MotoGP
Is this man Yamaha’s secret weapon in MotoGP?
Tom O’Kane has been working in MotoGP since the late 1980s, when he joined the paddock’s most go-ahead team – Marlboro Team Roberts Yamaha – to introduce the first serious…
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
MotoGP
MotoGP’s new tyre-pressure rules: ‘As soon as you reach 2.2 bar you crash’
Next week’s opening pre-season tests at Sepang will be the first time MotoGP uses its spec tyre pressure sensors in preparation for the introduction of new minimum-pressure rules. So how will these new regulations affect the riders, the manufacturers and the spectacle?
MotoGP
How artificial intelligence and virtual reality are helping Ducati to dominate MotoGP
There are all the usual reasons we talk about when discussing Ducati’s MotoGP success, but underpinning it all is something that no one really talks about: computer modelling, virtual reality and artificial intelligence…
MotoGP
Aprilia’s MotoGP aero: ‘It’s a new world, like when Columbus went to America!’
Aprilia goes into the 2023 MotoGP world championship as a genuine title challenger. Technical director Romano Albesiano guides us through the latest RS-GP developments, from engine to aero
MotoGP
Honda's MotoGP woes: 'No feel, the bike doesn’t turn, no grip, no acceleration'
Honda had a horrible 2022 MotoGP season, so we asked Marc Márquez and Stefan Bradl to tell us what went wrong with the RC213V, while HRC’s MotoGP technical manager Takeo Yokoyama reveals his plans to fix the bike for 2023
MotoGP
MotoGP: The best of Mat Oxley from 2022
Given that Ducati was supplying a third of the MotoGP grid in 2022, perhaps it's little surprise that factory rider Pecco Bagnaia emerged as the champion. The result was far…
MotoGP
MotoGP tech development: when imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
Honda has just completed its worst grand prix season since it raced the fabulous but flawed NR500 four-stroke in 1981. The company didn’t score a single MotoGP victory during 2022,…
MotoGP
‘MotoGP is getting closer to F1 – the rider can’t make the difference’
Last season many fans agreed that the racing at the front of World Superbikes was better than MotoGP, which is why some MotoGP riders and engineers are worried by recent developments – so what’s to be done?
MotoGP
Brad Binder: ‘I can’t ride a standard superbike — it’s got so many electronic aids’
Brad Binder talks riding technique – why MotoGP riders use less electronics, not more, how he locks the front tyre without crashing, why the leg dangle helps him tip into corners, why setting up a bike with downforce aero is so different and much more…
F1
The Aprilia MotoGP bike you’ve never seen
A few months ago I was talking to Aleix Espargaró about Aprilia’s long and winding road to the summit of MotoGP, from the 500cc two-stroke twin of the 1990s to…
MotoGP
Bastianini: 'Pecco and I will be a good battle!'
Enea Bastianini tells us how he gets the best out of a MotoGP bike and how he’s looking forward to fighting with new team-mate and reigning champion Pecco Bagnaia
Motorcycle News
Isle of Man TT documentary review: 'It's absolutely nuts'
This year’s TT documentary follows the stars doing their thing around the Isle of Man, plus the maddest Isle of Man challenge of all time
