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.
It was American author Mark Twain who said that fact is stranger than fiction. It must be, he said, because fiction is limited by the human imagination, whereas reality is…
Main photo: Daytona International Speedway As MotoGP's superstars rode out on Saturday night to tweak their black boxes and twiddle with their high-speed rebound adjusters, the world's greatest motorcycle race…
Will there ever be a Lewis Hamilton of MotoGP, a black king of motorcycle racing? Of course there will be. Who does best at what often has much to do…
If any of Marc Márquez's MotoGP rivals were gloating while he suffered the slings and arrows of Andorra-gate, they should wipe their schadenfreude smiles off their faces. In case you aren't up…
Two weeks from now MotoGP's Grand Prix Commission sit downs in Madrid to decide the future of Grand Prix racing. The December 17 meeting will finally rubber stamp the biggest…
Decisions, decisions, decisions… racers make tens of thousands of them every race, and each and every one of them can make the difference between victory and defeat, even between life…
Main image: Tim Keeton Impact Images Silverstone was a weird weekend for Scott Redding. A year after his inch-perfect Moto2 win, and armed once more with that British GP feeling…
Racing is mostly about self-interest. It can be no other way. And even though the cliché that says nice guys don’t win is incorrect, the nice guys who do succeed…
It is good news that Cal Crutchlow and Andrea Dovizioso have re-signed with Ducati, because if Gigi Dall’Igna hasn’t forgotten how to design a racing motorcycle, then his 100 per cent brand-new…
Here are a few philosophical questions for you. Can motorcycle racing ever be too safe? Or how safe/dangerous should MotoGP be? Should MotoGP return to the Isle of Man TT…
I never made it to Assen. Instead of heading north east last week I found myself running in the opposite direction, towards Goodwood. Goodwood’s Festival of Speed is Glastonbury for…
The psyche of most racers is a precarious thing. Their confidence is like a magician’s conjuring trick – it can disappear in a puff of smoke. There’s something almost spiritual…