MotoGP
‘Big uncle Valentino’ and his fountain of youth
VR46 Academy riders took first and second in Sunday’s MotoGP and Moto2 races, largely thanks to the efforts of big uncle Rossi: San Marino GP insight, part 2
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
How Yamaha and Suzuki made some history at Misano
Yamaha and Suzuki made a little bit of history at Misano. For the first time in more than 70 grands prix, inline-four MotoGP bikes totally dominated a race, taking five…
MotoGP
Why MotoGP records don’t get smashed any more
Michelin is in its fifth season as MotoGP’s sole tyre supplier and yet only holds just over half the comparable race records. The rest belong to Bridgestone, which supplied the…
MotoGP
Valentino Rossi: MotoGP’s Mr 9.8888888%
Perhaps the gods of the racetrack decided they had done enough for Valentino Rossi after this year’s first race at the Red Bull Ring, where he so narrowly avoided a…
MotoGP
900 MotoGP races – a quick history of the class of kings
I wasn’t around for the first premier-class GP, which took place on the Isle of Man in June 1949. The winner of that race was bespectacled Londoner Harold Daniell, who…
MotoGP
MotoGP 2020: ‘It’s definitely intense, seems like every race is Sepang 2015!’
The MotoGP paddock has changed beyond all recognition since the global pandemic arrived. What used to be a bustling global village of several thousand riders, engineers and team members and…
MotoGP
Why V4 MotoGP bikes are better in battles
Last weekend’s Austrian GP was the perfect illustration of the difficulties that riders of slower, better-handling inline-four MotoGP bikes face when they are fighting with rivals using faster, poorer-handling V4…
MotoGP
MotoGP Austria pile-up: Rossi — ‘Everybody should say a prayer’
Who to blame for Sunday’s horror accident: the riders, the circuit or ourselves? 2020 MotoGP Austrian GP Insight
MotoGP
The Dovizioso/Ducati divorce and other MotoGP bust-ups
MotoGP rivals rock and roll when it comes to high-profile splits. But who's the prima donna in the Andrea Dovizioso/Ducati camp? Plus Yamaha's speed woes: 2020 MotoGP Austrian GP Insight part 2
MotoGP
Keeping MotoGP safe in a time of Covid
The Clinica Mobile has been part of the grand prix paddock since Dr Claudio Costa arrived at the 1977 Austrian GP in his first mobile hospital, a tiny VW van.…
MotoGP
Fabio’s rear-brake trick
MotoGP riders use the rear rake more than ever – Quartararo is one of the best at loading the rear tyre so he can get more stopping power from the rear of the bike
MotoGP
MotoGP history-maker Binder: ‘This is insane!’
2020 MotoGP Brno GP insight: Where Brad Binder came from and why he’s winning, how KTM transformed its RC16 from midfield finisher and how Michelin’s 2020 rear slick has changed MotoGP’s balance of power