MotoGP
KTM’s new MotoGP team boss: ‘We are lucky bastards to be here!’
NB: I did this interview with Ajo in 2022 but all the important stuff holds true “That was the time I called my university!” grins Aki Ajo, recalling how it…
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
The MotoGP rookie waging a lone war against the Ducati horde
Only one rider offers any opposition to Ducati right now and it’s rookie Pedro Acosta, the only non-Desmosedici rider to have stood on a grand prix podium since April. But what about the crashes? No worries, it’s all part of the process
MotoGP
Honda and Yamaha are about to make MotoGP history
This weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix is obviously a big deal for MotoGP’s remaining Japanese manufacturers, but this year’s event is particularly significant, because if neither Honda nor Yamaha win at…
MotoGP
MotoGP title fight: it’s better to be the hunter than the hunted
Mandalika disasters for Bastianini and Márquez, so now the title fight is a straightforward duel between Bagnaia, who prefers to be the hunter, not the hunted, and Martin, who has an aerodynamics trick up his sleeve for the last few races. And why was Acosta so fast on his KTM?
MotoGP
The start of something great: Yamaha’s first V4 MotoGP bike!
Yamaha’s MotoGP department found itself in the doldrums in the early 1980s, not unlike the last few seasons. The company may have won 1978, 1979 and 1980 500cc/MotoGP world championships…
MotoGP
Is rubbing racing? Bastianini's brutal move divides opinion
‘King’ Kenny Roberts is one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time: huge talent, fiercely intelligent, unmatched technical knowhow and happy to do evil things to his rivals, as…
Motorcycle News
How Toprak rides: ‘If the rear wheel isn’t up, I know I need to brake harder the next lap’
Toprak Razgatlıoğlu is the most exciting motorcycle racer on Earth right now, so what’s his riding technique and will it work in MotoGP? The Turkish World Superbike genius talks stoppies, breakdancing, riding MotoGP bikes and why he needs engine-brake more than anything
MotoGP
Beginning of the end of MotoGP’s tyre-pressure nightmare, plus Hollywood tech arrives in pitlane
During Monday’s Misano tests all 22 MotoGP riders evaluated Michelin’s promising new front slick, designed to solve tyre-pressure problems, while Aprilia used Hollywood motion-capture technology to record how their riders move around their motorcycles
MotoGP
San Marino MotoGP: it smelled like victory
Natural-born risk-taker Marc Marquez made the difference at rainy Misano and put himself in the title fight, while Bagnaia played the percentages and Martin messed up big time
MotoGP
Ducati’s gift to MotoGP: its own Senna/Prost moment
Ducati’s 2025 factory team line-up of Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Márquez has striking similarities to motor racing’s wildest partnership: McLaren Formula 1 team-mates Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. Will it provide the same fascination?
MotoGP
Aragon MotoGP: Márquez is back, along with the Márquez/VR46 feud
After four years of suffering Marc Márquez’s master plan – mapped out this time last year – is coming together perfectly. And here we go again with the feud between the house of Márquez and the house of VR46
MotoGP
MotoGP pit-lane wars: it’s spy versus spy
A pit-lane fracas between Ducati and Aprilia staff at the recent Austrian grand prix highlighted MotoGP’s spy wars, which are becoming super-hi-tech and are all part of the fun!
