MotoGP
MotoGP leader Quartararo: ‘championship is wide open’
Fabio Quartararo won his fourth race of the year on Sunday to increase his championship lead, but what about the Ducatis and all the fast tracks coming up?
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
Maverick by name, maverick by nature
Maverick Viñales is walking from Yamaha. So why the split and why now? And looking back at another mercurial GP star, John Kocinski
MotoGP
Miguel Oliveira: MotoGP’s coming man
The KTM rider has outscored everyone at the last three races, so what makes him so special? His crew chief Paul Trevathan reveals all
MotoGP
MotoGP decision time for Rossi: should he stay or should he go?
Yesterday afternoon Valentino Rossi ended his 422nd grand prix in 14th place, 22 seconds behind winner Marc Márquez and 1.3 seconds in front of MotoGP rookie and brother Luca Marini.…
MotoGP
Doohan on Márquez’s victory: “Once Marc gets his strength back he’ll have a chance at MotoGP title’
Marc Márquez’s first win in 19 months brings the six-times MotoGP champion from darkness to light, following advice from fellow comeback-men Mick Doohan and Alberto Puig
Road Racing & IoM TT News
Carrasco’s remarkable comeback and the sad tale of grand prix racing’s female pioneer
On Sunday Ana Carrasco won a race just nine months after breaking her back. Hers is an amazing story but no more so than the shocking story of the first woman who tried to make it in motorcycle racing
MotoGP
Quartararo put himself in danger but there were more dangerous things going on at Catalunya
Did Fabio Quartararo deserve to be penalised for racing a bit naked on Sunday? Probably, but is MotoGP being ruined by rules, rules, rules? And what to do about MotoGP’s accident waiting to happen, the Moto3 class?
MotoGP
KTM: ‘Honda was our idol’
KTM won its fourth and greatest MotoGP victory outside Barcelona on Sunday. Factory Red Bull rider Miguel Oliveira dealt with all-comers to back up his surprise runner-up result at Mugello…
MotoGP
Valentino Rossi’s 25 years of MotoGP at Mugello
Valentino Rossi rode his first international race at Mugello in June 1995 and may have ridden his last on Sunday. During those 27 years he has twice not raced at…
MotoGP
The big Mugello MotoGP surprise: KTM’s comeback
No one was surprised that Fabio Quartararo won Sunday’s Italian GP, even though he had the third slowest bike in the race. Mugello top speeds always make the headlines, but…
MotoGP
MotoGP: the closer the racing, the more dangerous it becomes
The death of Jason Dupasquier at Mugello was MotoGP’s fourth fatality in ten and a half seasons. Why and what can be done about it?
MotoGP
Why MotoGP riders use the rear brake 70% of every lap
Most road riders use a lot more front brake, while MotoGP riders use the rear brake much more. This is just one example of how the art and science of…