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Mat Oxley: When Harley-Davidson tried to enter MotoGP

Harley-Davidson – the global king of chugging cruisers, beloved by Hells Angels – contesting the MotoGP world championship? You’ve got to be kidding, right?! But surely that’s no weirder than…

April 2023 Issue

Mat Oxley: 'Top speed is more important than ever in MotoGP' - Left

Mat Oxley: 'Top speed is more important than ever in MotoGP'

MotoGP testing gets underway at Sepang, Malaysia, on February 10, with Aprilia, Honda, KTM and Yamaha hoping to close the gap on Ducati. How will they do it? With great…

March 2023 Issue

“Bagnaia is the first Italian to win the MotoGP title since Rossi in 2009” - Left

“Bagnaia is the first Italian to win the MotoGP title since Rossi in 2009”

Pecco Bagnaia’s 2022 MotoGP world championship success is important because he is the first Italian to win the title since Valentino Rossi in 2009. Italy is MotoGP’s most successful nation,…

February 2023 Issue

“It’s a dilemma – how to create super-close racing with fewer casualties” - Left

“It’s a dilemma – how to create super-close racing with fewer casualties”

Motorcycle racing has a problem. The smallest categories in the sport’s two major championships – MotoGP and World Superbike – are causing a worrying number of fatalities. During the past…

January 2023 Issue

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KTM tie-up with Red Bull F1 team is bad news for MotoGP racing

During last summer’s British MotoGP round some unfamiliar faces were spotted within the Silverstone paddock. They were aerodynamicists from Red Bull Formula 1, come to talk with the Red Bull-backed…

December 2022 Issue

'The Bol d’Or 24-hour race and Glastonbury share much in common' — Mat Oxley - Left

'The Bol d’Or 24-hour race and Glastonbury share much in common' — Mat Oxley

On September 17 and 18 the world’s biggest 24-hour motorcycle race celebrated its centenary. The Bol d’Or is to motorcycling what Glastonbury is to music festivals – and the two…

November 2022 Issue

“For Marc Márquez this latest operation is his last roll of the dice” Mat Oxley

MotoGP has lost its two greatest stars this season: Valentino Rossi, who has switched to cars, and Marc Márquez, who is once again recuperating from major surgery. Márquez has suffered…

October 2022 Issue

'Empires rise and crumble. MotoGP is at a milestone of change': Mat Oxley - Left

Opinion

'Empires rise and crumble. MotoGP is at a milestone of change': Mat Oxley

The world never stops changing and motorcycling’s elite with it. Riders and motorcycles come and go. Empires rise and crumble. And sometimes ancient empires arise from the dust. MotoGP seems…

September 2022 Issue

'Argentina was Aprilia’s first MotoGP victory in four decades of trying': Mat Oxley

Three months ago Aleix Espargaró rode his Aprilia RS-GP to the company’s first MotoGP victory in four decades of trying, at the Argentine Grand Prix at Termas de Rio Hondo.…

August 2022 Issue

'For John McGuinness, his life has revolved around racing on the Isle of Man': Mat Oxley

This is a big year for the Isle of Man TT’s greatest living exponent. John McGuinness turned 50 in April and will make his 100th TT start during 2022 race…

July 2022 Issue

Mat Oxley: Fatal crash that transformed the Isle of Man TT

The Isle of Man TT was the world’s biggest, best-known motorcycle race for most of the first century of the internal combustion engine. Then 50 years ago something happened that…

June 2022 Issue

Kalex: the company with more motorcycle GP wins in past decade than any big name

The most successful chassis designer in the MotoGP paddock doesn’t work for Ducati or Honda or Yamaha or any of the other big manufacturers. Alex Baumgärtel works for his own…

May 2022 Issue