Honda gets serious: Toprak and Acosta in its MotoGP sights
Honda’s MotoGP project currently has huge momentum, which is why it’s jumping early into the 2026/2027 rider market, chasing Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Pedro Acosta
The latest Royal Automobile Club talk show with Steve Parrish. Read Lunch With… Steve Parrish in the July 2018 issue
Motorcycle racer turned TV analyst Steve Parrish joins Motor Sport magazine’s Mat Oxley and Jack Phillips ahead of his evening at the Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall.
He looks back on how the world of motorcycling has changed since he retired, including recalling the many antics recounted in his new Parrish Times autobiography, what’s changed at the Isle of Man TT and what it was like to be Barry Sheene‘s team-mate.
Honda’s MotoGP project currently has huge momentum, which is why it’s jumping early into the 2026/2027 rider market, chasing Toprak Razgatlıoğlu and Pedro Acosta
Marc Márquez was on another level at Losail, while Viñales magicked amazing speed out of nowhere in the 2025 MotoGP Qatar GP, Honda made another step and Martin put himself back in hospital
Bagnaia won his first race of 2025 at COTA but he’s still 5-1 down to his team-mate Marc Márquez, so how will their duel go this weekend in Qatar, which is supposed to better suit Bagnaia’s riding style?
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