MotoGP
Was Martín's title defence the worst in MotoGP history?
Reigning MotoGP champion Jorge Martín completed the 2025 season in 21st place, after a title defence destroyed by multiple injuries
Mat Oxley
Columnist
As a racer, Mat is an Isle of Man TT winner and lap record holder. As a scribbler, he’s been at it since the late 1980s and has written acclaimed biographies of Valentino Rossi and Mick Doohan – plus he’s an award-winning commentator too.
Latest articles from Mat
MotoGP
KTM chases MotoGP win: ‘Acosta is riding very, very accurate and he’s very, very focused’
KTM’s Pedro Acosta was one of MotoGP's stars in 2025 aboard his steadily improving RC16. KTM reveals how it went backwards to go forwards, why the purpose of a mass damper is to prevent all the resonances on a MotoGP bike having a party together and why KTM wants them banned
MotoGP
Ducati MotoGP: how to mismanage a crisis
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
MotoGP
MotoGP to ban Aprilia's leg wings?
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
MotoGP
Will Aprilia challenge for the 2026 MotoGP title?
Marco Bezzecchi's second consecutive start-to-finish victory at the 2025 MotoGP Valencia GP suggests Aprilia is ready to take the fight to Ducati, but there was one important factor not in play in those two wins
MotoGP
Bezzecchi makes MotoGP history for Aprilia
Portugese GP winner Bezzecchi proved that Aprilia’s RS-GP finally has a rear end to match its awesome front end to score the brand’s third win of the year so far. Meanwhile Ducati’s factory team had something to celebrate – its first Sunday point since September!
MotoGP
2027 MotoGP bikes will have '30% to 50% less' downforce
A fascinating chat with Aprilia tech boss Fabiano Sterlacchini, during which we discuss MotoGP's new rules, how he's helped transform the RS-GP into a title contender, how the bike's so-called leg wings work and why Marco Bezzecchi is a feedback genius
MotoGP
Dettwiler's horrific Sepang accident: Bring back Moto2 and Moto3 warm-ups
Safety should never be compromised for commercial reasons, which is why MotoGP needs to take a long, hard look at itself
MotoGP
Alex Márquez makes history: 'In 10 years we'll sit on the sofa with a smile and a beer in the hand'
The Márquez brothers are the first to complete a championship one-two in eight decades of MotoGP, but Sepang wasn’t plain sailing for Alex
MotoGP
Fernández victorious: MotoGP’s perennial underachiever finally achieves
Who is Phillip Island winner Raul Fernández and why have his four seasons in MotoGP been so complicated?
MotoGP
The real reasons Yamaha built a V4 MotoGP bike
Yamaha's technical director Max Bartolini reveals the details, plus why he knew Fabio Quartararo would be disappointed the first time he rode the V4
MotoGP
Inside Ducati's MotoGP tech office: the reason for Bagnaia's downfall revealed
It’s a strange day when the MotoGP winner is a rookie and the winner of the last race looks like a rookie. So what the hell is going on? Ducati finally tells us the reasons behind Bagnaia’s downfall, while Fermín Aldeguer takes an astonishing first victory
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