Mat Oxley

Road testing Ducati’s 1198SP animal for us was a diversion from Mat’s day job covering the MotoGP scene. But this month he’s not happy: “I’ve asked my wife Debs to make me a black armband so I can wear it on the last-ever two-stroke GP grid at the season-ending Valencia round on November 6,” he says. “My eyes will be watering and it won’t only be due to the two-stroke smoke.”