MotoGP Features

With Suzuki celebrating its 100 th anniversary and 60 th year of racing, it is the perfect time to look through the history of the Hamamatsu team.

Eight different manufacturers have achieved world championship glory in the premier class, either in its 500cc or MotoGP guise, and history has given a fair indication of which brand can be considered the best of the best - along the riders who guided them to the historic feats.

The Indonesian MotoGP comeback has been a long-held ambition for organisers and stakeholders in the sport, but the reality of putting on a race in one of the most bike-mad countries in the world has proven to be an almost impossible challenge.

Since the first world championship in 1949, MotoGP has grown and developed to become a global sport travelling to all corners of the planet, but can you name all of the destinations?

While MotoGP riders gain most of the focus when it comes to ‘Greatest of All Time’ debates, especially in the modern era, manufacturer success is often seen as a secondary consideration.

A little over 12 months ago, MotoE’s existence looked in serious danger before it had truly begun when a massive fire during the Jerez pre-season test gutted all the bikes and equipment.

For the first time since 1982, MotoGP is returning to Finland to race at the purpose-built KymiRing in the latest expansion to the sport’s horizons as organisers look to old and new destinations.

Joan Mir says that last year's huge Brno accident has given him a better perspective of the important things in life, as MotoGP remains on due to the coronavirus.

Three weeks is a long time for a lot to happen in any sport but in this unprecedented period amid the coronavirus pandemic MotoGP’s picture changes even quicker.

The start of the 2020 MotoGP season was set to decide Valentino Rossi’s next steps in his illustrious career but with the coronavirus pandemic overtaking all matters the Doctor’s decision must remain on hold.

As questions on the MotoGP calendar continue to mount at the same rate as the coronavirus spreads, the 2020 race schedule is likely to suffer major alternations and the unfancied reality of cancelling races.

Like the rest of the world, MotoGP is being rocked by the impact of coronavirus and health measures installed to fight the spread of COVID-19.

Last month, Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta revealed the surprising news that "Kawasaki asked me about the possibility of doing [MotoGP] wild-cards with their Superbike.

Some of those that might benefit from the delayed start to the 2020 MotoGP World Championship - due to the cancellation of Qatar for the premier-class and postponement of Thailand - and those that might see it as a missed opportunity…

UPDATE: After day two in Qatar, Miller confirmed he's been able to lower the back of his bike on corner exit since Buriram last year.

As rumoured, Yamaha gave its version of a MotoGP holeshot device a public debut at the Sepang Test.

Fabio Quartararo set the quickest lap time on each of the three days at the 2020 Sepang MotoGP Test. As such, if the Malaysian Grand Prix was held tomorrow the young Petronas Yamaha star would surely be favourite for pole position.

MotoGP traction control has all-but-eradicated the brutal on-throttle highsides of the 500cc era, thus improving safety while allowing riders to tease the very limits of their tyres, for longer. But how does it work?

Marc Marquez has joined Valentino Rossi and Giacomo Agostini in producing a truly dominant era in MotoGP with six premier class world titles in the space of seven years, his only miss coming in the controversial 2015 season, and with no end in sight to the Spaniard’s reign it’s time to assess whe

While the timing of the announcement confirming Fabio Quartararo’s promotion to the factory Yamaha team from 2021 comes as a shock, given this year’s pre-season testing hasn’t even started yet, the French rider’s selection is the least surprising part of the shake-up.

As an engineer, would it be a dream for Ducati Corse boss Gigi Dall’Igna to work with MotoGP champion Marc Marquez?

Andrea Dovizioso averaged 14.15 points per race across the 2019 MotoGP season, a feat he has only bettered once in his premier class career, but his pursuit for the world title felt further away than in his previous two championship challenges.

The revised 2020 MotoGP aerodynamic rules, aimed at closing the kind of 'grey areas' that resulted in four rival manufacturers (unsuccessfully) protesting the Ducati swingarm device after last year's Qatar race, have now been published.

With 2020 acting as continuity over reformation following on from last year, a number of small but key adjustments will come in for the new MotoGP season. Here’s what to keep an eye out for in 2020. Sporting and Technical rules: