As a racer, Mat is an Isle of Man TT winner and lap record holder. As a scribbler, he’s been at it since the late 1980s and has written acclaimed biographies of Valentino Rossi and Mick Doohan – plus he’s an award-winning commentator too.
Motorcycle racing is a nasty business, which is why many greatest racers indulge in questionable tactics. Following Marc Márquez’s COTA stunt, here are a few dodgy tales about former MotoGP kings Barry Sheene, Eddie Lawson and Phil Read
Marc Márquez seemed to have hoodwinked them all before Sunday’s COTA Grand Prix got underway, then he threw it all away and Pecco Bagnaia swept to his first win of 2025
Luca Marini scored his first MotoGP podium at COTA two years ago, aboard a VR46 Ducati. This week he’s back there in a different situation, working to get Honda back to the front of the pack. So how does the Italian ride a MotoGP bike and help Honda redevelop its RC213V?
Marc Márquez is on his way to surpassing Valentino Rossi and Giacomo Agostini to become the most successful MotoGP rider of all time. But could this new target ruin his focus on what really matters: winning world championships?
Marc and Alex Márquez were once again in a class of their own at the MotoGP Argentine GP, where Pecco Bagnaia’s struggles have him contemplating a return to his 2024 Ducatis. Meanwhile the real heroes of the weekend were Honda and Johann Zarco
Last week MotoGP dropped a bombshell: from 2027 the championship will switch from Michelin tyres to Pirelli, coinciding with a reduction in engine capacity from 1000cc to 850cc, reduced downforce…
MotoGP’s struggling Japanese manufacturers looked like they’d taken a step forward during pre-season testing, so what did the reality of the season-opening Thai GP reveal?
Marc Márquez was playing with his rivals at Buriram, said team-mate Pecco Bagnaia. Now the eight-time champ has the best bike, could this be his greatest season yet?
Injured MotoGP champion Jorge Martin will miss this week’s season-opening Thai GP. ‘King’ Kenny Roberts was the last champ to miss the start of his title defence, and yet the American went on to retain his title
It is perhaps a sign of the times that three of motorcycle racing's biggest headlines of 2025 will be written not by riders, engineers and team managers but by businesspeople,…
Pre-season testing is over, next comes the racing: and the reds look like continuing their MotoGP domination, with a mostly year-old motorcycle
The 2025 MotoGP season got underway today with the first test in Sepang, with more than a quarter of the grid crashing and three riders breaking bones. Meanwhile the race to catch Ducati continues…
