The vital first tests of 2017 started at Sepang on Monday – so what pointers have we seen so far for the new season? Ask our MotoGP reporter Mat Oxley,…
Yesterday Cal Crutchlow received Britain’s most prestigious motorcycling award and revealed that he is already close to signing a new deal for 2018 MotoGP preseason testing starts next week and…
Marc Marquez followed a path laid down by Max Verstappen last year, tearing his Honda RC213V down the Hahnenkamm in Austria. In typical Marquez style, there was no holding back: “It…
Launch control is the rider-aids programme designed to help MotoGP riders when they rocket away from the grid at the start of races. This is how it works… Overtaking in…
Triumph has been around since 1902 but has never won a Grand Prix. That will change soon, with Triumph set to become Moto2’s sole engine supplier MotoGP looks set to…
High-performance MotoGP engines create a lot of negative torque on the overrun. It is the EBC’s job to control how much gets to the rear wheel If you’ve been into…
We are in the midst of MotoGP’s winter testing ban but work never stops in race departments across the globe. This is what the big six have planned for 2017…
During the Senior TT in 2016 John McGuinness spent some time chasing Ian Hutchinson. The pair would finish second and third with Hutchy beating John by 30 seconds. Michael Dunlop…
The second of our in-depth look at MotoGP rider aids explains how anti-wheelie works – a handy gadget when you’ve got 260 horsepower on tap Why were winglets such a…
Why are more and more F1 fans watching MotoGP? And is this a good thing or a bad thing? You know the world is changing when the world’s most eminent…
Ferrari F1 cars take to the Daytona banking for the first time, and Fernando Alonso rides with Marc Marquez at Motegi The Formula 1 teams have started marking the end…
It’s one of the great mysteries of modern racing: how does traction control work? We tell you how, with a little help from MotoGP electronics providers Magneti Marelli Until last…
Jonathan Rea gave himself and Kawasaki a huge boost when he outpaced half the MotoGP grid at Jerez last week, but how was it possible? Racers love to prove a…
Three-time MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo swapped his Yamaha for a Mercedes at Silverstone in October, getting behind the wheel of a Mercedes W05 to realise one of his childhood dreams. Tackling the International circuit,…
During 2016 there were more than a thousand crashes in a MotoGP season for the first time in the sport’s history. What does this tell us about what’s going on?…
'Fast Freddie' Spencer will be joining Ed Foster and Mat Oxley to choose the motorcycle shortlist for the 2017 Hall of Fame. Last year saw Valentino Rossi join John Surtees…
