MotoGP Millan tragedy highlights motorcycle racing’s biggest concern The heartbreaking loss of 14-year-old Hugo Millan puts the spotlight back on an uncomfortable reality of MotoGP’s successful junior ladder
MotoGP Why Honda’s 2020 MotoGP saviour has tumbled backwards Last year the LCR team and Takaaki Nakagami rescued Honda’s MotoGP pride as the factory team fell apart without Marc Marquez. The 2021 season is a very different story for LCR. Simon Patterson looked at why
MotoGP Is Ducati’s youth-based MotoGP masterplan paying off? Ducati made a radical change to its MotoGP rider signing strategy this year, and it applies from top to bottom. Simon Patterson assesses how it’s going, and the future prospects
MotoGP How MotoGP’s latest calendar shuffles impact the title race Once again, MotoGP teams face moving goalposts when it comes to the circuits they’ll be racing on later in the season. The latest calendar changes are clear blows for some teams in particular, and good news for others
MotoGP Petronas’ MotoGP options dwindle as Gerloff commits to WSB The list of options for Petronas Yamaha to replace Franco Morbidelli and Valentino Rossi in the 2022 MotoGP season is getting ever smaller, with Garrett Gerloff the latest contender to commit to World Superbikes instead
MotoGP MotoGP Thailand race cancelled, replacement yet to be found As reported earlier this week by The Race, MotoGP’s 2021 Thai Grand Prix at Buriram’s Chang International Circuit has been cancelled
MotoGP What Pedrosa’s MotoGP return means for KTM Dani Pedrosa will make his first MotoGP race appearance in almost three years when he rides a KTM in the Styrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring. But his return is far more about the benefits it will bring KTM, not a launchpad for a comeback
MotoGP MotoGP bracing for another late-season calendar reshuffle With doubts growing over at least one, maybe two, of the late-season races, the 2021 MotoGP calendar is set for yet another reshuffle
MotoGP Oliveira KTM-to-Yamaha MotoGP move could’ve worked out for all Miguel Oliveira would’ve been a great fit for Yamaha – but though he’s very valuable to KTM, it could’ve benefited, too
MotoGP Rea? Lowes? The latest contenders for Petronas MotoGP seats While Petronas SRT Yamaha insists it’s not rushing to fill the 2022 MotoGP seats Valentino Rossi and Franco Morbidelli are likely to vacate, the list of contenders for them gets more and more intriguing
MotoGP Rossi’s Yamaha successor has become MotoGP’s benchmark rider Valentino Rossi is not an easy man to replace, but Fabio Quartararo has become MotoGP’s benchmark rider since he stepped up to Yamaha’s factory team
MotoGP The glaring weakness behind KTM’s MotoGP imbalance While Miguel Oliveira has thrived, his KTM team-mate Brad Binder hasn’t graced the podium in the last 20 MotoGP races – and it’s clear why
MotoGP Can a single upgrade unlock Suzuki’s 2022 MotoGP potential? The odd one out in MotoGP’s development race, Suzuki is under pressure from its riders to hurry along a key upgrade
MotoGP The canny long-game player in MotoGP’s rider market By rejecting a Yamaha approach and shrugging off his KTM MotoGP team-mate being given a much longer contract, Miguel Oliveira might look like he’s taking a career risk. But playing it cool is wise
MotoGP MotoGP replaces Phillip Island with second Portimao race MotoGP’s Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island has been cancelled for the second year in succession as the country continues to enforce some of the world’s strictest anti-COVID border controls, but the series has already rejigged its calendar to replace it
MotoGP The curious logic behind a shock 2022 MotoGP snub Why would a young rider reject ‘great interest’ from MotoGP teams? In Toprak Razgatlioglu’s case, his manager’s past offers an explanation
MotoGP Oliveira reveals Yamaha MotoGP ‘approach’ after Vinales exit MotoGP form man Miguel Oliveira says he was sounded out by Yamaha in light of Maverick Vinales’ exit – but re-affirmed his commitment to KTM
MotoGP New contract rules out top Petronas Yamaha MotoGP contender World Superbike standout Toprak Razgatlioglu has re-committed to the series and opted against joining Yamaha’s MotoGP satellite team Petronas
MotoGP The lessons Vinales can take from Zarco’s redemption Johann Zarco’s rebirth after his KTM exit should leave Maverick Vinales – departing Yamaha early for Aprilia – with plenty of optimism.
MotoGP How Yamaha’s race to fill its Vinales/Rossi gap is shaping up With Maverick Vinales walking out and Valentino Rossi set to retire, Yamaha has two 2022 MotoGP seats to fill. Here are the contenders
MotoGP MotoGP’s history of torn-up rider contracts Maverick Vinales is far from the first MotoGP driver to end his contract early. Simon Patterson recalls five recent examples
MotoGP Miller ‘pissed off at myself’, disputes black-and-orange flag Factory Ducati rider Jack Miller has once again kicked off at MotoGP’s race direction and the stewards panel after Sunday’s Dutch TT
MotoGP Dutch TT 2021 MotoGP rider ratings A rare 10 out of 10, a high score for a rider whose mind might’ve been elsewhere and some blunt scores for some big names are the headlines from Simon Patterson’s Dutch TT MotoGP rider ratings
MotoGP Last resort or masterstroke? Why Vinales is set for Aprilia Is Maverick Vinales swapping Yamaha for Aprilia because it’s his last hope, or does he see it as a great chance at a fresh start in MotoGP? Simon Patterson assesses the evidence
MotoGP How the Vinales/Yamaha relationship fell apart It began with a winning spree in 2017. It’s ending with a shock early exit for Aprilia. This is the story of how it all went wrong for Maverick Vinales at the Yamaha MotoGP team
MotoGP Yamaha announces Vinales will leave its MotoGP team Maverick Vinales’ departure from the factory Yamaha MotoGP squad was officially announced on Monday morning, as predicted by The Race, paving the way for his 2022 Aprilia switch
MotoGP Rins fuming at Zarco for ‘destroying’ his Assen MotoGP race Suzuki rider Alex Rins has raged at a ‘senseless’ overtaking attempt from MotoGP rival Johann Zarco in today’s Dutch TT
MotoGP Vinales set for shock switch to Aprilia next year Maverick Vinales is set to make a bombshell move from Yamaha to Aprilia for the 2022 MotoGP season
MotoGP Miller appalled by MotoGP rivals’ ‘double standard bulls**t’ Jack Miller has hit out at fellow MotoGP riders for waiting for a tow in qualifying and then ‘judging’ Moto3 riders for doing the same
MotoGP What Assen pole means for MotoGP’s impatient enigma Maverick Vinales’s Assen MotoGP pole proves only the blistering peak speed that everyone – including Vinales himself – knows he’s capable of
MotoGP Morbidelli could miss more races, Crutchlow call-up likely Franco Morbidelli has undergone successful surgery but could yet face an extensive recovery, which would set-up a Cal Crutchlow call-up
MotoGP Marquez demands ‘more safe’ Honda after huge Assen crash Marc Marquez has urged his MotoGP employer Honda to act swiftly after a “lucky escape” from a scary Assen practice crash
MotoGP Dejected Vinales makes U-turn and will copy Quartararo Struggling Yamaha MotoGP rider Maverick Vinales has declared he will completely copy team-mate Fabio Quartararo’s settings to try to get out of his performance hole – despite ruling that approach out last weekend
MotoGP Ducati signs new deal with Rossi’s team, commits to eight bikes Valentino Rossi’s VR46 team has finally officially confirmed its 2022 deal to expand to a two-bike Ducati customer MotoGP team. VR46 will absorb the Esponsorama Racing outfit, having partnered up with Saudi oil giant Aramco and signed a three-year plan with Ducati to officially expand the Bologna fi
MotoGP Is Assen too late a starting point for Suzuki’s title defense? Suzuki expects Assen to kick off a turnaround in MotoGP form – but has it given its rivals too big a head start?
MotoGP COTA in, Motegi out as MotoGP closes in on final ’21 schedule The latest update to the 2021 MotoGP calendar has been released, with the series returning to COTA but forgoing the Motegi round
MotoGP Petronas Yamaha drafts in American rider Gerloff for Assen World Superbike rider Garrett Gerloff will finally make his MotoGP debut this weekend at the Dutch TT, as he steps in to replace the injured Franco Morbidelli at Petronas Yamaha
MotoGP Morbidelli ruled out of Assen MotoGP after training incident Petronas SRT Yamaha rider Franco Morbidelli will miss the Dutch TT at Assen, having exacerbated an existing knee injury today while training
MotoGP MotoGP 2021 German Grand Prix rider ratings From a perfect 10 to a damning zero, Simon Patterson rates the performance of the MotoGP riders following a thrilling German Grand Prix
MotoGP Marquez warns his German GP win will change ‘nothing’ Was Marc Marquez’s Sachsenring win a return to his MotoGP normality or a one-off made possible by the circuit and circumstances? He warns it will be the latter
