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.
It’s a quarter of a century since Mighty Mick Doohan won his first 500cc world title at Brno. Here’s how he did it... Mick Doohan would dominate the 1994 season…
They say you have to suffer for your art and that’s exactly what MotoGP's Ducati riders Troy Bayliss and Loris Capirossi did in 2003 when the dudes at Marlboro must’ve…
Why do you think you’ve had more immediate success in MotoGP than you had in Moto2 and Moto3? I think that to be fast in this category you don’t only…
The ex-world champ helping to remake Viñales; confusion in Rossi’s garage; why riders read front-tyre data during races; what’s up at Ducati and Triumph’s first half-season of Moto2 Maverick Viñales…
Sunday’s historic electric first MotoE race at a grand prix event was only the very beginning of EV motorcycle racing Niki Tuuli leads Bradley Smith and Mike Di Meglio in the inaugural…
The numbers that show Valentino Rossi hasn't lost his speed; whether Márquez is making Honda look good & Jorge Lorenzo's injuries: Mat Oxley's second instalment from the 2019 MotoGP Dutch TT Photo:…
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of its first world-championship race, Honda flew Kunimitsu Takahashi to the Dutch TT. Nineteen-year-old Takahashi joined Honda in late 1959, taking part in the factory’s…
Assen is unique, which is why some bikes excelled at the 2019 MotoGP Dutch TT, while others floundered Inline four-powered Suzukis and Yamahas shone in Assen Photo: Yamaha The cries of…
Just over one week before MotoGP’s first MotoE race we find out how the world’s top electric motorcycle racer wins with sparks instead of explosions
Italian MotoGP Grand Prix mutterings, part 3: Jorge Lorenzo's trip to Japan, KTM's search for the holy grail, Nakagami's feral fifth-place finish, the danger of discothèque and a new Moto3…
MotoGP Mutterings: 2019 Italian Grand Prix, part 2: Why was the Italian Grand Prix so close? Plus, how teams are getting the most out of standardised electronics and that unforgettable first-lap…
Mugello’s 220mph kink is MotoGP’s fastest, scariest, riskiest corner, but for how much longer? Jorge Lorenzo at around 220mph, front wheel off the ground Photo: Motorsport Images If you’ve been…