MotoGP’s sprint races – good or bad idea?
A hundred years or so ago the world was accelerating faster than ever, thanks to the arrival of the internal-combustion engine, the telephone, electricity and other new technologies that turbocharged…
Fabio Quartararo is coming under increasing pressure from MotoGP’s Italian V4s. So what are his chances at the last eight races? And why has Yamaha hired an Italian Formula 1 engine designer?
Andrea Dovizioso announced his retirement last week, after two decades in the grand prix paddock. The Italian had his greatest years after MotoGP switched to Michelin tyres, when he became famous for his last-corner defeats of Marc Márquez. So how did he do it?
The 2022 title fight is now a three-way battle after a red-hot weekend at Silverstone, where Aleix Espargaro was the hero after a huge Saturday highside. The question is: why didn’t his TC save him?
Andrea Dovizioso has announced his retirement from MotoGP after the San Marino GP at Misano
As MotoGP travels to Silverstone, where Formula 1 cars raced five weeks ago, now is as good a time as any to tell the story of how a Norton-based engine beat Ferrari to the F1 constructors' championship
2020 MotoGP king Mir is rumoured to be joining Honda next year, so what are the secrets of his riding technique and how will they translate to the RC213V?
Back in the spring of 1980 the world’s most famous motorcycle racer made a phone call to a dilapidated corrugated-iron shed in deepest Hertford, north of London. Barry Sheene had…
The world never stops changing and motorcycling’s elite with it. Riders and motorcycles come and go. Empires rise and crumble. And sometimes ancient empires arise from the dust. MotoGP seems…
Ramon Forcada has been a MotoGP chief crew for three decades, working on Honda’s NSR500, RC211V and RC212V, then Yamaha’s YZR-M1. He talks about working with two-stroke 500s, the big changes that have taken place in MotoGP in recent years and the category’s current problems
If you’re disappointed about the current lack of great MotoGP battles, don’t worry, there are some fights on the way. You just won’t see them
Yamaha has reacted furiously to Fabio Quartararo's Assen MotoGP penalty. So how come the stewards penalised the championship leader while leaving others unpunished for similar incidents?
With almost six weeks to go before you see another MotoGP bike in action here are the latest gadgets and gizmos seen at recent races, plus an analysis of Honda’s troubles with the RC213V
Quartararo crashes and Bagnaia wins to reignite the MotoGP title fight, rookie Bezzecchi and Espargaro amaze and the Japanese factories are nowhere. Somehow Assen never disappoints
Three months ago Aleix Espargaró rode his Aprilia RS-GP to the company’s first MotoGP victory in four decades of trying, at the Argentine Grand Prix at Termas de Rio Hondo.…
Giacomo Agostini has won more motorcycle Grands Prix and more World Championships than anyone else. The Italian just celebrated his 80th birthday, so now is a good time to honour him
Sometimes you can do no wrong. Other times you can do nothing right This is how it is for two of MotoGP’s championship favourites – Fabio Quartararo and Pecco Bagnaia…