Motorcycle News

After several years running along at tick-over, Yamaha’s MotoGP project is picking up revs because factory bosses have realised they need to get serious if they are to beat Honda…

Fabio Quartararo has signed a two-year deal to replace Valentino Rossi at Yamaha’s factory team in 2021. The Japanese manufacturer moved early to prevent last season’s rookie of the year…

Yamaha has announced that Maverick Viñales has signed a new two-year extension, keeping him with the team until the end of the 2022 season. Viñales has been a Yamaha rider…

It’s an old racing truism that the most important part of a racing motorcycle is its tyres. Why? Because the tyres are the interface between motorcycle and race track, so…

V4-powered MotoGP bikes have won 44 of the last 50 MotoGP races, a victory rate of 88 per cent, and topped the speed charts at 47 of the last 50…

Valentino Rossi’s racetrack achievements are awe-inspiring: 23 world championship seasons and 323 grands prix contested since March 1996, 115 victories, 232 podiums and nine world titles across three classes. And…

Not many riders get to be factory riders in their rookie MotoGP season. Usually this only happens to the greats, like Marc Márquez and Maverick Viñales. This year 2016 Moto3 world champion and…

Andrea Iannone has reportedly had his positive drugs test confirmed after a B sample showed traces of an anabolic steroid. But Italian news reports say that the level of the drug in…

I did an office clear-out during the festive season and found a pile of old stories that I’d printed on rolls of perforated computer paper and faxed to editors. Yep,…

Aprilia will be the only factory to unveil a completely new MotoGP bike at the first 2020 pre-season tests, thanks to parent company Piaggio Group investing extra cash into the…

What will Marc Márquez give Repsol Honda MotoGP team-mate Alex Márquez for Christmas? Here’s our best guess… Christmas at Casa Márquez - as envisioned by Motor Sport When my brother…

The most explosive rivalries in motor sport: including F1, sports cars, rally and motorcycling. Check back every day as we count down racing rivals from 25 to 1 Photo: Motorsport…

Provisonal suspension in place for Andrea Iannone after traces of anabolic steroids were found in a drugs test. Aprilia rider 'confident' of positive conclusion Photo: Motorsport Images Andrea Iannone has…

Riders discuss race, tyre and electronics tactics, but bladder strategy? Five-time World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea explains all in Mat Oxley's favourite 2019* interview Photo: Motorsport Images The Royal Automobile Club on…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V6RQFbsIr4 Lewis Hamilton and Valentino Rossi have swapped race-seats in a post-season Valencia track day, involving Yamaha and Mercedes The pair, who have 15 world championships between them, took to…

After four years of struggle, Yamaha is closing the gap on its rivals. Its new MotoGP project leader Takahiro Sumi tells us how Viñales' crew celebrate with Sumi after the…

Regular readers of this blog will know I’m a big fan of MotoGP’s annual crash report. Not because I’m ghoulish, but because the crash statistics tell you more than just…