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.
Riders want a more consistent tyre from Michelin, but a faster tyre? That's the last thing MotoGP needs MotoGP is more unpredictable than it’s ever been, because…
Ducati’s fastest three MotoGP riders all use a thumb-operated rear brake, 25 years after Mick Doohan introduced the system to Grand Prix racing Look at this photo of Jorge Lorenzo…
Analysis of top speed figures on Losail’s one-kilometre straight tells us a lot about which manufacturers have the most powerful engines Are top speeds important in MotoGP?…
Dorna’s new electric race series is a sensible step into the future, but it’s totally out of step with Qatar’s hydrocarbon-burning floodlights I can see both sides…
So much to talk about from Qatar, so let’s work our way through the weekend like Andrea Dovizioso would if he was a journalist Dovizioso was remarkable from Friday afternoon…
MotoGP is going to be even madder and closer this season, which is great for fans, less so for the riders. Welcome to our prediction-free preview... “It’s…
Ralf Waldmann: obituary Photo: MotoGP It’s been one of those horrible weeks for motorcycling. First, journalist and broadcaster Henry Hope-Frost died in a road accident last…
Marquez… Zarco… Dovizioso… Rossi: this year there’s one performance factor they’re chasing more than any other: mid-corner turning Motorcycle racing has always been about walking a tightrope.…
Honda had a poor preseason in 2015, 2016 and 2017, but this time it looks like Márquez, Pedrosa and Crutchlow are in seriously good shape During the…
The factory team seems in disarray, so could Johann Zarco be Yamaha’s greatest hope for this year’s MotoGP crown? The Movistar Yamaha team seems to be digging itself an ever-deeper hole.…
There is a fair amount of evidence to suggest that the 1980s were the high-water mark of excess, as well as of excessively bad fashion and excessively bad behaviour. The…
Next year MotoGP gets its first new world-class championship in more than half a century, but the electric MotoE series must sound great Within the next few months MotoGP fans…