Two numbers sum up the enormity of Marc Márquez’s comeback ride at COTA on Sunday. At the end of the first lap, after an electronics glitch put him last going…
Last weekend’s Argentine GP nearly didn’t happen due to logistics problems, but that was nothing compared to what happened at the first Argentine GP in the 1960s
It’s taken Aprilia almost three decades and a variety of different motorcycles – from a two-stroke V-twin to a four-stroke V4 – to win a race in the class of kings. This is how the company did it
So far this season there have been three different winners from the first three races and nine different riders on the podium at those races, so not one rider has…
Although there seems a certain amount of finality surrounding MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi’s retirement from two-wheeled racing, we have to remember that this, for him, is merely the closing of…
The reigning World Superbike champion may switch to MotoGP next year or the year after, but will his technique work with GP bikes and tyres?
The most successful chassis designer in the MotoGP paddock doesn’t work for Ducati or Honda or Yamaha or any of the other big manufacturers. Alex Baumgärtel works for his own…
Last Tuesday MotoGP announced that it will ban controversial front-end shapeshifting technology from the end of this season. This decision is of huge significance for the future of MotoGP, because…
Formula 1-inspired, accumulator-operated holeshot/shapeshifting device and other tech spots from the first two MotoGP rounds
Marc Márquez has suffered a repeat of the double vision that ruled him out of the final races of 2021, following a violent 115mph highside crash at Mandalika last weekend.…
Mandalika is the 65th circuit to host a MotoGP round in seven decades of Grand Prix racing and by far the remotest GP venue ever created, so what’s the circuit’s story?
A thrilling, rain-lashed Indonesian GP followed two difficult days of dry practice, when Michelin’s special, super-stiff rear slick caused lots of problems for the MotoGP grid
MotoGP is going racing with motorcycles specifically engineered to go racing. The USA’s King of the Baggers, underbones in Asia and the earliest superbike racing are the exact opposite. So what’s the attraction?
Most factories want to get rid of so-called shapeshifters, but the current system doesn’t allow a ban. Yet. Here’s the latest on MotoGP’s politics of technology
One race doesn’t make a championship, but the performance of Honda’s all-new RC213V and KTM’s new-concept RC16 suggests both will be back in the fray this year. Here’s why
Enea Bastianini stormed to victory in Sunday’s season-opening Qatar GP, underlining his talent and proving that a fully sorted old bike can be better than a brand-new bike
