MotoGP
Fabio Quartararo: How I ride
Why do you think you’ve had more immediate success in MotoGP than you had in Moto2 and Moto3? I think that to be fast in this category you don’t only…
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
Opinion
MotoGP
Ducati in MotoGP: looking for the perfect motorbike
Like Eldorado, the perfect MotoGP bike doesn’t exist, but that doesn’t mean Ducati’s Gigi Dall’Igna can stop searching. We spoke to him at Assen Andrea Dovizioso on the Ducati Desmosedici…
Opinion
MotoGP
Viñales’ ascent, Rossi’s descent. More from the MotoGP German Grand Prix
The ex-world champ helping to remake Viñales; confusion in Rossi’s garage; why riders read front-tyre data during races; what’s up at Ducati and Triumph’s first half-season of Moto2 Maverick Viñales…
Opinion
Electric racing
After the first MotoE race, it’s not the present that really matters — it’s the future
Sunday’s historic electric first MotoE race at a grand prix event was only the very beginning of EV motorcycle racing Niki Tuuli leads Bradley Smith and Mike Di Meglio in the inaugural…
Opinion
MotoGP
2019 MotoGP German Grand Prix — Márquez's latest record: 66 degrees of lean!
How Marc Márquez swept to his tenth consecutive German GP win on Sunday, using the craziest lean angles ever seen, plus HRC’s new frame that should allow him to take…
Opinion
MotoGP
Is Valentino Rossi slow? The numbers say no. More from the Dutch TT
The numbers that show Valentino Rossi hasn't lost his speed; whether Márquez is making Honda look good & Jorge Lorenzo's injuries: Mat Oxley's second instalment from the 2019 MotoGP Dutch TT Photo:…
MotoGP
Kunimitsu Takahashi on the birth of modern motorbike GP racing
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of its first world-championship race, Honda flew Kunimitsu Takahashi to the Dutch TT. Nineteen-year-old Takahashi joined Honda in late 1959, taking part in the factory’s…
Opinion
MotoGP
2019 MotoGP Dutch TT: why Yamaha won and Ducati was nowhere
Assen is unique, which is why some bikes excelled at the 2019 MotoGP Dutch TT, while others floundered Inline four-powered Suzukis and Yamahas shone in Assen Photo: Yamaha The cries of…
MotoGP
How I ride a TT Zero electric motorbike: Michael Rutter
Just over one week before MotoGP’s first MotoE race we find out how the world’s top electric motorcycle racer wins with sparks instead of explosions
Opinion
MotoGP
MotoGP celebrates 70 in Catalunya as Yamaha eyes a breakthrough
The final set of reports from the Catalan MotoGP Grand Prix: a brief glimmer of excitement in Rossi’s garage, Pedrosa starts work at KTM, MotoGP’s 70th birthday and the FIM…
Opinion
MotoGP
Is Petrucci breaking his word to target the title? More from the MotoGP Catalan Grand Prix
Has Petrucci changed his tune about Ducati winning the title? Quartararo finally crashes a MotoGP bike and Silverstone’s ‘quantum leap forward’ Part one from Catalunya Part three from Catalunya Did Petrucci…
Opinion
MotoGP
MotoGP’s aerodynamic advances: wings are creating more wings
What’s the story behind the fuel-tank wings appearing on MotoGP bikes? It’s all about the extra grip offered by the latest aerodynamics Photo: Mat Oxley MotoGP riders pull 1.7g on…