Motorcycles

Sunday’s opening superbike round at Phillip Island was interesting in all kinds of ways, but what struck me was where the riders doing the winning had come from. They certainly…

The question is: are CRT bikes too slow? It depends on your viewpoint. If you are Jorge Lorenzo, under pressure from Dani Pedrosa as you come upon a backmarker at…

I’ve just been writing about King Kenny Roberts for an upcoming edition of Motor Sport magazine – the made-from-trees version – regaling readers with some of his top tales. Roberts…

Some of you may remember that in 2010 and 2011 my colleague Rob Widdows wrote a list of predictions for the year ahead. He may have joked that they were…

The name might not be familiar to many who visit this site, but the passing of Kevin Ash leaves a gaping void in the world of motorcycle journalism. He died…

You can imagine the gasps of disbelief when Ducati unveiled its GP13 atop a mountain in the Dolomites last night: the bike is pretty much a GP12 with a new…

Season review books are often a hit-and-miss affair. Try to take on too much and you risk diluting the subject matter; if you concentrate on specifics you run the risk…

The New Year is usually a time to look forward. But the past is an easier place to talk about than the future, so please forgive me for looking backward…

Between November 29 and January 3, we’ll be reviewing the 2012 motor sport season month by month. Along with these features, Ed Foster will be assessing each Formula 1 team’s…

Between November 29 and January 3, we’ll be reviewing the 2012 motor sport season month by month. Along with these features, Ed Foster will be assessing each Formula 1 team’s…

Between November 29 and January 3, we’ll be reviewing the 2012 motor sport season month by month. Along with these features, Ed Foster will be assessing each Formula 1 team’s…

The best MotoGP racers have a habit of doing extraordinary things. Only occasionally do they do things that leave you dumbstruck. It’s the start of the Japanese round of the…

Between November 29 and January 3, we’ll be reviewing the 2012 motor sport season month by month. Along with these features, Ed Foster will be assessing each Formula 1 team’s…

This is the time of year I usually indulge myself with a list of awards, handing out praise and criticism, perhaps bearing a grudge or two and exacting a little…

MotoGP winter testing began on Tuesday in very wintry conditions, which isn’t the idea of winter testing. The weather was so grim at Valencia that Yamaha packed up and headed…

You’ve got to hand it to Jorge Lorenzo. During 2012 he was the rock in a rough sea. This has been a stormy year of dizzying change in MotoGP: the…

Valentino Rossi has told BBC Sport that MotoGP racing is boring and that he finds it hard to stay awake. I bet the BBC loved hearing that – they broadcast the…