As you read this there will be lots of MotoGP riders and teams nervously eyeing the weather forecast for this weekend and beyond. The global Covid pandemic has done strange…
I’ve always had special respect for British riders who break out of road-bike racing to have a crack at MotoGP. Since the mid-1980s, most Britons start out racing road bikes…
Valentino Rossi crashing out of three races in a row? That’s unheard of! In fact it has happened twice before in his career, but neither of those black runs were…
Ducati, Honda and KTM locked out the top eight positions on Sunday's MotoGP French Grand Prix, because when the rain comes down, point and squirt is the way to go
It’s been strange not writing about Marc Márquez these last few months. Ever since the middle of 2012, when he signed his first MotoGP contract, he’s stolen most of the…
Ducati has confirmed that Francesco Bagnaia will partner up with current Pramac Ducati team-mate Jack Miller at the factory team for the 2021 MotoGP season. The Italian joined the Pramac…
When journalists can’t get to MotoGP rounds during this year of Covid we are saved by the wonders of the internet – live TV, live timing, Zoom rider debriefs and…
In just a few months the global Covid pandemic has taken grand prix racing back to where it was half a century ago. Now the paddock is what it used…
In theory Valentino Rossi’s 2021 demotion from Yamaha’s factory team to its indie team is a demotion, but it may not turn out like that
Six races left and the battle for the 2020 world championship is turning into a Suzuki versus Yamaha duel. Which is a bit of a novelty. The last time that…
Fifty years ago today, just 20 miles from where I’m sat at the Barcelona circuit watching today’s MotoGP stars go to work, one of the greatest grand prix careers of…
Valentino Rossi will be back on the MotoGP grid next year with Yamaha's Petronas SRT satellite team. The deal for 2021 was announced this weekend and will see the nine-time…
Marc Márquez has said that he will be back on track sooner rather than later, as he continues to recover from the broken arm that has taken him out of…
The 2020 MotoGP world championship is so tight – four points covering the top five riders at the halfway point – that come November’s Portimao season finale, Fabio Quartararo may…
Britain’s old colonies have always punched above their weight in motorcycle grand prix racing, largely because bikers in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and elsewhere had nothing to read except…
If Ducati doesn’t announce Pecco Bagnaia’s promotion to its factory team at Barcelona this weekend I promise to shin up the Sagrada Família naked. Ducati needs Bagnaia because he is…
