MotoGP
Why Sam Lowes is probably quitting Moto2
It’s an open secret that Sam Lowes is considering a return to the World Superbike paddock next year after nearly a decade in the MotoGP paddock. In 2013 he won…
Mat Oxley
Columnist
As a racer, Mat is an Isle of Man TT winner and lap record holder. As a scribbler, he’s been at it since the late 1980s and has written acclaimed biographies of Valentino Rossi and Mick Doohan – plus he’s an award-winning commentator too.
Latest articles from Mat
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Márquez is riding a MotoGP bike against two-wheel F1 cars
Marc Márquez endured a hellish weekend at Sachsenring while Ducati filled the first five places. And Sunday’s German GP was an historic event – the first time since 1969 that not one Japanese motorcycle made the top ten
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Sylvain Guintoli testing MotoGP’s much-needed new front slick
Since downforce aero arrived MotoGP has badly needed a new Michelin front slick – now that tyre is being tested and could be ready for next season
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‘Pecco Bagnaia doesn’t look brave, but he is f**king brave!’
Reigning MotoGP king Pecco Bagnaia was in a class of his own at Mugello, extending his championship lead, so how did he make the difference, why were his main rivals between heaven and hell and what on Earth is going on at Yamaha and Honda?
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Bezzecchi’s MotoGP crew chief: ‘My best teacher was Jeremy Burgess!’
Matteo Flamigni was Valentino Rossi’s data engineer for almost two decades. When the nine-time world champion retired at the end of 2021 Flamigni started his “second life” in MotoGP, as…
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MotoGP surprise: sprint races are slower than GP races
Anyone would expect riders to be quicker in MotoGP’s brand-new quick-fire sprint races, but in fact they’re slower. Here’s why…
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‘MotoGP would be a completely different game without downforce aero’
Downforce aerodynamics has transformed MotoGP, demanding more extreme engines, different chassis geometry, even different chassis stiffness. KTM RC16 project leader Sebastian Risse explains all…
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Le Mans MotoGP – a petrolhead Glastonbury
Last weekend’s French MotoGP round attracted 278,000 fans. Some go for the racing, others for the campsite mayhem. So how mad is the campsite and is this a lesson for MotoGP?
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Bezzecchi’s Le Mans win among the mayhem: ‘I put my rhythm on’
Marco Bezzecchi utterly dominated Sunday’s le Mans MotoGP race, in the 1000th GP since the championships started in 1949
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We need to talk about MotoGP penalties…
The racing is crazy, which is how we like it, but the penalties being handed out now are even crazier, which is why MotoGP’s stewards and race direction are losing the trust of riders, team managers, factory bosses and fans
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Hallelujah, sideways MotoGP is back!
Pecco Bagnaia’s superb Jerez MotoGP victory was the work of the very brave man, but the sideways antics of KTM wild men Brad Binder and Jack Miller were what really set the race alight
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FIGHT! Whatever happened to MotoGP’s thrilling rivalries?
Rivalries define sport, so why has MotoGP run out of the head-to-head battles that used to fire up riders and fans?
