MotoGP
MotoGP pit-lane wars: it’s spy versus spy
A pit-lane fracas between Ducati and Aprilia staff at the recent Austrian grand prix highlighted MotoGP’s spy wars, which are becoming super-hi-tech and are all part of the fun!
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
Why Bagnaia, Dall’Igna and the Desmosedici are MotoGP’s all-time greatest rider/engineer/motorcycle trinity
Bagnaia has entered MotoGP’s top-ten pantheon, while Gigi Dall’Igna’s Ducati Desmosedici continues to destroy Honda records: all hail MotoGP’s greatest trinity of all time!
MotoGP
Mastering MotoGP in Austria: ‘It’s terrifying but you get used to it’
Pecco Bagnaia was on another planet at the Red Bull Ring for MotoGP's 2024 Austria race, where riders must deal with more wheelspin and front tyre locking than anywhere else
MotoGP
Why MotoGP title contenders Bagnaia and Martin are crashing so much
MotoGP’s dominant, record-smashing combination of Ducati’s GP24 and Michelin’s super-grippy 2024 rear slick has a weak point – the rear tyre has so much grip it pushes the front tyre. But what does it actually mean when riders say, “The rear is pushing the front”?
MotoGP
BMW acquires Suzuki’s GSX-RR MotoGP data – next step for 2027?
Insider news from the Silverstone MotoGP paddock gives us the best indication yet that BMW is planning to enter the premier class in the next few seasons, most likely in…
MotoGP
Who will win the number-one plate in 2025: Ducati, Aprilia or KTM?
Bastianini’s first sprint/GP double at Silverstone has turned the 2024 MotoGP title fight into a three-way contest with Martin and Bagnaia. But while Ducati is stronger than ever, it may lose the number-one plate
MotoGP
How MotoGP legend Rossi helped TT legend McGuinness beat his Silverstone PB by two seconds
John McGuinness will race during this weekend’s Silverstone MotoGP round with Valentino Rossi’s coaching. Plus MotoGP’s flick of the wrist riding-technique secret
MotoGP
How Pirelli made Moto2 faster and why it has no plans for MotoGP… for now
Moto2 lap and race records are broken most weekends by Pirelli, but there’s still more to come, say the championship’s top chassis constructors. Plus, will the Italian company bid to become MotoGP’s sole tyre supplier from 2027?
MotoGP
Crutchlow on MotoGP’s most talented riders: ‘Fabio, Marc, Acosta…’
Former MotoGP winner Cal Crutchlow always says what he thinks, so how does he rate the series' top riders and why does he think today’s bikes are the championship's biggest problem?
MotoGP
Yamaha improving step by step, another all-new Honda RC213V on the way?
Yamaha is trying to fix its YZR-M1 with regular updates while Honda's MotoGP team seems to be taking a different route, with hints of an all-new RC213V for September
MotoGP
Drama follows Marc Márquez like (to misquote Cantona) seagulls follow a trawler
Pecco Bagnaia won his fourth consecutive race, Jorge Martin lost the championship lead when he crashed out, but, as always, Marc Márquez provided the biggest drama of the weekend
MotoGP
Formula 1’s love affair with MotoGP
Why most F1 drivers love MotoGP. And why talk of F1 superstar Lewis Hamilton buying a MotoGP team may have something to do with Liberty Media’s buying the championship
