Motorcycle News
Carlo Ubbiali: GP racing’s first dominator
The little Italian, Carlo Ubbiali, who dominated the first decade of GP racing in the 125 and 250 classes, has died at the age of 90
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
How come Silverstone can’t host a MotoGP round but is hosting two F1 rounds?
Silverstone managing director explains why F1 but no MotoGP. Also, how Britain’s biggest racetrack is surviving Covid-19 and the latest plans for MotoGP 2020
Motorcycle News
John McGuinness on the TT: 'Just terrifying, there’s no other way of putting it'
The most important bit: Bray Hill “Down Bray Hill you’re hanging on for your life” McGuinness reckons that TTs can be won or lost in the mega-fast, off-the-edge-of-a-cliff plunge down…
MotoGP
Petrucci: “I don’t want Ducati to put me against Dovizioso”
The MotoGP rumour mill usually does its work in the darker corners of the paddock, where journalists, rider managers and team managers arrange secret assignations under cover of team artics,…
MotoGP
MotoGP’s darkest day
Dodgy two-stroke technology and a nauseatingly callous racing establishment were the causes of Monza 1973 – a fiery multiple pile-up that claimed the lives of two of the sport’s biggest stars and changed the course of racing
MotoGP
Why inline-four MotoGP bikes handle better than V4 MotoGP bikes
V4 MotoGP bikes make more power, inline-fours handle better. That’s why Johann Zarco, Jorge Lorenzo and others struggle when they switch from inline-fours to V4s
MotoGP
Mick Doohan and MotoGP’s greatest comeback
This is the harrowing tale of how Mick Doohan fought back from what should have been a career-ending injury to rule the toughest class in bike racing. The Australian’s recovery…
MotoGP
MotoGP’s longest winter (it wasn't this year)
When (if) MotoGP 2020 roars into action at Jerez on July 19 it will have been eight months and two days since the grid last turned a wheel in anger.…
MotoGP
"I think I’m now quite good on 500s": Valentino Rossi on his first premier-class title
Exactly twenty years and one week ago Valentino Rossi was at Jerez, Spain, preparing for the race that would put him on a premier-class podium for the very first time.…
MotoGP
MotoGP season opener to be confirmed this month
MotoGP rights-holder Dorna hopes to announce the start of the 2020 MotoGP world championship in the next few weeks. The Spanish-based company is aiming to get the racing underway in…
MotoGP
Spending too much time in the MotoGP paddock sends you nuts. Here’s the proof…
One day, paddocks will be buzzing once more - full of the most extreme people you'll ever meet, all with a hint of the psychotic about them. Mat Oxley remembers the MotoGP circus
MotoGP
MotoGP 2020: Plans for an August start... and the doomsday scenario
The 2020 MotoGP world championship could get underway at Red Bull Ring in August. Following the cancellation or postponement of the first ten rounds of the 20-round series there is…