MotoGP
MotoGP tech: how has Suzuki found all that extra top speed?
Suzuki’s 2022 GSX-RR is much quicker than its 2021 bike, so what’s the secret: more horsepower or less drag?
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
Americas MotoGP: Bastianini ‘effortlessly’ glides to win number two
Jack Miller knew what was coming, because he’s been there before. The factory Ducati rider led three-quarters of Sunday’s Americas GP, heading for a much-needed first victory since Le Mans…
MotoGP
Márquez at Americas MotoGP: 'The target was not to crash because I’m still scared about my head'
Two numbers sum up the enormity of Marc Márquez’s comeback ride at COTA on Sunday. At the end of the first lap, after an electronics glitch put him last going…
MotoGP
Cargo chaos is nothing new in MotoGP
Last weekend’s Argentine GP nearly didn’t happen due to logistics problems, but that was nothing compared to what happened at the first Argentine GP in the 1960s
MotoGP
MotoGP 2022: What the hell is going on? — Argentine GP insight
So far this season there have been three different winners from the first three races and nine different riders on the podium at those races, so not one rider has…
MotoGP
Can Toprak Razgatlıoğlu be MotoGP king?
The reigning World Superbike champion may switch to MotoGP next year or the year after, but will his technique work with GP bikes and tyres?
MotoGP
Dorna’s front shapeshifter ban signals new era in MotoGP technical regulations
Last Tuesday MotoGP announced that it will ban controversial front-end shapeshifting technology from the end of this season. This decision is of huge significance for the future of MotoGP, because…
MotoGP
MotoGP tech scoop: Ducati’s latest front shapeshifter revealed
Formula 1-inspired, accumulator-operated holeshot/shapeshifting device and other tech spots from the first two MotoGP rounds
MotoGP
The Mandalika saga: MotoGP's most remote circuit ever
Mandalika is the 65th circuit to host a MotoGP round in seven decades of Grand Prix racing and by far the remotest GP venue ever created, so what’s the circuit’s story?
MotoGP
2022 MotoGP Indonesian GP: praise be to the Mandalika monsoon!
A thrilling, rain-lashed Indonesian GP followed two difficult days of dry practice, when Michelin’s special, super-stiff rear slick caused lots of problems for the MotoGP grid
Racing Movies
MotoGP Unlimited review: motorcycling's answer to Drive to Survive
There’s not much point in me writing a review for MotoGP Unlimited because the documentary series wasn’t made for me, just like Drive To Survive wasn’t made for the Formula…
MotoGP
The joy of racing motorcycles that aren’t meant for competition
MotoGP is going racing with motorcycles specifically engineered to go racing. The USA’s King of the Baggers, underbones in Asia and the earliest superbike racing are the exact opposite. So what’s the attraction?
