MotoGP
The real reasons Yamaha built a V4 MotoGP bike
Yamaha's technical director Max Bartolini reveals the details, plus why he knew Fabio Quartararo would be disappointed the first time he rode the V4
Mat Oxley
Columnist
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.
Latest articles from Mat
MotoGP
Inside Ducati's MotoGP tech office: the reason for Bagnaia's downfall revealed
It’s a strange day when the MotoGP winner is a rookie and the winner of the last race looks like a rookie. So what the hell is going on? Ducati finally tells us the reasons behind Bagnaia’s downfall, while Fermín Aldeguer takes an astonishing first victory
MotoGP
Bagnaia reborn: What has Ducati done to his Desmosedici?
Motegi was a triple MotoGP comeback: Márquez completing his, Bagnaia and Mir commencing theirs. The biggest question of all is how did Ducati turn things around for Bagnaia?
MotoGP
Is Marc Márquez the GOAT?
Marc Márquez’s seventh MotoGP title, after years in the wilderness, makes more history – he now has the longest title-winning career of all time, so now is a good time to answer the biggest question of them all
MotoGP
Is Rossi a seven-time MotoGP king or a nine-time motorcycle world champion?
MotoGP's owners are working to further separate grand prix racing's class of kings from the lower series, so who's a world champion now and what's in store for Moto2 and Moto3?
MotoGP
Márquez centimetres from MotoGP disaster: 'Today I had a special fire inside me'
Marc Márquez is within touching distance of his seventh MotoGP crown but had his toughest race victory of 2025 at the San Marino GP, as KTM hit chain trouble and Yamaha's V4 fell flat with Fabio Quartararo
MotoGP
Márquez on MotoGP copying F1: 'They ask more and more of us and some day it will explode'
Why MotoGP riders deserve more respect from Dorna and Liberty. Plus Moto3’s Kalex Yamaha future
MotoGP
MotoGP’s speedy siblings: little brother finally beats big brother
Finally he did it, Alex Márquez beat Marc in a grand prix for the first time, but maybe Barcelona’s real hero was Fabio Quartararo who this week begins his journey on Yamaha’s all-new V4
MotoGP
‘It’s untrue that Márquez rides very fast but doesn’t understand anything’
Marc Márquez’s factory Ducati crew chief Marco Rigamonti explains how the MotoGP dominator makes the difference, both in the garage and on the track
MotoGP
MotoGP bikes and riders deserve better than Balaton
Moto3 bikes go faster around most grand prix tracks than MotoGP bikes go around Balaton. This isn't the kind of circuit that's going to do anything good for the championship
MotoGP
Why Aprilia is getting close to challenging Ducati in MotoGP
The RS-GP is getting faster and faster, while Ducati continues to have its struggles with the GP25, so why can only Marc Márquez make the GP25 work?
MotoGP
Ducati domination: unprecedented in 77 years of MotoGP
Ducati is doing something that no other manufacturer has done in the history of the MotoGP world championship. And why the rules of MotoGP’s constructors' championship need changing
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