Racing is in thrall to the cult of youth but the death, earlier this month, of nine-year-old motorcycle racer Lorenzo Somaschini has prompted Matt Bishop to ask whether higher minimum age limits should be imposed
History was made at Misano last weekend when crashes, injuries and bad blood between top riders proved that women’s motorcycle racing isn’t much different to men’s
The first-ever world championship race took place on 13th June 1949. Four days later the first premier-class race was won by a rider who wasn’t allowed to fight in World War Two because his eyesight was so bad. Different times…
Tomorrow is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, an appropriate time to remember what WW2 airbases have done for British motorcycle racing – since 1945 more than seventy have hosted bike races
MotoGP has never been harder fought than it is now. A decade of rewriting the rules, levelling up the grid and getting rid of any stragglers has seen to that.…
Pecco Bagnaia’s third consecutive Mugello MotoGP victory was a masterpiece: his jaw-droppingly brave first two corners and his mind-bendingly metronomic pace over the entire 23 laps were awesome to behold.…
Bigger risks, bigger pressure, bigger calendar – no wonder Aleix Espargaró says the day he announced his MotoGP retirement last week as one of the best of his life
How do you find grip at MotoGP’s greasiest racetrack? Is there a magic trick? Do the bikes have a special no-grip button? And is it the job of the engineers or the riders to find grip?
Former MotoGP king Fabio Quartararo talks leg dangle, Yamaha’s fightback, where the YZR-M1 needs to improve, how he keeps smiling and why he thinks Marc Márquez is MotoGP’s most impressive rider
Jorge Martin and Marc Márquez thrilled us at Le Mans, leaving us to wonder what they’ll do next in their fight for the title and the most desired race bike on the planet. And how come MotoGP has served up cliffhangers every weekend since Liberty Media announced its takeover of the championship?
MotoGP’s biggest tech rules shakeup since 2002 has been announced: ride-height and holeshot devices are banned, engine performance and downforce aero are reduced. Lap times will be up to three seconds slower, which will have a knock-on effect for World Superbike rules
Jerez test analysis: Yamaha’s Dallara aero, Márquez’s frying brakes, Honda’s underwhelming redesign, another stripped GP24 and – oh no! – more pit-lane chat about chatter
Michael Dunlop stands on the brink of history this year. During June’s Isle of Man TT the Northern Irishman, age 35, could become the most successful TT rider of all…
Marc Márquez had his best MotoGP weekend ever with Ducati – pole position and an enthralling by-any-means-necessary duel with winner Bagnaia
Galileo studied the movement of planets at Padua University. 300 years later, it taught Ducati MotoGP chief engineer Gigi Dall'Igna a more terrestrial form of motion. Why is northern Italy — once home to Renaissance revolutionaries — now such a powerhouse of automotive knowledge?
It’s the oldest story in MotoGP: BMW is coming! MotoGP has been wooing the German manufacturer for at least two decades, because having a premium global brand like Bayerische Motoren…
