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.
Ducati’s winning lump of plastic // Slip, sliding away // Marquez: “It was impossible” // Rossi: “I’m not fast enough to be champion” // Viñales: “The same but completely different” //…
Mystery continues to surround Lorenzo’s future. The latest from Yamaha: “If we can do a satellite team, we’d love to, but if we can’t, we won’t” It…
Where will Joan Mir, Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Iannone end up next year? MotoGP’s silly season is about to reach its climax Many MotoGP journalists spend a…
What happened at Le Mans, and how and why Le Mans: highside city // Rossi's problems // Lorenzo 'wasn't well advised' // Ducati and Dovi // Crutchlow powers through // Márquez wins with carbon swingarm // New KTM for Austria? // Radical aero…
Another race, another victory, so what exactly is Marc Márquez’s big secret? I’m stood in the Le Mans pitlane, chatting with a venerable MotoGP engineer, trying to…
Dorna is so convinced that most teams are fiddling their ECU sensory systems that it will banish tailormade IMUs from 2019 MotoGP is better than it’s ever…
What happened at Jerez, and how and why The pile-up // Dovi blames Jorge // Iannone's Suzuki hopes // Miller on factory Ducati? // Goodbye to aero // Rossi: 'Yamaha must work' // Trouble at Marc VDS // Crutchlow: fast but floored The pile-up…
Johann Zarco is one of MotoGP’s most talented riders, but he’s signed with a factory that hasn’t come close to the podium, let alone victory. Has the Frenchman lost his…
As MotoGP heads to Jerez for the first classic event of the year, the red and yellow fans will be out in force. Let’s hope for a good-natured weekend …
MotoGP has only just started its second season with radical aerodynamics but most manufacturers are already against aero devices Aerodynamics has been MotoGP’s biggest tech talking point…
Last weekend’s Argentine Grand Prix wasn’t the first to make headlines for the wrong reasons, but now is a good time to examine why MotoGP is like this While Dani…
Sunday’s Argentine MotoGP Grand Prix was like a Gaucho rodeo ride: chaotic, painful and unmissable First, I have a confession to make: I like a bit of chaos. Few things…