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.
In our final technical analysis of all six MotoGP factories we look at KTM, the Austrian brand that made excellent progress in its rookie season When the 2018 MotoGP grid…
Aprilia had an up-and-down 2017, so what does the Italian factory need to do to make Aleix Espargaró and Scott Redding competitive in MotoGP 2018? Aprilia is MotoGP’s underdog; the…
Suzuki’s MotoGP effort seemed to go backwards last year, so what must the factory do to close the gap to the front-runners? Suzuki has a lot to do in 2018,…
Valentino Rossi’s chief engineer Silvano Galbusera explains what went wrong last year and what needs to go right this MotoGP season Yamaha has a lot of work to do: the…
The second in our series of tech investigations into all six MotoGP factories: this week we reveal the main aims on Ducati’s 2018 R&D list Last season Ducati played its…
First in a series looking at the lessons learned by each MotoGP factory in 2017 and their plans to be faster in 2018. This week, Marc Márquez’s chief engineer Santi…
Almost two decades ago Yamaha built a single-crank new YZR500 to beat Honda and Valentino Rossi to the final 500cc title. The bike remained a secret, until now… Yamaha has…
No doubt about it, Johann Zarco was MotoGP’s new kid on the block last season. Except he wasn't much of a kid at all, says Mat Oxley The Frenchman was…
Many Britons wonder why British riders do so well in WSB and not so well in MotoGP. It’s a long story, says Mat Oxley… Congratulations are due to Jonathan Rea;…
Once again, MotoGP’s accident figures broke all records. But does that mean the racing is getting safer or more dangerous? Late November is a guilt-ridden time of year to be…
The dust has settled on Sunday’s frantic season finale at Valencia; so it’s time to decide: was Jorge Lorenzo right or wrong to refuse assistance to his team-mate? Team orders…
Marc Márquez rewrote the history books this year, with big smears of smoking, molten rubber on the asphalt First, to the stats, to put things in perspective. Yesterday Marc Márquez…