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.
Here is photographic evidence of how nasty things are getting inside the Movistar Yamaha pit as the Rossi/Lorenzo title fight approaches its heart-pumping climax. Above we see Rossi crew members…
Mystery 1: Yamaha’s qualifying capers The world of MotoGP holds thousands of mysteries, many of which are way beyond my ken. But there is something that has bothered me for…
When manufacturers go racing they learn from other manufacturers; that’s half the point of the exercise. Often this knowledge is gained fairly, other times by more nefarious means and sometimes…
Cue the Jaws theme tune, because Jorge Lorenzo is coming to get Valentino Rossi. The Spaniard took a nine-point chunk out of Rossi’s championship lead at Aragon, at which rate…
If you were the main man at the Yamaha Motor Company, who would you want to win this year’s MotoGP world championship? Before making your choice, you need to consider…
The church bells in Tavullia rang out on Sunday afternoon, as they always do when the town’s local hero wins a Grand Prix. I only know this because I watched…
Main image: a pre-race event in Brno, but perhaps not the one the weekend deserved At Brno I asked Dorna if they would arrange a minute’s silence on the MotoGP…
When Marc Márquez swept to Honda’s 700th Grand Prix victory on Sunday he did so at the head of the factory Repsol Honda team, probably the biggest outfit in the…
Let's do some maths: nine races gone and nine to go, so it's halfway time when we get to examine the past with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight and pretend…
When the future looks uncertain, some people like to take refuge in the past, which goes some way to explaining the success of events like last weekend's Goodwood Festival of…
Forty years ago this Saturday Jaws was released in cinemas. The film's theme tune still reverberates in people's minds: a spooky riff synonymous with approaching danger. Over the past four races Jorge…
It's not easy finding out much about a rider in the 15-minute interview slots that are the norm in MotoGP now. Unless something interesting happens. On one of the first…