Ducati’s recent MotoGP form – including locking out the podium for the first time at Valencia is a huge warning shot for the Italian factory’s rivals going into 2022

Emotions ran high at Valencia on Sunday afternoon – at one point it looked like the river of tears flowing from the grandstands surrounding Ricardo Tormo circuit might bring out…

The absence of Marc Márquez from the last two races of 2021 and – much more importantly – the first pre-season test for 2022 is a real concern for MotoGP.…

Ducati will have no less than eight of its super-powerful Desmosedicis on the 2022 grid – how will rival manufacturers cope?

A quick stroll down the back of the MotoGP garages after a race always tells you as much as any post-race media conference. Yesterday evening there was Gigi Dall’Igna (already…

Over the past two decades, since Valentino Rossi graduated to the premier class aboard his bright yellow Honda NSR500 in 2000, yellow has been the unofficial colour of MotoGP. But…

Paul Smart, who has died following a road accident, rode through one of the greatest crossroads in motorcycle-racing history: from British dominance to Japanese dominance, from four-stroke to two-stroke and…

Last week’s decision to raise the minimum age limits across motorcycle racing was a start, but it should only be the beginning of a change of philosophy

Fabio Quartararo became France’s first MotoGP champion at Misano Sunday, but it’s been a rocky road getting there

Bagnaia ended his championship charge at Misano, while Repsol Honda scored its first one-two in more than four years and Quartararo got to wear the crown sooner than expected

MotoGP hadn’t seen anyone like Marco Simoncelli for quite a while. He was a rough diamond washed up on a beach of smooth pebbles. The tall, ambling Italian was very…

MotoGP circuit safety has improved immeasurably in recent decades. Although riders crash more often than they used to – due to much closer competition and, ironically, safer tracks and better…