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.
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…
The 2017 MotoGP season reaches its conclusion at Valencia with Marc Márquez leading the championship by 21 points over Andrea Dovizioso. Home favourite Márquez is on the way to a fourth title but…
Maverick Viñales started this season as MotoGP title favourite. But he’s not won a race since May. What went wrong? It’s been a strange year for Maverick Viñales. He has…
…and it probably is, but even if Andrea Dovizioso fails to climb the cliff at Valencia, he can still be satisfied with a near-perfect 2017 The odds will not be…
Marc Márquez's Phillip Island victory was arguably his best so far; surviving that vicious six-rider brawl, then going on to win by almost two seconds. There must’ve been times in…
Dovizioso and Márquez could hardly see where they were going at Motegi, yet their duel was reminiscent of one of the greatest of all time It's been a generation since…
MotoGP has got its work cut out dealing with Moto3 maniacs hunting for slipstreams and by riders in all classes who get greedy with the asphalt runoff If MotoGP was…