Back in 1996 I stood with John Surtees above the Albert Park pits in Melbourne, watching the Australian Grand Prix, freshly relocated from Adelaide. We were gawping up at a…
Yamaha’s MotoGP department found itself in the doldrums in the early 1980s, not unlike the last few seasons. The company may have won 1978, 1979 and 1980 500cc/MotoGP world championships…
‘King’ Kenny Roberts is one of the greatest motorcycle racers of all time: huge talent, fiercely intelligent, unmatched technical knowhow and happy to do evil things to his rivals, as…
Toprak Razgatlıoğlu is the most exciting motorcycle racer on Earth right now, so what’s his riding technique and will it work in MotoGP? The Turkish World Superbike genius talks stoppies, breakdancing, riding MotoGP bikes and why he needs engine-brake more than anything
During Monday’s Misano tests all 22 MotoGP riders evaluated Michelin’s promising new front slick, designed to solve tyre-pressure problems, while Aprilia used Hollywood motion-capture technology to record how their riders move around their motorcycles
Natural-born risk-taker Marc Marquez made the difference at rainy Misano and put himself in the title fight, while Bagnaia played the percentages and Martin messed up big time
Ducati’s 2025 factory team line-up of Pecco Bagnaia and Marc Márquez has striking similarities to motor racing’s wildest partnership: McLaren Formula 1 team-mates Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost. Will it provide the same fascination?
This year, world championship motorcycle racing celebrates its 75th birthday. Four decades after the inaugural 1949 series a rival championship was launched for high-performance street bikes. If MotoGP is Formula…
After four years of suffering Marc Márquez’s master plan – mapped out this time last year – is coming together perfectly. And here we go again with the feud between the house of Márquez and the house of VR46
A pit-lane fracas between Ducati and Aprilia staff at the recent Austrian grand prix highlighted MotoGP’s spy wars, which are becoming super-hi-tech and are all part of the fun!
Bagnaia has entered MotoGP’s top-ten pantheon, while Gigi Dall’Igna’s Ducati Desmosedici continues to destroy Honda records: all hail MotoGP’s greatest trinity of all time!
Pecco Bagnaia was on another planet at the Red Bull Ring for MotoGP's 2024 Austria race, where riders must deal with more wheelspin and front tyre locking than anywhere else
MotoGP’s dominant, record-smashing combination of Ducati’s GP24 and Michelin’s super-grippy 2024 rear slick has a weak point – the rear tyre has so much grip it pushes the front tyre. But what does it actually mean when riders say, “The rear is pushing the front”?
Insider news from the Silverstone MotoGP paddock gives us the best indication yet that BMW is planning to enter the premier class in the next few seasons, most likely in…
Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria, August 16-18 Two wheels, 28 laps and average speeds of 115mph – the Red Bull Ring is one of the quicker circuits in MotoGP, and…
Bastianini’s first sprint/GP double at Silverstone has turned the 2024 MotoGP title fight into a three-way contest with Martin and Bagnaia. But while Ducati is stronger than ever, it may lose the number-one plate
