MotoGP returns this weekend in Doha for the opening round of the 2017 season, and so too does ‘Ask Mat’
Post-season saw a merry-go-round of riders, with only Honda’s line-up unchanged from 2016 of the front-running manufacturers. Maverick Viñales has been the star of pre-season, but Jorge Lorenzo could join Valentino Rossi in the record books if he takes victory.
Rain could play havoc, too, so there’s plenty of questions already, let alone after the race.
Mat Oxley will be your man on the ground, taking your questions and finding the answers all weekend.
How Ducati’s failure to communicate the reasons behind its 2025 bike troubles created innumerable online conspiracy theories and spoiled what was a glorious season, with Marc Márquez at least
Dorna, MotoGP Race Direction and IRTA say the leg wings fitted to Aprilia's RS-GP are a safety concern, so they could be banned with immediate effect
A shortened one-day test at Valencia gave MotoGP's rookies their first official MotoGP laps, but offered precious little time for the five factories to sort out their data streams for the winter. Aprilia was again the main pacesetter
The MotoGP finale in Valencia cemented Aprilia's resurgence and belatedly celebrated Marc Márquez's renewed greatness but it also produced a strong gesture from the other success story of 2025: 'The other' Márquez
