Last night's Motor Sport Hall of Fame kicked off with a panel discussion on motor sport's great rivalries. Hosted by TV presenter Jennie Gow the stars included five-time Le Mans…
… a wild, crazy anachronism in an even wilder, crazier world On Saturday afternoon when Jorge Lorenzo, Valentino Rossi, Marc Marquez and the rest are about to qualify for the…
The 2016 season has only just started, but 2017 is already looking good for VR So silly season is over. And it’s not even June. Now that all the major…
Valentino Rossi talks about rider bullying on social media: “it’s very bad” Technology is usually amoral – it can be used for good or for ill. Nuclear fission can be…
Looking back at Le Mans and forward to the greatest race of the year Was Jorge Lorenzo’s runaway victory at Le Mans the sign of many more to come or…
MotoGP is going through a tough time with tyres, but how long has this been going on? It is Michelin’s home MotoGP round this weekend; in theory a time for…
In light (no pun intended) of Mat's recent piece on Rossi's weight advantage (which you can read here) we've decided to publish this magazine piece, which is taken from the…
He’s old and he’s fat I’m joking, of course, but not entirely Valentino Rossi’s 113th Grand Prix victory was historic and much more. It was the success that brought him…
Valentino Rossi explains why he still loves racing The drive from Malaga airport to Jerez takes you past miles of fading apartment blocks built before the financial crisis. They stand…
Here’s a special MotoGP request ahead of this weekend’s Jerez GP I’m often a bit mean about Dorna, because they’re the people in charge of MotoGP, so they’re in the…
Why Rossi’s failure on the Ducati could be Lorenzo’s biggest reason for going there Anyone who tells you they know why Jorge Lorenzo quit the manufacturer that’s won five of…
There’s very little all the factories agree on, but engine rotation is one of them After sunshine, rain and fresh air, my favourite natural phenomenon is gyroscopic effect. This is…
Many people thought the secret to MotoGP 2016 would be smoothness, but Sunday’s Argentine GP completely trashed that theory So much for all the preseason theories that the secret to…
Royal Automobile Club talk show in association with Motor Sport. I first met McGuinness at the Isle of Man TT in 2011. I was on the island to write a…
Over the past decade MotoGP’s crash rate has more than doubled. Here are a few theories why… You probably remember the 2006 MotoGP world championship: it was arguably the best…
The Qatar weekend marked the passing of Sandy Rainey, the man who gave us one of the sport’s all-time greats. Wayne Rainey’s first bike – a highly modified Honda step-thru…
