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
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
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
MotoGP
MotoGP’s greatest moments 2002-2022
We’ve been thrilled by two decades of grand prix racing’s big-bore MotoGP world championship. So, what are its ten greatest moments? And the five worst?
MotoGP
MotoGP testing: the revolution is over
MotoGP is so tight now that technical revolutions don’t work anymore, it’s all tiny evolutions, which is what we saw during yesterday’s one-day post-season test at Valencia
MotoGP
Valencia: the most embarrassing MotoGP victory in history?
“The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there,” wrote someone a while back. They were correct but history was inextricably linked with the remarkable events that unfolded…
MotoGP
MotoGP nepotism: it’s a family affair
MotoGP’s new safety officer and likely new permanent steward are the nephew and his partner of the Dorna CEO, whose children already play leading roles in the championship. There’s a simple word for running a business like this…
MotoGP
Ducati’s MotoGP link from Stoner to Bagnaia
Casey Stoner’s former crew chief Cristian Gabarrini is on the verge of winning his second MotoGP crown with Ducati, at the same time as the factory loses two of its top crew chiefs to KTM
MotoGP
Why are modern MotoGP riders so inconsistent?
Today’s MotoGP riders can’t put together consistent championship campaigns like they used to. Why? Because if every single star in a rider’s firmament isn’t perfectly aligned on race day, he’s in hell
MotoGP
Sepang MotoGP: Ducati’s embarrassment of riches
There is surely nothing better than having eight fast motorcycles and eight fast riders on the MotoGP grid. But it’s not always that simple, as Ducati management found out at Sepang
MotoGP
KTM to go winter MotoGP testing with ‘modular-concept’ RC16
The Austrian factory, now working with Red Bull F1 aerodynamicists, will use a modular KTM RC16 to optimise aero/engine/chassis design for 2023 MotoGP season
MotoGP
Australian MotoGP: how Rins won another Phillip Island epic
What a race! Alex Rins made Suzuki’s day on Sunday, while Marc Márquez looked back to his best and Pecco Bagnaia put one hand on the 2022 MotoGP crown, after all his title rivals had disasters
MotoGP
‘Sometimes my left hand isn’t even touching the handlebar, maybe with just one finger!’
The most obvious thing about your riding technique is that you hang off more than everyone… Jorge Martin: Yes, more than the average! I realised this was possible the first…
