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.
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
Britain’s first-ever roadraces are planned to take place on the Isle of Wight in October 2021. A team of promoters and racers has been working for many months on the…
Petronas Yamaha’s Johan Stigefelt reveals the secrets of MotoGP leader Fabio Quartararo and discusses the first races of MotoGP’s weirdest season
Fabio Quartararo waltzed yesterday’s Andalusian Grand Prix, dancing through the fieriest pit of hell with all the self-assurance of a young man who knows exactly where he’s headed. El Diablo’s…
Poor old Valentino Rossi. Another year and he still sounds like a broken record. At Jerez his problem was the same as it’s been for the last few seasons: too…
The Covid-19 crisis has already taken a terrible toll on the world and last weekend, at the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez, it was MotoGP’s turn to suffer. A fortnight…
Who will Michelin’s new rear slick help and who will it hinder in the battle for the 2020 MotoGP championship? Because nothing has a bigger effect on a racing motorcycle…
In 1984 Stuart Shenton had been with Honda for 18 months when HRC engineer (and later HRC president) Satoru Horiike wandered up and asked a question. “He said, if Honda…
Stuart Shenton’s first experiences as a teenage factory race mechanic quickly taught him that racing isn’t all about spinning spanners and twisting throttles. In 1975, Kawasaki unleashed its water-cooled KR750…
The little Italian, Carlo Ubbiali, who dominated the first decade of GP racing in the 125 and 250 classes, has died at the age of 90
Silverstone managing director explains why F1 but no MotoGP. Also, how Britain’s biggest racetrack is surviving Covid-19 and the latest plans for MotoGP 2020
The MotoGP rumour mill usually does its work in the darker corners of the paddock, where journalists, rider managers and team managers arrange secret assignations under cover of team artics,…