Motorcycles

Despite finding some positives with his 2019 Yamaha M1, Valentino Rossi believes the team have a lot of work to do in order to close the gap.

Danilo Petrucci set an unofficial Sepang lap record as Ducati locked out the top four positions on the final day of testing.

Maverick Viñales came close to breaking the unofficial lap record at Sepang as he topped day two of the pre-season test.

Marc Marquez topped day one of the MotoGP pre-season test at Sepang, despite still recovering from shoulder surgery. Alex Rins would end the day second.

Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales presented the brand-new 2019 Monster Energy Yamaha livery in a special ceremony in Jakarta.

Nicky Hayden’s number 69 will be officially retired from Grand Prix racing at the Grand Prix of the Americas this year

Michael Dunlop has re-signed with the TYCO BMW Team for the 2019 Isle of Man TT.

MotoGP produced another vintage season in 2018, with Marc Marquez adding a seventh world title after another titanic struggle with Andrea Dovizioso

The 2015 British Supersport Champion Luke Stapleford will line-up alongside Bradley Ray at Buildbase Suzuki this season.

Claudio Corti will make his Bennetts British Superbike debut in 2019 after signing for Team WD40

MotoGP will continue to stage an Argentine Grand Prix at Termas de Rio Hondo until 2021 after signing an extension today

But spiralling costs could put a stop to any big moves

LCR Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami finished on top of the timesheets on the final day of MotoGP testing in 2018 before the winter break

The second test for the 2019 season is officially underway in Jerez, with an Italian 1-2 at the end of day 1. Danilo Petrucci set the pace today, 0.217 seconds ahead of teammate Andrea Dovizioso.

Following the departure of Gino Rea, OMG Suzuki have announced that Josh Elliott will line-up alongside Luke Mossey in 2019.