Stuart Easton has chosen to retire from racing to bring an end to an 18-year career having claimed two British Supersport titles and four Macau GP wins.
"My realistic options are the NW200 and the Isle Of Man TT, maybe doing the Suzuka 8 hour and also riding in a three round Chinese championship." - Josh Brookes
"I cannot say too much about the actual designs, but I basically informed them of what would be approved and what would not" - Danny Aldridge, MotoGP Technical Director.
'My heart is of course telling me to continue but in my head I know it is the right time for us to step down both as a team and a family' - Tim Martin.
"I no longer recognise the spirit and the values that I knew and that I find today in motorcycle sport with the fabulous men who surround me." - Marc van der Straten.
"I'm looking for results from the word go. I don't want to write off 2017 and say in 2018 we're really going to up our game. I want the bike competitive as soon as possible" - Bradley Smith.