The battle for the most well-performing Japanese manufacturer has been resurrected this year. Yamaha and Honda are once again trading blows for the best-performing non-European team, bringing us back to the days of Jorge Lorenzo and Marc Marquez. But for now, the battle is focused between two men, Jack Miller and Johann Zarco. Interestingly, both…
MotoGP fans watching the 2025 MotoGP Americas GP this past weekend bore witness to one of the most chaotic race starts in recent years. Just 30 minutes before lights out, light rain began to fall, forcing race officials to declare the race flag-to-flag. However, pandemonium soon followed as riders scrambled to adapt to the unexpected…
Francesco Bagnaia finally made his return to the top step of the podium this past Sunday at the Americas GP, capitalising on a mistake from Marc Marquez to inherit the win in a race already marred by controversy before the starting flag was even raised. The mistake from Marc not only meant that he forfeited…
As the premier motorcycle racing series globally, MotoGP visits some of the most iconic circuits to ever grace the world of Grand Prix racing. While the current calendar features spectacular venues, there are several legendary tracks that either haven’t hosted MotoGP or have been absent from the schedule for years. These circuits represent a rich…
With Marc Marquez taking a clean sweep so far this season, this weekend at Austin presents a similar story with the two Marquez brothers once again locking out the front two positions. Alex Marquez, although on the 2024 spec machinery, continues on his strong form over factory Ducati rider and two-time World Champion Fancessco Bagnaia….
KTM had a long and uncertain winter leading into the 2025 season. The Austrian motorcycle manufacturer’s financial crisis hit a breaking point, with KTM AG debt having ballooned up to US$3.1 billion and parent company, Prier Mobility AG, requiring a nine-figure bailout. Overproduction, market misalignment, and quality control concerts were considered the primary reasons behind…
After the near career-ending injury the 8-time world champion Marc Marquez in Jerez 2020, we fans have bore witness to a slow decline of a MotoGP manufacturer titan in Honda. From a manufacturer that has achieved 25 premier-class constructors’ world championships, it goes without saying that the Japanese outfit has been facing a performance downturn…
Two races into the 2025 season, the two-time champion Francesco Bagnaia had an uncharacteristically slow start to the season on the GP25, which he previously described more as the GP24.9. Bagnaia confessed he was missing that ‘feeling’ with his new title challenger Ducati. His new teammate and Ducati sophomore Marc Marquez is gelling brilliantly with…
The ride height device in MotoGP is one of the sport’s most significant recent technological innovations, forever changing the way motorcycles accelerate out of corners and down straights. The device essentially functions as a system to lower the motorcycle’s rear (and previously front) end during specific racing situations, giving riders the ability to accelerate harder…
Ever since the reduction in collective full grid testing, the significance of the test rider role has in MotoGP grown exponentially. With riders having fewer opportunities to develop their machines, compounded with an increasingly demanding race weekend, test riders is usually the people to keep the development ball rolling, away from the pressures of competition….
