MOTOGP

In a historic moment for both Lewis Hamilton and Valentino Rossi, and their respective sports, the pair completed an unprecedented track day as each swapped machinery yesterday at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.

Monster Energy Yamaha’s Maverick Viñales helped set the pace throughout the Grand Prix of Valencia and the final slice of MotoGP at a chilly Ricardo Tormo circuit…but the low temperatures contributed to a muted sixth position for #12 in the race. The Spaniard delivered enough points however to make sure of third place for 2019 behind Marc Marquez and Andrea Dovizioso.

Over 100,000 fans sweated their way through the penultimate chapter of 2019 MotoGP at the demanding Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia but were treated to the cool and collected sight of Monster Energy Yamaha scalping the opposition and posting the team (and manufacturer’s) first victory at the venue in almost ten years.

Twelve months ago Cal Crutchlow was facing the prospect of multiple operations on his right ankle, a permanent limp and perhaps the end of his MotoGP career. A tremendously fast crash at Phillip Island’s feared Doohan Corner left the tough Brit with a wrecked right lower limb.