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MotoGP

75 YEARS OF GP RACING

Change and decay in all around is what we are told to expect. But has racing got worse in 75 years? For better or worse? Not obviously. Certainly not in…
History

GARRY TAYLOR

When Garry Taylor, former manager of the Suzuki Grand Prix team, died on 30 January at the age of 74, it marked the end of an era.
Racing

DOOHAN AND SCHWANTZ TEAMMATES?

A rider pairing that would have changed racing history – Doohan and Schwantz – was thwarted in 1989 in an intervention by Barry Sheene. An untold story was confirmed at…
Opinion

MOTOGP R&D

It’s encouraging to view MotoGP R&D as important for advancing motorcycle design as warfare accelerates technological progress. In truth, development has always been hostage to regulations, never…
History

ANTHONY GOBERT

Anthony Gobert was the very antithesis of a modern professional racer. In every way, except for one. He was really, really fast. The sad yet unexpectedly affirmative story of his…
MotoGP

HONDA AND YAMAHA IN TROUBLE

This has been a particularly historic MotoGP season. Not all the landmarks have been positive, however. Two of motorcycle racing’s icons have been stricken with historic failings…
MotoGP

THE UNFORGETTABLE CAREER OF VALENTINO ROSSI

The end of the 2021 MotoGP season brought the curtains down on the unforgettable career of Valentino Rossi and love was in the air at the last round in…
History

NICKY HAYDEN: A TRIBUTE

If there is any solace to be found in the passing of 2006 world champion Nicky Hayden, it’s that he probably didn’t feel any pain, and possibly…
MotoGP

MOTOGP SEPANG TEST WRAP

Yamaha claimed the honours at the first round of tests of the new year … but the name at the top had changed. So far, Fabio Quartararo has claimed the…
History

MITSUO ITO

Mitsuo Ito, who died on 3 July 2019 aged 82, was an important man in the history of Japanese motorcycle racing. But the only one of his countrymen…
MotoGP

MOTOGP JEREZ TEST WRAP

Yamaha came out on top of the last two days of MotoGP testing before the winter break – but changeable and worsening weather limited opportunities, and meant that…
MotoGP

MOTOGP VALENCIA TEST WRAP

Yamaha started the 2020 season well. A new engine took Maverick Vinales to the top of the time sheets in two days of testing, with a lap time at a…