On May 31 Valentino Rossi was inducted into the Motor Sport Hall of Fame. The man himself was busy preparing for his 114th world championship win at the time, but sent a special message to those there on the evening.
On hand during the evening was the great John Surtees who chatted to Jennie Gow about what makes the Italian motorcycle ace so special.
The Malaysian GP was full of drama. Bagnaia crashed out of the sprint, which left MotoGP points-leader Martin sitting pretty for the main race, but he still risked it all in an epic duel with the reigning champion
How Ducati uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to solve MotoGP’s greatest riddle: the exact interaction of man and machine on the racetrack
MotoGP’s seesaw season of mistakes is coming down to the finest details: Martin using his get-out-of-jail-free card and Bagnaia finding drying kerbs in Thailand. And what about Acosta – he’s now scored five times more podiums than any other non-Ducati rider!
Saturday’s Viñales/Bezzecchi pile-up wasn’t MotoGP's first air-stop accident and it won’t be the last, but these crashes aren’t down to the riders, they’re the fault of the bikes. It’s concerning that no one is doing anything to fix the problem