Mick Doohan and MotoGP’s greatest comeback
This is the harrowing tale of how Mick Doohan fought back from what should have been a career-ending injury to rule the toughest class in bike racing. The Australian’s recovery…
When (if) MotoGP 2020 roars into action at Jerez on July 19 it will have been eight months and two days since the grid last turned a wheel in anger.…
Exactly twenty years and one week ago Valentino Rossi was at Jerez, Spain, preparing for the race that would put him on a premier-class podium for the very first time.…
MotoGP rights-holder Dorna hopes to announce the start of the 2020 MotoGP world championship in the next few weeks. The Spanish-based company is aiming to get the racing underway in…
One day, paddocks will be buzzing once more - full of the most extreme people you'll ever meet, all with a hint of the psychotic about them. Mat Oxley remembers the MotoGP circus
Assen will not host a Grand Prix for the first time in the history of the motorcycle championship, as three MotoGP races are cancelled for 2020
The 2020 MotoGP world championship could get underway at Red Bull Ring in August. Following the cancellation or postponement of the first ten rounds of the 20-round series there is…
When it comes to the most valuable British motorcycles, there is Vincent, Brough Superior, and the rest. So, the appearance of a historic Vincent at Bonhams Stafford bike sale in…
Motorcycle racing has produced so many characters, but few will make you laugh as much as four-times British champion, Isle of Man TT winner and John Player Norton rider Dave…
With the racing season on hold and rounds continuing to be postponed or cancelled, MotoGP 20 has landed at the perfect time for motorbike fans, and the new game looks…
The month of April is traditionally when the motor sport season gets into full swing. It’s when racing truly becomes the norm again at most given weekends. But it’s best…
Fifty years ago this summer, Barry Sheene was preparing to make his grand prix debut, at the 1970 Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, a few days after his 20th birthday.…
We all love to watch a good duff-up on the racetrack, but what about the riders? We asked Marc Márquez, Valentino, Jorge, Cal and the rest what the racing battle means to them
“I like to always be positive,” says Hervé Poncharal, president of MotoGP teams association IRTA and owner of the Tech 3 squad. “But the world is going through a very…
The Belgian Grand Prix looks set to be postponed, along with several other high-profile races, after bans on mass gatherings were extended to the end of summer by some European…
The last time grand prix racing was properly interrupted was in September 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, triggering the Second World War. Those circumstances and the circumstances of the…
Breathe in and reeelaaax… Time to head back into the primal-screaming MotoGP paddock, where Machiavelli would find the going tough and where trophy girlfriends paddle ankle deep in testosterone as…