Huge MotoGP history – It’s 50 years since Yamaha’s first crown!
Fifty years ago this summer Yamaha made history by winning its first MotoGP championship, which also completed the domination of all categories by the two-stroke engine
Why did 120,000 fans turn up to watch Johann Zarco’s fairytale victory at Le Mans last Sunday? Because motorcycle racing is a French invention – the first races, circuits, race bikes and top riders all came out of France
Johann Zarco surfed through the rainy chaos at Le Mans to take a hugely popular MotoGP victory, while Marc Márquez kept it together to take vital championship points
MotoGP’s minimum pressure rule isn’t only arbitrary, it could also have an unexpected effect on the championship outcome. Luckily, there’s an easy fix…
Quartararo tested a more powerful Yamaha engine, which he may race next week at Le Mans, Aprilia evaluated new seat aero, Honda tried MotoGP’s first chassis parts incorporating ground-effect elements and Ducati worked on the problem that’s hampering its factory riders
There was hardly a dry eye in the house when Alex Márquez swept to his first MotoGP victory at sold-out Jerez on Sunday, but there were plenty of worried faces in the factory Ducati garage. Why so?
MotoGP has never had a more unpopular technical regulation than its tyre-pressure rule, which robbed Maverick Viñales of a podium finish in last week’s Qatar GP. But that’s just one of many dozens of new rules over the past two decades – so what’s the story?
Why did 120,000 fans turn up to watch Johann Zarco’s fairytale victory at Le Mans last Sunday? Because motorcycle racing is a French invention – the first races, circuits, race bikes and top riders all came out of France
Johann Zarco surfed through the rainy chaos at Le Mans to take a hugely popular MotoGP victory, while Marc Márquez kept it together to take vital championship points
MotoGP’s minimum pressure rule isn’t only arbitrary, it could also have an unexpected effect on the championship outcome. Luckily, there’s an easy fix…
Quartararo tested a more powerful Yamaha engine, which he may race next week at Le Mans, Aprilia evaluated new seat aero, Honda tried MotoGP’s first chassis parts incorporating ground-effect elements and Ducati worked on the problem that’s hampering its factory riders