This maddest of mad MotoGP seasons reaches its climax next month, with back-to-back races at Valencia and the season-finale at Portimao. So far Fabio Quartararo has won the most races,…
Honda is having its toughest season since it returned to grand prix racing with the fabulous oval-piston NR500 in the late 1970s and early 1980s. With its two fastest riders…
The stupidest journalist questions can sometimes elicit the best answers. I discovered this some time ago, on the eve of the 1991 French Grand Prix, when Wayne Rainey had qualified…
Surely, this is the weirdest MotoGP season ever. I’ve been in the paddock for roughly half the 72 seasons since the world championships were born and I can’t remember a…
The Suzuki GSX-RR’s ability to keep the Michelins inside their sweet spot is one reason why the factory is leading the way in MotoGP. Could the other reason be Suzuki’s…
Suzuki took the lead in the four-stroke MotoGP world championship for the first time at Aragon on Sunday. The last time the company led a premier-class title chase was way…
Valentino Rossi has confirmed he has tested positive for Coronavirus and that he is expecting to miss both Aragon races this month. Rossi underwent two separate tests on Thursday with…
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
Spa-Francorchamps has announced an €80m (£71m) redevelopment plan that will see run-offs extended, gravel traps installed and new grandstands built, as it aims to bring back international motorcycle racing. A…
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…
