How to fire up a MotoGP star
You would think that gold and glory would be enough to get them fired up, but a little extra always helps… Journalists sit very low in the feeding chain in…
Suzuki is having a nightmare MotoGP season; who to blame: the riders, the factory or the team? I’ve already said it, but I’ll say it again, I like Andrea Iannone,…
The much-hyped Márquez/Viñales title fight is turning out to be the weirdest in GP history. Here’s why… Remember all that preseason hype? This was going to be the year of…
Freddie Spencer reports after the German Grand Prix at Sachsenring, where Marc Márquez denied Jonas Folger a home win to take the lead of the championship Inspiring the next generation at the Festival…
MotoGP is at Sachsenring for the Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland, and Mat Oxley will be taking your questions about all the big talking points. It's a circuit Marc Márquez likes,…
Freddie Spencer discusses the big talking points from the Dutch TT, where Valentino Rossi showed his champion class and Spencer explains how MotoGP is a game of anticipation and judgement. …
I have no words after watching an old man win in the riskiest of conditions, but that wouldn’t make much of a blog… In October 2011 a photographer and I…
Assen was despoiled some years ago, just like Catalunya more recently, but then the history of racing is a history of epic race tracks disappearing Being an old MotoGP journalist…
Three podiums at the first three races and none since. Rossi needs a miracle if he’s to win a 10th world title “It was strange because I won without pushing…
Freddie Spencer looks back at the Catalunya Grand Prix at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Dovizioso made it back-to-back wins as Honda chased hard and Yamaha struggled. Today I’m not in my usual spot…
MotoGP is back in Spain for the next round of the 2017 season, a week after Andrea Dovizioso's win in Italy. Our MotoGP correspondent Mat Oxley is once again taking your…
Freddie Spencer looks back at the Italian Grand Prix at Mugello. It was a popular win for Dovisioso while Rossi struggled with his injury. The challenge of Mugello The Mugello…
Ducati had a huge day on Sunday but there’s one last fix it must make before the Desmosedici can challenge for the title again Andrea Dovizioso deserves double congratulations for Sunday:…
Sunday’s Italian GP marks one-third distance in the 2017 MotoGP championship, but Mugello may be the start of a new championship There is no part on a racing motorcycle more…
It's time to remember Nicky Hayden's great career: here's the first interview he did with Motor Sport MotoGP correspondent Mat Oxley, at the end of his rookie MotoGP season in…
Hayden made his MotoGP debut in Japan 2003 for the Repsol Honda Team and just two years later finished in third position in the championship behind Valentino Rossi and Marco Melandri. The…
Motorcycling has lost one of its fastest, gentlest racers. Rest in peace. Le Mans always feels sombre. Perhaps it’s got something to do with the fact that motor sport’s worst…