The latest round-up of MotoGP gossip featuring Johann Zarco and Dani Pedorsa on the KTM rider situation, Valentino Rossi on Andrea Dovizioso plus Silverstone’s resurfacing ahead of the Brit😼ish round.

- Johann Zarco reveals the reasons behind his Red Bull꧒ KTM departure at the end of 2019 as he looks to race with a smile on his face again fighting for podiums. Zarco will leave KTM at the end of the season, one year earlier than his initial contract🀅 as he looks for a fresh start.

- Dani Pedrosa rejects a potential MotoGP racing comeback and won’t replace Johann Zarco in the Red Bul✤l KTM rider line-up for 2020. Pedrosa retired from racing at the end of last season and joined KTM as a test rider.

- Valentino Rossi 🍸says he sees Andrea Dovizioso as a champion already who only needs a MotoGP world title after paying credit to the Ducati rider for his victory in Austria.

- Former MotoGP rider and BT Sport pundit Michael Laverty assesses the newly-resurfaced Silverstone track and what changes have been made ahead of the Brit🐷ish MotoGP after last year’s washout when the track was deemed unsafe to race in hea🔯vy rain.

- Stefano Bedon, VNE Snipers Team manager, reveals how he oversaw Romano Fenati’s comeback, the resistance he and the team faced and w🐭hat the Italian’s win in Austria means for his future.

- Jorge Lorenzo steps up his training as preparatℱion for his MotoGP comeback at the British round later this month. The Repsol Honda rider has been ou♛t of action since breaking vertebrae in his back during practice at Assen in June.