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.
Last season Yamaha won its first MotoGP crown in six years after a long fight back to the top. Fabio Quartararo, crew chief Diego Gubellini and Yamaha MotoGP boss Takahiro Sumi guide us along that rocky road and reveal their aims for 2022
Five years ago Dorna introduced lower-tech spec traction control to make MotoGP closer and more spectacular, but now there’s no more sideways action and less overtaking, so is it time to turn down the electronics again?
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas has sold three million copies – no other book that (kind of) tells the story of a motorcycle race has sold so well
Valentino Rossi went into the 2021 MotoGP season determined to keep racing bikes into 2022, but his results dropped off a cliff, so what went wrong?
Remy Gardner and Raúl Fernández created the best-ever Moto2 title duel, so how do they compare and how will they go in MotoGP next year?
Ducati’s recent MotoGP form – including locking out the podium for the first time at Valencia is a huge warning shot for the Italian factory’s rivals going into 2022
Emotions ran high at Valencia on Sunday afternoon – at one point it looked like the river of tears flowing from the grandstands surrounding Ricardo Tormo circuit might bring out…
The absence of Marc Márquez from the last two races of 2021 and – much more importantly – the first pre-season test for 2022 is a real concern for MotoGP.…
Ducati will have no less than eight of its super-powerful Desmosedicis on the 2022 grid – how will rival manufacturers cope?
A quick stroll down the back of the MotoGP garages after a race always tells you as much as any post-race media conference. Yesterday evening there was Gigi Dall’Igna (already…
Over the past two decades, since Valentino Rossi graduated to the premier class aboard his bright yellow Honda NSR500 in 2000, yellow has been the unofficial colour of MotoGP. But…
Paul Smart, who has died following a road accident, rode through one of the greatest crossroads in motorcycle-racing history: from British dominance to Japanese dominance, from four-stroke to two-stroke and…