Yamaha WorldSBK boss Andrea Dosoli admits he wasn't expecting Marco Melandri's retirement revelation but respects his decision to take control of his future.
Eugene Laverty says his early withdrawl from Donington Park will have no bearing on the chances of him racing at 'completely different' Laguna Seca this weekend
Loris Baz and Ten Kate Racing fly the flag for Yamaha as the highest-scoring combination of the five R1s at Donington Park only three rounds into its fresh project
Michael van der Mark stays out of trouble at Donington Park to collect a trio of top tens but says tyre error in Superpole hurt his results more than his injured wrist
“It is what it is, rules are rules - I feel bad for Tom because he had an awesome race" - Jonathan Rea sympathises with Tom Sykes after red flag furore in Superpole Race.
Toprak Razgatlioglu impresses once again with two Sunday podiums at Donington Park but just misses out on elusive first win in thrilling Jonathan Rea battle.
Another big step forward for the new factory BMW WorldSBK programme as Tom Sykes qualifies on pole position and notches up a second podium in four races.
"I’m sure if you look at the chronos, my lap time the following lap was much slower because I was like ‘ooh what’s gone on’!" - A fifth win of 2019 moves Jonathan Rea to top of WorldSBK standings.
Jonathan Rea dominates in dreadful conditions at Donington Park and is rewarded with the WorldSBK lead for the first time in 2019 after Alvaro Bautista crashes out again
Tom Sykes is back on pole position once again as he scores his 49th career Superpole at Donington Park, his first as a BMW WorldSBK rider; Brits star on home soil