Michelin may surpass Bridgestone, but not for long because Dorna’s long-term plan is to reduce MotoGP corner speeds At Valencia last week Michelin more or less matched Bridgestone’s lap times,…

I’ve never done this before, but I think now the time is right. It’s time to come out: as a Valentino Rossi fan. Social media has been so poisoned by…

I wish Hunter S Thompson was still alive for many reasons. I particularly wish he had been at Sepang, because no other writer could have written better about MotoGP’s weirdest…

Here is photographic evidence of how nasty things are getting inside the Movistar Yamaha pit as the Rossi/Lorenzo title fight approaches its heart-pumping climax. Above we see Rossi crew members…

Mystery 1: Yamaha’s qualifying capers The world of MotoGP holds thousands of mysteries, many of which are way beyond my ken. But there is something that has bothered me for…

When manufacturers go racing they learn from other manufacturers; that’s half the point of the exercise. Often this knowledge is gained fairly, other times by more nefarious means and sometimes…

Cue the Jaws theme tune, because Jorge Lorenzo is coming to get Valentino Rossi. The Spaniard took a nine-point chunk out of Rossi’s championship lead at Aragon, at which rate…

If you were the main man at the Yamaha Motor Company, who would you want to win this year’s MotoGP world championship? Before making your choice, you need to consider…

The church bells in Tavullia rang out on Sunday afternoon, as they always do when the town’s local hero wins a Grand Prix. I only know this because I watched…

Main image: a pre-race event in Brno, but perhaps not the one the weekend deserved At Brno I asked Dorna if they would arrange a minute’s silence on the MotoGP…

Main image: the 1959 125cc TT start – Naomi Taniguchi (8) is mid-pack When Marc Márquez swept to Honda’s 700th Grand Prix victory on Sunday he did so at the…

Let's do some maths: nine races gone and nine to go, so it's halfway time when we get to examine the past with the benefit of 20/20 hindsight and pretend…