Motorcycle News

F1 and MotoGP have announced new deals to keep the Spanish and Catalan GPs on their respective calendars until 2026

MotoGP bikes will run entirely on green, sustainable fuel from 2027 after manufacturers and fuel companies signed up to a new environmental strategy that will eliminate fossil fuels from top-level…

The most remarkable grand prix career – in Formula 1 or MotoGP – came to an end at Valencia, Spain, at 2.42pm on November 14. Valentino Rossi finished his 432nd…

The fiercest rivalries in motorcycle racing back in the 1960s were not just between the riders but also the manufacturers, like Suzuki, Yamaha and Honda. Our Japanese masters kept the…

Finally, France has its first premier-class motorcycle world champion. A hundred and twenty seven years since the world’s first autocycle racer spluttered out of Paris, en route to Rouen, Fabio…

Valentino Rossi went into the 2021 MotoGP season determined to keep racing bikes into 2022, but his results dropped off a cliff, so what went wrong?

Remy Gardner and Raúl Fernández created the best-ever Moto2 title duel, so how do they compare and how will they go in MotoGP next year?

Ducati’s recent MotoGP form – including locking out the podium for the first time at Valencia is a huge warning shot for the Italian factory’s rivals going into 2022

Emotions ran high at Valencia on Sunday afternoon – at one point it looked like the river of tears flowing from the grandstands surrounding Ricardo Tormo circuit might bring out…

The absence of Marc Márquez from the last two races of 2021 and – much more importantly – the first pre-season test for 2022 is a real concern for MotoGP.…

Eight-time world champion Marc Márquez is set to miss yet another MotoGP race after being diagnosed with diplopia, through an an aggravation of an old injury

Ducati will have no less than eight of its super-powerful Desmosedicis on the 2022 grid – how will rival manufacturers cope?

A quick stroll down the back of the MotoGP garages after a race always tells you as much as any post-race media conference. Yesterday evening there was Gigi Dall’Igna (already…

Marc Márquez will miss this weekend's Algarve Grand Prix after suffering a head injury in training

Over the past two decades, since Valentino Rossi graduated to the premier class aboard his bright yellow Honda NSR500 in 2000, yellow has been the unofficial colour of MotoGP. But…

Paul Smart, who has died following a road accident, rode through one of the greatest crossroads in motorcycle-racing history: from British dominance to Japanese dominance, from four-stroke to two-stroke and…

Last week’s decision to raise the minimum age limits across motorcycle racing was a start, but it should only be the beginning of a change of philosophy