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.
Six races left and the battle for the 2020 world championship is turning into a Suzuki versus Yamaha duel. Which is a bit of a novelty. The last time that…
Fifty years ago today, just 20 miles from where I’m sat at the Barcelona circuit watching today’s MotoGP stars go to work, one of the greatest grand prix careers of…
The 2020 MotoGP world championship is so tight – four points covering the top five riders at the halfway point – that come November’s Portimao season finale, Fabio Quartararo may…
If Ducati doesn’t announce Pecco Bagnaia’s promotion to its factory team at Barcelona this weekend I promise to shin up the Sagrada Família naked. Ducati needs Bagnaia because he is…
Maverick Viñales did what everyone knew he could do on Sunday: fight for victory and – following Pecco Bagnaia’s exit – win the race. During his three and a half…
The 2020 MotoGP world championship is the year of the new kid on the block, with three first-time winners so far and a title challenger who only scored his first…
San Marino GP insight part 3: Riders give warm reception to MotoGP radios, why Christmas is coming early for Quartararo, why KTM went from hero to zero at Misano and why Viñales’ brakes failed at Red Bull Ring
The battle for the 2020 MotoGP world championship reaches half-distance at Misano next Sunday. So far it’s been the strangest of championships in the strangest of years: five different winners…
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
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…
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…
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death,” said legendary Liverpool football manager Bill Shankly many years ago. “I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can…