Franco Morbidelli became Valentino Rossi’s first protégé when he moved from Rome to Tavullia in 2008, at the age of 13. And when Rossi established the VR46 Riders Academy in…
Rob McElnea was the last racer to run at the front at GPs and at the Isle of Man TT. Mat Oxley interviewed him a few years ago when he quit BSB, after winning five BSB titles as rider and team boss
Andrea Iannone has been suspended from racing for 18 months after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. The Aprilia rider claimed that contaminated food may have been to blame for…
Today is Valentino Rossi’s 24th grand prix birthday, marking the anniversary of his world championship debut on 31 March 1996. On that day he finished sixth in his debut world-class…
A smart phone is a small box of electronics that replaces any number of physical and mechanical gadgets. It takes the place of a camera, a videorecorder, an alarm clock,…
The master of riding by the seat of your pants: Marc Márquez's special advantage in MotoGP
This year's MotoGP season will now start in May, after the Argentinian Grand Prix was postponed — the fourth race of 2020 to be disrupted due to coronavirus. The event,…
The Qatar Grand Prix has always felt a bit unreal. The first time MotoGP visited in October 2004 the newly built track was a 20-minute drive out of Doha into…
Joe Roberts may have missed the Moto2 podium in Qatar, but the MotoGP paddock’s latest American star – no relation to three-times 500cc world champion ‘King’ Kenny Roberts – started…
Many people in the paddock and most fans around the world are asking when will the 2020 MotoGP world season really start. Will the team freight currently languishing in Qatar…
Jorge Lorenzo will race at this season’s MotoGP Catalunya Grand Prix, seven months after announcing his retirement from motorcycle racing. The three-time MotoGP champion will take Yamaha’s wildcard entry for…
Motorcycle racing and other sports are bubbles – microcosms of life that allow competitors and fans to invest themselves in something wonderful but ultimately trivial. When working in the paddock…
The first two races of the MotoGP season have been cancelled due to coronavirus measures, pushing back the start of the season by a month. The season-opening race was scheduled…
Gigi ‘Gadget’ Dall’Igna is up to his tricks again. Ducati’s chief engineer – the man who gave MotoGP wings, holeshot devices, wheel fairings, ‘swinglets’ and much more about which we’ll…
Marc Márquez has extended his Honda contract by four years, which will take the six-time MotoGP champion to December 2024. Márquez has already won 56 grands prix with HRC since…
Some people think modern electronic control systems and ever-improving mechanical performance makes MotoGP bikes undemanding. They are wrong, says Mat Oxley, and here’s why
