This is the extraordinary story of Les Graham, the decorated RAF Lancaster pilot who won the inaugural MotoGP world title, was ‘the greatest of all MV Agusta riders’ and lost his life on one of MV’s first MotoGP bikes
Why is Ducati’s Desmosedici so good? How will it be better in 2024? How important are computer simulations in MotoGP? Ducati’s three-times title-winning crew chief tells (nearly) all
Cecil Sandford, the last surviving champion from the first decade of motorcycling’s world championships, passed away on Tuesday, at the age of 95. Sandford was the first rider to win a world title with MV Agusta, which went on to become the biggest racing name through much of the 1960s and 1970s.
MotoGP’s most-awaited bike change in years was the story of Tuesday’s one-day Valencia tests, but conditions weren’t good enough to read too much into the overall results
More than half a century ago the FIM (motorcycling’s FIA) banned women from world championship motorcycle racing. The international governing body was spurred into urgent action by the ambitions of…
Pecco Bagnaia retained his crown in a chaotic Valencia finale that saw plenty of crashes and Di Giannantonio become the first rider to lose a podium due to MotoGP’s controversial tyre-pressure rules
Pecco Bagnaia – who goes to Valencia this week hoping to retain his MotoGP crown – may look smooth and controlled on his Ducati but he does some radical things to find his speed. He talks mad braking, what he expects from the 2024 Desmosedici and why today’s riders will have shorter careers
An epic 2023 championship duel was most likely decided on Sunday night when title contender Jorge Martin got a bad rear tyre. Plus: MotoGP should think about why riders are losing their tempers…
Here comes the final countdown of the 2023 MotoGP title fight – the hunter versus the hunted in Qatar this weekend and at Valencia next weekend – so let’s analyse Bagnaia and Martin from every angle
Bastianini won his first MotoGP race of 2023 and Bagnaia got a tyre warning, so he’s now even with title rival Martin going into the last two rounds, but riders are crying out for changes to the ‘ridiculous’ tyre-pressure rule
Jorge Martin goes into the final three MotoGP grands prix with one hand tied behind his back, due to a new rule that requires teams to see into the future and guess how each rider’s race will unfold
An amazing new photo book examines the wild, early days of American superbike racing, which eventually led to the MotoGP championship
Something significant happened in the world of motorcycling this year: India overtook China as the world’s leading manufacturer of powered two-wheelers, with an annual output of more than 18 million…
Jorge Martin said his Thai Grand Prix victory was the best MotoGP success of his life. And he wasn’t wrong. It followed disasters over the previous two weekends – crashing…
MotoGP has never been more stressful, so how does pit lane’s most experienced crew chief cope with the technical, mental and physical pressures of a fast-changing championship?
Another Phillip Island classic: Zarco wins his first MotoGP race, while the Bagnaia/Martin title fight continued, with more twists and turns than an LA canyon road
