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.
Dodgy two-stroke technology and a nauseatingly callous racing establishment were the causes of Monza 1973 – a fiery multiple pile-up that claimed the lives of two of the sport’s biggest stars and changed the course of racing
V4 MotoGP bikes make more power, inline-fours handle better. That’s why Johann Zarco, Jorge Lorenzo and others struggle when they switch from inline-fours to V4s
This is the harrowing tale of how Mick Doohan fought back from what should have been a career-ending injury to rule the toughest class in bike racing. The Australian’s recovery…
When (if) MotoGP 2020 roars into action at Jerez on July 19 it will have been eight months and two days since the grid last turned a wheel in anger.…
Exactly twenty years and one week ago Valentino Rossi was at Jerez, Spain, preparing for the race that would put him on a premier-class podium for the very first time.…
MotoGP rights-holder Dorna hopes to announce the start of the 2020 MotoGP world championship in the next few weeks. The Spanish-based company is aiming to get the racing underway in…
One day, paddocks will be buzzing once more - full of the most extreme people you'll ever meet, all with a hint of the psychotic about them. Mat Oxley remembers the MotoGP circus
The 2020 MotoGP world championship could get underway at Red Bull Ring in August. Following the cancellation or postponement of the first ten rounds of the 20-round series there is…
Motorcycle racing has produced so many characters, but few will make you laugh as much as four-times British champion, Isle of Man TT winner and John Player Norton rider Dave…
We all love to watch a good duff-up on the racetrack, but what about the riders? We asked Marc Márquez, Valentino, Jorge, Cal and the rest what the racing battle means to them
“I like to always be positive,” says Hervé Poncharal, president of MotoGP teams association IRTA and owner of the Tech 3 squad. “But the world is going through a very…
The last time grand prix racing was properly interrupted was in September 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, triggering the Second World War. Those circumstances and the circumstances of the…