Suzuki’s MotoGP effort seemed to go backwards last year, so what must the factory do to close the gap to the front-runners? Suzuki has a lot to do in 2018,…
Valentino Rossi’s chief engineer Silvano Galbusera explains what went wrong last year and what needs to go right this MotoGP season Yamaha has a lot of work to do: the…
The second in our series of tech investigations into all six MotoGP factories: this week we reveal the main aims on Ducati’s 2018 R&D list Last season Ducati played its…
First in a series looking at the lessons learned by each MotoGP factory in 2017 and their plans to be faster in 2018. This week, Marc Márquez’s chief engineer Santi…
Freddie Spencer weighs up the top five MotoGP finishers of 2017 in his season review 5th – Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi finished fifth in the championship, which isn’t so surprising.…
Almost two decades ago Yamaha built a single-crank new YZR500 to beat Honda and Valentino Rossi to the final 500cc title. The bike remained a secret, until now… Yamaha has…
Freddie Spencer evaluates the top 10 MotoGP riders of 2017, in championship order, starting with numbers 10-6 First off, I want to say what a pleasure has been doing these…
No doubt about it, Johann Zarco was MotoGP’s new kid on the block last season. Except he wasn't much of a kid at all, says Mat Oxley The Frenchman was…
Many Britons wonder why British riders do so well in WSB and not so well in MotoGP. It’s a long story, says Mat Oxley… Congratulations are due to Jonathan Rea;…
Once again, MotoGP’s accident figures broke all records. But does that mean the racing is getting safer or more dangerous? Late November is a guilt-ridden time of year to be…
Freddie Spencer's take on the Valencia Grand Prix, and his view on Lorenzo and Ducati It seems like just yesterday we were in Qatar beginning the season, with all the…
The dust has settled on Sunday’s frantic season finale at Valencia; so it’s time to decide: was Jorge Lorenzo right or wrong to refuse assistance to his team-mate? Team orders…
Marc Márquez rewrote the history books this year, with big smears of smoking, molten rubber on the asphalt First, to the stats, to put things in perspective. Yesterday Marc Márquez…
The 2017 MotoGP season reaches its conclusion at Valencia with Marc Márquez leading the championship by 21 points over Andrea Dovizioso. Home favourite Márquez is on the way to a fourth title but…
Maverick Viñales started this season as MotoGP title favourite. But he’s not won a race since May. What went wrong? It’s been a strange year for Maverick Viñales. He has…
Yamaha's autonomous Motobot racing bike has attempted to beat Valentino Rossi's time at Thunderhill Raceway Park, USA With a targeted top speed of 124mph, the Motobot's second development milestone is…
