The complete set of MotoGP Mutterings from the 2019 MotoGP Grand Prix of the Americas
“Suzuki has finally created a motorcycle that can win the MotoGP world championship for the first time since Kevin Schwantz and his RGV500 won the 500cc title in 1993, more than a quarter of a century ago.”
At COTA Suzuki took its third victory in its 245th MotoGP race and the GSX-RR may finally be a championship contender.
“After three races Valentino Rossi is in the hunt – riding a subtly improved YZR-M1 and riding as well as ever, maybe even better than ever.”
Why Rossi could win the championship and why Ducati, Honda and Yamaha had very different weekends at COTA.
“It’s not often that the events of several hundred million years ago bother MotoGP riders and engineers. But they do at COTA.”
The horror of sixth-gear tank-slappers, playing tricks with Michelin’s front slicks and Ducati’s ongoing ergonomics work.
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