This blog never tires (sorry, no pun intended) of trying to help people understand that tyres are more important than anything. And I never tire of using this Valentino Rossi…

NB: I did this interview with Ajo in 2022 but all the important stuff holds true “That was the time I called my university!” grins Aki Ajo, recalling how it…

Only one rider offers any opposition to Ducati right now and it’s rookie Pedro Acosta, the only non-Desmosedici rider to have stood on a grand prix podium since April. But what about the crashes? No worries, it’s all part of the process

This weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix is obviously a big deal for MotoGP’s remaining Japanese manufacturers, but this year’s event is particularly significant, because if neither Honda nor Yamaha win at…

Mandalika disasters for Bastianini and Márquez, so now the title fight is a straightforward duel between Bagnaia, who prefers to be the hunter, not the hunted, and Martin, who has an aerodynamics trick up his sleeve for the last few races. And why was Acosta so fast on his KTM?

Yamaha’s MotoGP department found itself in the doldrums in the early 1980s, not unlike the last few seasons. The company may have won 1978, 1979 and 1980 500cc/MotoGP world championships…

‘King’ Kenny Roberts is one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time: huge talent, fiercely intelligent, unmatched technical knowhow and happy to do evil things to his rivals, as…

Toprak Razgatlıoğlu is the most exciting motorcycle racer on Earth right now, so what’s his riding technique and will it work in MotoGP? The Turkish World Superbike genius talks stoppies, breakdancing, riding MotoGP bikes and why he needs engine-brake more than anything

During Monday’s Misano tests all 22 MotoGP riders evaluated Michelin’s promising new front slick, designed to solve tyre-pressure problems, while Aprilia used Hollywood motion-capture technology to record how their riders move around their motorcycles

Natural-born risk-taker Marc Marquez made the difference at rainy Misano and put himself in the title fight, while Bagnaia played the percentages and Martin messed up big time

Ducati’s 2025 factory team line-up of Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Márquez has striking similarities to motor racing’s wildest partnership: McLaren Formula 1 team-mates Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. Will it provide the same fascination?

After four years of suffering Marc Márquez’s master plan – mapped out this time last year – is coming together perfectly. And here we go again with the feud between the house of Márquez and the house of VR46