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.
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…
Whatever you are doing, drop it right now and plan your visit to the Italian Grand Prix because there may never be another MotoGP race like it. Ride your bike,…
That was prime Jorge Lorenzo: grab the holeshot, then lay down the law, so there's no gunfight at the end. Perhaps there would've been a shootout in the final laps…
Valentino Rossi has been through them all. He’s the ancient prize fighter who has taken out Max Biaggi, Sete Gibernau, Casey Stoner, Jorge Lorenzo and the rest. His premier-class duels…
There was quite an admission of guilt from the podium trio at Austin on Sunday. Not one of the top three – Marc Márquez, Andrea Dovizioso or Valentino Rossi –…
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…