's season-ending MotoGP race, riders and teams have returned to the Valencia circuit to start their 2020 preparations in earnest during a two-day official test.

Following Sunday's season-ending MotoGP race, riders and teams have returned to the Valencia circuit to start their 2020 preparations in earnest during a two-day official test.

As he starts preparations for his 25th grand prix season, a range of technical novelties - and a new crew chief - greeted Valentino Rossi on day one of the Valencia MotoGP test.

Maverick Viñales was hesitant to get overly excited by an array of new Yamaha parts he tested at Valencia on Tuesday, which included a new engine and different chassis.

Following Sunday's season-ending Valencia MotoGP race, riders and teams returned to the circuit to start their 2020 preparations in earnest during a two-day official test.

Fabio Quartararo set the pace during day one of the Valencia MotoGP test, despite a fast fall from his Petronas Yamaha.

Maverick Vinales came into the Valencia weekend confident he could fight for a third and final victory of the 2019 MotoGP season. But he also warned that to do so would require a good start and escape at the front, as at Sepang.