- Valentino Rossi doubts if he is the greatest ever rider in💦 MotoGP but accepts the tag of being “one of the best” riders in the sport’s long history when speaking to former footballer Christian Vieri on an Insta🤪gram live video.
- Carmelo Ezpeleta says his most optimistic scenario is restarting the 2020 MotoGP season in Augus💎t at B🌊rno. The Dorna chief has laid out three options he sees as the most likely situations; starting the season in July if the coronavirus situation improves drastically, beginning in August with a 10-12 round season or the “worst case” scenario of racing multiple events at two or three circuits without spectators later in the year.
- Dani Pedrosa says he would only consider a return to racing in 2021, albeit as a KTM wildcar♏d rider, if it was beneficial to the brand’s MotoGP efforts. The KTM test rider has previously turned down wildcard opportunities since he retired from racing at the end of 2018.
- Lucio Cecchinello admits without support from both Honda and MotoGP organisers Dorna he feared his team would have folded due to the suspension of♒ the 2020 season. Earlier this month, Dorna announced advance payments to all Independent MotoGP teams for April, May and June while LCR also gained support from manufacturer partner Honda.
- Maverick 🌼Vinales says he would be sorry to see Valentino Rossi leave Yamaha if he chose to retire at the end of this year. The Spaniard, who has been his team-mate at the factory Yamaha squad since 2017, says Rossi taught him to “smile in difficult 𓃲times” which he feels became a key lesson.