Here comes MotoGP's longest, weirdest season
How MotoGP’s volatile rider market will play havoc with riders and manufacturers working to develop their all-new 850s for 2027
On May 31 Valentino Rossi was inducted into the Motor Sport Hall of Fame. The man himself was busy preparing for his 114th world championship win at the time, but sent a special message to those there on the evening.
On hand during the evening was the great John Surtees who chatted to Jennie Gow about what makes the Italian motorcycle ace so special.
How MotoGP’s volatile rider market will play havoc with riders and manufacturers working to develop their all-new 850s for 2027
Not exactly. They just want to make money. The MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group is embracing Liberty’s city races concept with plans to move the Australian GP from Phillip Island to Adelaide’s old Formula 1 street circuit
The coming MotoGP season will echo the summer of 2001 when the manufacturers fought each other on two fronts – racing their last 500s while simultaneously developing their revolutionary 2002 replacements, most famously Honda’s sublime RC211V
Aprilia, Honda and KTM have made steps into 2026, but it was Ducati that put all five of its riders inside the top six at the first pre-season tests