MotoGP
Back to the future: the story of second-hand MotoGP bikes
There’s been so much talk about Yamaha’s 2019 and 2020 YZR-M1s in recent weeks that this may be a good time to look into the joys of second-hand MotoGP bikes.…
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
Valencia MotoGP: Morbidelli’s engine miracle, Yamaha’s nightmare continues
Yamaha management probably don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Franco Morbidelli’s superb third MotoGP victory was Yamaha’s seventh of the year and puts the factory back in the hunt…
MotoGP
Joan Mir: the quickest MotoGP champ since Nicky Hayden
The Spanish youngster took biking’s biggest prize in only his fifth grand prix season, during which Joan Mir had to beat Covid as well as his rivals
MotoGP
‘I wanted to spit nails and rip the handlebars off the bike’
I don’t know about you but I get pre-race butterflies whenever a MotoGP season draws towards its climax. I know it’s ridiculous, because I’m sat comfortably where no harm can…
MotoGP
Yamaha's disaster — ‘I’ve never felt like this bike is mine’
Since Yamaha entered MotoGP in 1973 the factory team has endured only two grands prix worse than last week’s Grand Prix of Europe – when Jarno Saarinen was killed at…
MotoGP
Why Suzuki’s GSX-RR is dominating MotoGP
Joan Mir danced on the edge throughout Sunday’s race at Valencia, so much so that it looked like Suzuki team manager Davide Brivio might have a heart attack at any…
MotoGP
Yamaha’s illegal engines: how did it happen?
Yamaha won’t forget the 2020 season in a hurry – blown engines, illegally modified engines, stewards' sanctions and more have tarnished the factory’s challenge for the MotoGP title
MotoGP
MotoGP title fight: who will run out of engines first?
Three of 14 races remain in the 2020 MotoGP World Championship, Covid permitting. The second wave of the pandemic is racing through Europe as riders prepare for the triple-header finale…
MotoGP
Honda takes its 800th grand prix victory
Honda won its first grand prix at Montjuic Park, Barcelona, in the spring of 1961, with Aussie Tom Phillis riding a 125 four-stroke twin. Jaume Masia’s Teruel Moto3 victory was…
MotoGP
Dovizioso’s dream is over
Last weekend was the end of Andrea Dovizioso’s hopes of winning the 2020 MotoGP world championship, indeed of ever winning the MotoGP title. The man who finished runner-up to Marc…
MotoGP
Is a winless MotoGP champion a worthy champion?
This maddest of mad MotoGP seasons reaches its climax next month, with back-to-back races at Valencia and the season-finale at Portimao. So far Fabio Quartararo has won the most races,…
MotoGP
Honda’s MotoGP ‘comeback’
Honda is having its toughest season since it returned to grand prix racing with the fabulous oval-piston NR500 in the late 1970s and early 1980s. With its two fastest riders…