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.
The vital importance of straight-line braking in MotoGP’s Michelin era explained and the big question: can Lorenzo win the title for Ducati? Over the years there have…
Racing motorcycles around a wee country road at close to 200mph doesn’t make sense to many people, which is why it makes a lot of sense to others …
Jorge Lorenzo’s shock move to Repsol Honda caught pretty much everyone by surprise. What are the precedents and how will the deal work out? In December 1988,…
Ducati’s winning lump of plastic // Slip, sliding away // Marquez: “It was impossible” // Rossi: “I’m not fast enough to be champion” // Viñales: “The same but completely different” //…
Mystery continues to surround Lorenzo’s future. The latest from Yamaha: “If we can do a satellite team, we’d love to, but if we can’t, we won’t” It…
Where will Joan Mir, Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Iannone end up next year? MotoGP’s silly season is about to reach its climax Many MotoGP journalists spend a…
What happened at Le Mans, and how and why Le Mans: highside city // Rossi's problems // Lorenzo 'wasn't well advised' // Ducati and Dovi // Crutchlow powers through // Márquez wins with carbon swingarm // New KTM for Austria? // Radical aero…
Another race, another victory, so what exactly is Marc Márquez’s big secret? I’m stood in the Le Mans pitlane, chatting with a venerable MotoGP engineer, trying to…
Dorna is so convinced that most teams are fiddling their ECU sensory systems that it will banish tailormade IMUs from 2019 MotoGP is better than it’s ever…
What happened at Jerez, and how and why The pile-up // Dovi blames Jorge // Iannone's Suzuki hopes // Miller on factory Ducati? // Goodbye to aero // Rossi: 'Yamaha must work' // Trouble at Marc VDS // Crutchlow: fast but floored The pile-up…
Johann Zarco is one of MotoGP’s most talented riders, but he’s signed with a factory that hasn’t come close to the podium, let alone victory. Has the Frenchman lost his…
As MotoGP heads to Jerez for the first classic event of the year, the red and yellow fans will be out in force. Let’s hope for a good-natured weekend …
