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.
Britain’s first-ever roadraces are planned to take place on the Isle of Wight in October 2021. A team of promoters and racers has been working for many months on the…
Petronas Yamaha’s Johan Stigefelt reveals the secrets of MotoGP leader Fabio Quartararo and discusses the first races of MotoGP’s weirdest season
Fabio Quartararo waltzed yesterday’s Andalusian Grand Prix, dancing through the fieriest pit of hell with all the self-assurance of a young man who knows exactly where he’s headed. El Diablo’s…
Alex Briggs raced motocross when he was a kid, got a job as a motocross mechanic as a teenager and landed his first gig in roadracing in 1993 with Rothmans…
Poor old Valentino Rossi. Another year and he still sounds like a broken record. At Jerez his problem was the same as it’s been for the last few seasons: too…
The Covid-19 crisis has already taken a terrible toll on the world and last weekend, at the Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez, it was MotoGP’s turn to suffer. A fortnight…
Five-time World Superbike king Jonathan Rea evaluates the talent of six-time MotoGP champion Marc Márquez as the Spaniard aims to continue his march into history at Jerez on Sunday
Who will Michelin’s new rear slick help and who will it hinder in the battle for the 2020 MotoGP championship? Because nothing has a bigger effect on a racing motorcycle…
In 1984 Stuart Shenton had been with Honda for 18 months when HRC engineer (and later HRC president) Satoru Horiike wandered up and asked a question. “He said, if Honda…
Stuart Shenton’s first experiences as a teenage factory race mechanic quickly taught him that racing isn’t all about spinning spanners and twisting throttles. In 1975, Kawasaki unleashed its water-cooled KR750…
Last year’s MotoGP season counted 19 races over 37 weekends – the new 2020 calendar starts with 13 races over 18 weekends. How will riders and teams cope?
MotoGP esport is better than no racing at all, but it seems like some fans might be confusing the two