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.
Motorcycle racing has produced so many characters, but few will make you laugh as much as four-times British champion, Isle of Man TT winner and John Player Norton rider Dave…
We all love to watch a good duff-up on the racetrack, but what about the riders? We asked Marc Márquez, Valentino, Jorge, Cal and the rest what the racing battle means to them
“I like to always be positive,” says Hervé Poncharal, president of MotoGP teams association IRTA and owner of the Tech 3 squad. “But the world is going through a very…
The last time grand prix racing was properly interrupted was in September 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, triggering the Second World War. Those circumstances and the circumstances of the…
Breathe in and reeelaaax… Time to head back into the primal-screaming MotoGP paddock, where Machiavelli would find the going tough and where trophy girlfriends paddle ankle deep in testosterone as…
Franco Morbidelli became Valentino Rossi’s first protégé when he moved from Rome to Tavullia in 2008, at the age of 13. And when Rossi established the VR46 Riders Academy in…
Rob McElnea was the last racer to run at the front at GPs and at the Isle of Man TT. Mat Oxley interviewed him a few years ago when he quit BSB, after winning five BSB titles as rider and team boss
Today is Valentino Rossi’s 24th grand prix birthday, marking the anniversary of his world championship debut on 31 March 1996. On that day he finished sixth in his debut world-class…
At a time when millions of us are in lockdown, here’s a wonderful tale of freedom: when Isle of Man TT winner Trevor Nation undertook an epic journey aboard a Suzuki GSX-R750 to compete in two TT F1 races on the Continent
A smart phone is a small box of electronics that replaces any number of physical and mechanical gadgets. It takes the place of a camera, a videorecorder, an alarm clock,…
Spa-Francorchamps: the fastest grand prix track of them all, a white-knuckle rollercoaster ride through Belgium’s brooding Ardennes forest. Most of the road circuit’s 8.8 miles were fifth or sixth gear,…
The master of riding by the seat of your pants: Marc Márquez's special advantage in MotoGP