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Vote Vote now Les Graham 500cc world champion 1949 Like many racers of his generation, Graham had his career interrupted by the Second World War, during which he flew RAF…

“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death,” said legendary Liverpool football manager Bill Shankly many years ago. “I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can…

Perhaps the gods of the racetrack decided they had done enough for Valentino Rossi after this year’s first race at the Red Bull Ring, where he so narrowly avoided a…

I wasn’t around for the first premier-class GP, which took place on the Isle of Man in June 1949. The winner of that race was bespectacled Londoner Harold Daniell, who…

The French have enjoyed very little success in the premier class of motorcycle racing, which is rather strange, especially because France was the first great motorcycling nation. French riders and…

Last season Brembo judged Red Bull Ring to be one of four MotoGP circuits that placed extreme demands on its brakes, along with Twin Ring Motegi, Sepang and Barcelona. Not…

The last time the reigning MotoGP king got badly hurt was in 1999, when Mick Doohan suffered career-ending injuries at Jerez, coincidentally just metres from where fellow Repsol Honda rider…

Johann Zarco will start from the pitlane for this weekend's Styrian Grand Prix after being penalised for his role in last Sunday's crash with Franco Morbidelli. Stewards found "there was…

A new air fence and safety wall have been installed at Turn Three of the Red Bull Ring ahead of this weekend's MotoGP round — following last Sunday's huge accident.…

The MotoGP paddock has changed beyond all recognition since the global pandemic arrived. What used to be a bustling global village of several thousand riders, engineers and team members and…

Last weekend’s Austrian GP was the perfect illustration of the difficulties that riders of slower, better-handling inline-four MotoGP bikes face when they are fighting with rivals using faster, poorer-handling V4…

Who to blame for Sunday’s horror accident: the riders, the circuit or ourselves? 2020 MotoGP Austrian GP Insight

MotoGP rivals rock and roll when it comes to high-profile splits. But who's the prima donna in the Andrea Dovizioso/Ducati camp? Plus Yamaha's speed woes: 2020 MotoGP Austrian GP Insight part 2

The Clinica Mobile has been part of the grand prix paddock since Dr Claudio Costa arrived at the 1977 Austrian GP in his first mobile hospital, a tiny VW van.…

MotoGP riders use the rear rake more than ever – Quartararo is one of the best at loading the rear tyre so he can get more stopping power from the rear of the bike

2020 MotoGP Brno GP insight: Where Brad Binder came from and why he’s winning, how KTM transformed its RC16 from midfield finisher and how Michelin’s 2020 rear slick has changed MotoGP’s balance of power

Stefan Bradl will take Marc Márquez's Honda seat in this weekend's Czech Republic Grand Prix, after the reigning champion had a second operation on his fractured arm. Márquez has been…