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.
The stupidest journalist questions can sometimes elicit the best answers. I discovered this some time ago, on the eve of the 1991 French Grand Prix, when Wayne Rainey had qualified…
Surely, this is the weirdest MotoGP season ever. I’ve been in the paddock for roughly half the 72 seasons since the world championships were born and I can’t remember a…
The Suzuki GSX-RR’s ability to keep the Michelins inside their sweet spot is one reason why the factory is leading the way in MotoGP. Could the other reason be Suzuki’s…
Suzuki took the lead in the four-stroke MotoGP world championship for the first time at Aragon on Sunday. The last time the company led a premier-class title chase was way…
As you read this there will be lots of MotoGP riders and teams nervously eyeing the weather forecast for this weekend and beyond. The global Covid pandemic has done strange…
I’ve always had special respect for British riders who break out of road-bike racing to have a crack at MotoGP. Since the mid-1980s, most Britons start out racing road bikes…
Valentino Rossi crashing out of three races in a row? That’s unheard of! In fact it has happened twice before in his career, but neither of those black runs were…
Ducati, Honda and KTM locked out the top eight positions on Sunday's MotoGP French Grand Prix, because when the rain comes down, point and squirt is the way to go
It’s been strange not writing about Marc Márquez these last few months. Ever since the middle of 2012, when he signed his first MotoGP contract, he’s stolen most of the…
When journalists can’t get to MotoGP rounds during this year of Covid we are saved by the wonders of the internet – live TV, live timing, Zoom rider debriefs and…
In just a few months the global Covid pandemic has taken grand prix racing back to where it was half a century ago. Now the paddock is what it used…
In theory Valentino Rossi’s 2021 demotion from Yamaha’s factory team to its indie team is a demotion, but it may not turn out like that